1Colombia recovered macuquina coins and a cannon from the San José./ Image: X, (Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia) A Spanish war galleon that sank in 1708 with royal treasure aboard has inspired three centuries of myth and legal battles, and is often informally dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” Now, for the first time, objects […]
The Trump administration has once again introduced new changes, making its immigration policy more restrictive.On Thursday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its Policy Manual to sharply limit the length of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for several categories of immigrants, including refugees, asylum seekers, and applicants awaiting adjustment of status.Under the new policy, the […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon are showered with confetti after getting married in Canberra (AP image) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a private ceremony at his official residence on Saturday. He became the first sitting Australian leader to tie the knot in the nation’s 124-year federal […]
After lying dormant for nearly 10,000 years, a remote Ethiopian volcano roared back to life in a sudden, violent burst that locals likened to a “bomb of smoke and ash.” Shocked eyewitnesses watched as the sky darkened and the ground trembled, with newly surfaced videos capturing the dramatic aftermath of the rare eruption.The eruption over […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) A lake in northwestern Ontario became the setting for a landmark experiment on the effects of acid rain. For 17 years, scientists deliberately added sulfuric acid to Lake 223 every week, gradually changing the water’s chemistry to mimic the effects of acid rain that was damaging lakes across North America and Europe. […]
Picture from the book ‘Granville Haller: Leader’ by Martin N. Chamberlain via Historicwhidbey.org In 2012, a crumbling 1866 farmhouse sat on a prized waterfront lot in Coupeville, Washington, listed for sale at a price that reflected the land’s value far more than the building’s. The Haller House, one of the oldest surviving structures on Whidbey […]
A project that began as an ecological lesson has transformed the lives of students at an Australian high school. In the country’s capital of Canberra, students at the Richardson Primary School in south Canberra collected more than 2,000 plastic bottles and transformed them into the walls of a greenhouse that has been working efficiently for […]
Blair Clark and his wife Leah and details of DNA testing kit from MyHeritage. Blair Clark and his wife Leah have spent more than four years on their YouTube show, The Leah and Blair Slog, helping people reconnect with relatives they’ve never known, or lost touch with. The couple, who live in the Philippines, have […]
Danny Ellerd’s life once appeared to be heading towards an early death. After years of addiction and homelessness, he was found beneath an I-40 overpass in Oklahoma City weighing just 92 pounds, according to recovery organisation Hope Is Alive. Officers initially planned to book him on outstanding warrants, but his physical condition was so severe […]
Specialist arborists have begun careful restoration work in South Carolina to save a 300-year-old southern live oak that stood near one of the final major battles of the American Revolutionary War. The huge tree stands at the historic Eutaw Springs battlefield in Orangeburg County. It survived musket fire, artillery attacks and centuries of harsh weather. […]
