Covid-19 ‘firepower’: Britain imposes six-month curbs against second wave

[caption id="attachment_10970" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson just weeks after urging people to start returning to workplaces, advised office workers to stay at...

Nagasaki marks 75 years since atomic bombing

August 8, 2020August 9, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_9179" align="alignnone" width="958"] Doves fly during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the Nagasaki Peace Park on...

Earliest evidence for humans in the Americas

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

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Humans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico. [caption id="attachment_7015" align="alignnone" width="969"] One of the stone artefacts...

Ancient Australian Aboriginal sites discovered underwater

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3672" align="alignnone" width="898"] This handout aerial picture released by the DHSC Project and Flinders University shows a research area in the Dampier archipelago off...

South Africa coronavirus cases surge past 100,000

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3124" align="alignnone" width="824"] Despite an unprecedented US$26 billion virus relief package and food parcels, many South Africans have struggled to get by. [/caption] JOHANNESBURG:...

4,200-year-old burial of Bronze Age chieftain discovered under UK skate park

May 1, 2020May 2, 2020

History News

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Bronze Age chieftain buried with profound wealth: Instead of receiving just one cattle "head and hoof" offering in...