Sun 20 September 2026: Mosaics and frescoes discovered at Villa Celimontana could shed light on one of imperial Rome’s major military complexes  Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a richly decorated second-century building near the Colosseum that may have been associated with the Vigiles, the firefighting and night-watch force of ancient Rome. The discovery was […]

Sat 19 September 2026: NASA has discovered a huge new crater on the Moon measuring 222 meters (728 feet) across, larger than Rome’s Colosseum and the biggest contemporary impact crater observed to have formed anywhere in the Solar System, according to a study released Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The crater was created when an asteroid or […]

Sun 20 September 2026: Singer Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy Saturday surrounding rapper Macklemore’s removal from his US tour before performing at Lincoln Financial Field in the state of Pennsylvania, saying his “heart has been broken” by the devastation caused by the war in the Gaza Strip. “I don’t want to disappoint fans, and I’ve […]

Sat 19 September 2026: US President Donald Trump said Friday that his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week will include “a lot of different deals,” adding that the two leaders will have a “very good meeting.” “President Xi and I have a good relationship,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re going […]

Sun 20 September 2026: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Saturday it launched an Ebola vaccination study in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which faces the largest Ebola disease outbreak in its history, following frontline workers to assess whether an existing vaccine can offer protection against the Bundibugyo virus. Last month, Congo launched a vaccination […]

Sun 20 September 2026: Research suggests population collapse after British arrival was far greater than earlier estimates indicated  Australia’s Indigenous population before British colonisation may have been substantially larger than previously estimated, with new research placing the median population at about 2.22 million people. The study, published on September 15 in Nature Human Behaviour, combines […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Sun 20 September 2026: Research suggests population collapse after British arrival was far greater than earlier estimates indicated  Australia’s Indigenous population before British colonisation may have been substantially larger than previously estimated, with new research placing the median population at about 2.22 million people. The study, published on September 15 in Nature Human Behaviour, combines […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]