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Do you know what’s hidden beneath the Easter Island Heads?
What do you know about Easter Island? All of us have seen pictures in travel magazines of the mysterious stone heads sticking out of the ground. Just huge heads, nothing else. It’s not as straightforward as we thought! We collected a few pictures from the excavations, where the archaeologists found that the heads actually...
How travellers can take advantage of an early Easter
By Nick Trend, travel writer I have every respect for the Christian tradition, but I'd like to point out that the ever-shifting dates of Easter are a mixed blessing in the traveller’s calendar. This year it falls particularly early, on March 27. It will be 2035 before we have an earlier date, and next year...
Auschwitz survivor is world’s oldest man — Guinness World Records
A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp is now the world's oldest man, the Guinness World Records organisation says. Yisrael Kristal was born near Zarnow in Poland in 1903 and lived through two world wars before moving to the Israeli city of Haifa. He was 112 years and 178 days old on 11 March, Guinness World Records says....
Syria in Last 24 Hours: ISIL Terrorists Sustain Heavy Losses in Army’s Offensive in Damascus Countryside
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army and popular forces continued their military operations against the terrorist groups in Damascus countryside, and killed scores of militants over the past 24 hours. The Syrian army killed and wounded scores of the ISIL militants in Damascus countryside. The Syrian army also inflicted heavy losses on...
Real-life ‘Death Star’ continues to destroy alien worlds
The real-life "Death Star" that astronomers recently caught in the act of destroying a planet is continuing to disintegrate nearby orbiting objects, researchers say. This finding could shed light on how dead stars rip apart their planetary systems — a phenomenon that could happen in Earth's solar system...
New slow-motion video shows LaVoy Finicum with hands up as bullets hit truck (VIDEO)
New video footage was released Tuesday evening of the encounter between Oregon protesters and law enforcement that left Robert “LaVoy” Finicum dead. The video gave some greater insight into Finicum’s last minutes before he was shot and killed, but The Oregonian stepped it up a notch, zoomed in and slowed the...
NH: Hunting with suppressors in final run to becoming law
A House bill that would allow sportsmen in New Hampshire to take game with a legal suppressor passed an important Senate committee vote unanimously on Wednesday. The proposal, the H.500/The Hunters Hearing Protection Act, would repeal the current prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife in the Granite...
Republican debate: Civility breaks out as restrained Trump eyes victory
This is how the Republican debate season ends. Not with a bang, but with civil disagreements — even when the topic is the acceptability of sweeping anti-Muslim rhetoric, condoning violence at political rallies or the use of torture and assassination as foreign policy tools. Technically there still could be one debate on...
Professor Stephen Hawking warns leaving the EU would be ‘disaster for science’
The academic leads more than 150 scientists voicing the stark warning as they campaign for Britain to stay in the EU. Professor Stephen HawkingBrexit: Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken out in favour of the EU Black holes genius Stephen Hawking has warned Brexit would be a "disaster for UK science". The Cambridge...
Apple hits back at ‘corrosive’ claim by US government
Apple has accused the US government of trying to "smear" it with "desperate" and "unsubstantiated" claims. It comes as the US Department of Justice (DOJ) renewed its demand for access to data on the iPhone owned by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook. Apple is appealing against a court order that...
Japan marks fifth anniversary of tsunami
Japan observes the fifth anniversary of a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on March 11, 2011. The resulting Fukushima nuclear accident has been called the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Japan on Friday has mourned the people who died in a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami five years ago,...
Fifth year of Syria’s war the worst yet, aid groups say
Thirty aid agencies believe UN Security Council members have undermined their own commitments on Syria. They say the past 12 months has seen a "horrendous escalation in violence" and civilian displacement. In a new report entitled "Fueling the Fire," which was released on Friday, a group of non-government...