Even before the pandemic, Gaza’s 2 million residents lived in hellish conditions – enduring a humanitarian crisis brought on by a 14-year-long Israeli blockade. Eight years ago, a UN report predicted Gaza...
America’s long struggle with racism reached boiling point in 2020
In 2020, America’s long struggle with racism reached a boiling point. A series of police shootings of African Americans sparked worldwide protests — and the Black Lives Matter movement — and played a...
A tiger cub wounded by a large predator was rescued by Russian doctors
Doctors have rescue a tiger cub wounded by a large predator in Russia’s Primorsky Krai. The cub was taken to the Tiger Center in the village of Alekseevka, where experts examined the animal, did X-rays, and injected it...
Scientists never sure of anything – Ig Nobel Prize founder | SophieCo. Visionaries
As one famous sci-fi author once said, the phrase that heralds most discoveries is not “Eureka!” but “that’s funny”… Marс Abrahams, the founder of the Ig Nobel Prize and the editor of Annals of Improbable...
Archaeologists uncover well-preserved ‘fast food’ counter in Pompeii
Researchers said on Saturday they had discovered a frescoed thermopolium, or fast food counter, in an exceptional state of preservation in Pompeii.
Voters go to the polls in troubled Central African Republic
Voting began in presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic on Sunday, in a key test for one of the world’s most troubled nations.