Archaeologists discover Iron Age massacre, frozen in time
Discovered in 1935 and first excavated in 1973, the ancient town of La Hoya in northern Spain’s Basque Country was destroyed in a violent attack beRead More…
Month: December 2020
Timothy Ray Brown, the first known person to be cured of HIV, has died of cancer
Timothy Ray Brown, also known as “the Berlin patient,” was 54.Brown was considered cured of his HIV infection in 2008. In the year prior, Brown recRead More…
Dreamworld theme park operators fined $2.5 million for malfunction that killed four people
Visitors Cindy Low, Kate Goodchild, Luke Dorsett and Roozi Araghi were on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at the Queensland attraction when their rafRead More…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects Biden’s offer of $20 billion to protect the Amazon
Bolsonaro, an ally of President Donald Trump, tweeted on Wednesday saying Biden “stated yesterday that he could pay us as much as US$20 billion to Read More…
Greenland’s ice sheet is melting as fast as at any time in the last 12,000 years, study shows
But in the context of Earth’s 4.5 billion-plus year history, melting in any one year or even a few decades amounts to the blink of an eye.Whether tRead More…
Parrots in British wildlife park moved after swearing at visitors
London (CNN) — Five parrots have been removed from public view at a British wildlife park after they started swearing at customers.The foul-mouthRead More…
Pinterest is this year’s best social media stock
Pinterest (PINS) stock is up nearly 125% this year, easily outpacing Facebook’s (FB) more than 25% gain and the 40% and 60% jumps for Twitter (TWTRRead More…
Zimbabwe suspects bacterial disease behind elephant deaths
The elephant deaths, which began in late August, come soon after hundreds of elephants died in neighboring Botswana in mysterious circumstances.OffRead More…
How you can help fight the hunger crisis resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic
The need for emergency food has exploded since March of 2020. According to an Oxfam report, this hunger crisis could soon kill more people each dayRead More…
Analysis: China and other opponents of democracy are the big winners in the Trump-Biden debate chaos
Both criticized the other for being too soft on Beijing, with Trump accusing Biden of being hoodwinked by China during his time as vice president, Read More…
India rape: Hathras woman from Dalit community dies after alleged gang-rape
Hathras district Police Superintendent Vikrant Vir said in a statement posted on Twitter that the incident took place on September 14. The victim wRead More…
Elon Musk doubles down on Covid-19 skepticism and says he won’t take future vaccine
In a wide-ranging interview with the journalist Kara Swisher, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said he would not take a Covid-19 vaccine when one becomes aRead More…
Kyle Weeks captures the style and energy of African men
Written by By Alix-Rose Cowie, CNNWhen Kyle Weeks was growing up in Windhoek, Namibia, his father would watch the news every morning before work, aRead More…
Trump is stealing China’s playbook to deal with TikTok
It’s exactly the kind of scenario that’s already par for the course for American companies that want to do business in China (and for those, like FRead More…
Who’s hiring? These companies – CNN
As the holiday season approaches, many companies are bringing in seasonal employees to boost staffing in their stores. Here’s who’s hiring: AmazonARead More…
The grim truth behind Britain’s stately homes
(CNN) — Grand buildings replete with turrets, picture windows and kitchen gardens. Perfectly manicured lawns. And hundreds of rooms stuffed with Read More…
Beijing orders importers to avoid frozen food from countries with major coronavirus outbreaks
According to a statement from the Beijing Municipal Commerce Bureau, “customs and local governments have repeatedly detected the coronavirus in impRead More…
Valtteri Bottas wins Russian GP after Lewis Hamilton is handed 10-second penalty
Hamilton was penalized for performing practice starts outside his designated area as he left the pits.Bottas, who started third in Sochi, moved intRead More…
Swiss voters clearly reject curbs on EU immigration
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) had forced a binding referendum on the EU agreement in a bid to curb immigration to the country where foreigners makRead More…
Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over disputed region
The neighboring former Soviet republics have long been at odds over the territory — which is situated within the borders of Azerbaijan — and fougRead More…