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Florida treasure hunters searching a 400-year-old shipwreck discovered a rare 22.5-pound silver bar worth up to $100,000 | World News

More than four centuries after the Spanish treasure galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha disappeared beneath the waters off the Florida Keys, the legendary shipwreck has yielded another remarkable discovery. Divers with Mel Fisher’s Shipwreck Expeditions recovered a 22.5-pound silver bar from about 50 feet underwater near Key West, marking the first silver bar recovered from […]

For Argentina, a World Cup Semifinal Against England Isn’t Just Soccer

Jumping in unison inside the concrete bowels of Arrowhead Stadium, shirtless and still wearing their game shorts and cleats, Argentina’s players tilted their heads back and chanted at the top of their voices, invoking a sacred pair of names — one a place, the other a person — that inevitably define any clash with England. […]

Not VAR: Why referee overturned France’s free-kick against Spain in World Cup semi-final | Football News

Spain’s Fabian Ruiz, left, protests to referee Ivan Barton, of El Salvador, during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Spain’s 2-0 victory over France in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final booked Luis de la Fuente’s side a place […]

This man arrived at a Paris airport expecting to catch a flight. Instead, he lived there for the next 18 years | World News

For years, travellers passing through Paris’s Charles de Gaulle Airport encountered a man who seemed to belong to the terminal as much as the passengers, flight boards and waiting areas around him. Mehran Karimi Nasseri lived in the airport for nearly 18 years, turning a small space near Terminal 2F into a place of routine, […]

2,000 years after Pompeii vanished beneath volcanic ash in one of history’s deadliest volcanic disasters, the ancient Roman street is blooming with flowers, offering a symbol of nature’s renewal | World News

Nearly 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius buried the thriving Roman city of Pompeii beneath volcanic ash, one of its ancient streets has become an unlikely symbol of renewal. Every spring, vibrant red poppies and other wildflowers bloom between the worn basalt paving stones that once carried Roman chariots and pedestrians, creating a striking contrast between […]

Britain hunted beavers to extinction around 400 years ago, but they are now returning to England’s wetlands to rebuild rivers and restore disappearing ecosystems | World News

For generations, the sound of a beaver working along an English waterway was something found only in history books. The animals that once shaped rivers and wetlands across Britain disappeared after centuries of hunting, leaving behind only traces of their former presence. Now, a new chapter has begun in Dorset, where wild beavers have been […]

The Netherlands kept losing its battle against rising floods with water flooding towns and farmland, then it spent billions giving rivers more room and the experiment is now protecting the lives of millions | World News

The Netherlands has spent much of its history trying to keep rivers under control with higher dikes and stronger flood barriers. But repeated flooding in the 1990s revealed that simply building bigger walls was no longer enough. Rising river levels, heavier rainfall and the growing impacts of climate change continued to threaten towns, farmland and […]

Britain’s famous 1976 heatwave record has finally been broken, but scientists say the real danger is only beginning | World News

For decades, the summer of 1976 has occupied a special place in British weather history. It has been the season people return to whenever prolonged heat or dry conditions become part of the conversation. This year, however, the comparison has shifted. Reportedly, the figures recorded at the University of Reading suggest that 2026 has already […]

The world’s loneliest tree had no other tree within 400 km across the Sahara Desert and roots over 30 metres deep to reach hidden groundwater, then one drunk truck driver knocked it down after 300 years of survival | World News

Deep in Niger’s Ténéré Desert once stood what was widely regarded as the world’s loneliest tree, an umbrella thorn acacia that survived for around 300 years despite having no other tree within roughly 400 kilometres. Hidden beneath the scorching Sahara, its roots stretched more than 30 metres underground to reach precious groundwater, allowing it to […]

Poland’s 300-year-old ‘Vampire Cemetery’ mystery: The strange reason 100 people were buried with sickles, locks and unusual rituals | World News

For years, a quiet burial ground in northern Poland has been offering an unusual glimpse into the anxieties of people who lived centuries ago. The cemetery, near the village of Pień, is not remarkable because of its size alone, although archaeologists have now documented more than 100 burials there. What has drawn wider attention is […]