Sat 04 May 2024: A gold watch found on the body of the richest passenger on the Titanic was auctioned in England for £1.17 million ($1.46 million) on Saturday. It was a record sum for an object linked to the notorious 1912 shipping disaster, said auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son. A US buyer won the […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Settler violence and Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank have surged since October 7. Residents have been displaced, homes have been attacked and Palestinians have been killed and injured. More than a dozen countries, including the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Australia have condemned the violence, and […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Founded by Hasan-e-Sabbah in the late 11th century, Hashshashins created fear by murdering officials throughout the Middle East and loaned a word to the English language: Assassins These three men were Nizam al-Mulk, the grand vizier of Seljuk Empire; Omar Khayyam, renowned wiseman and poet; and Hasan-e-Sabbah, founder of the Assassins […]
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Colleagues and family members pray at the funeral of journalist Ahmad abu Tyour. [Photo: Motasem A Dalloul] Fri 03 May 2024: As the war in Gaza becomes the deadliest conflict for journalists, Al Jazeera looks at press freedom in the past year. Every year on May 3, UNESCO commemorates World Press Freedom Day. It is being marked […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Elon Musk warned on Sunday that record low birth rates are causing demographic collapse, adding that such countries will suffer the same fate as several deceased civilizations. Responding to far-right Dutch political analyst Eva Vlaardingerbroek, who advocates the ‘Great Replacement’ hypothesis, the tech entrepreneur stated that the notion fails to address […]
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Researchers inspect and document timbers belonging to the ship’s superstructure (Florian Huber) Fri 03 May 2024: Archaeologists have found a unique weapons chest in a sunken 15th-century ship off the coast of Sweden, Britian’s The Independent newspaper reported. They assessed the remains of the Danish flagship Gribshunden, or Griffin, which caught fire during its […]
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Thu 02 May 2024: A new account restriction feature that WhatsApp has introduced is seen in the most recent Android beta version of the messaging app. In the last two years, the Meta-owned app has completely transformed. The user experience has been refined finely from new chat category separation to simpler group video calls. Moreover, […]
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Thu 02 May 2024: Remnants of the centuries-old town of Pantabangan reemerged in the northern Philippines after a dam’s water level dropped Photograph:(AFP) Village rises from the deep: Sunken Philippines ruins reappear as drought causes reservoir to dry up for only the sixth time since the settlement was flooded in the 1970s Source: MailOnline pic.twitter.com/2OLSzxPuQW […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: International Labour Day 2024: Every year on May 1st, the world comes together to celebrate International Workers’ Day, also known as International Labour Day. It’s a day dedicated to honouring the contributions of working people in every industry and sector. It’s not just about celebrating their hard work, but also empowering them […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: More than 50,000 unaccompanied child migrants went missing after arriving in Europe, a survey by a European journalism project revealed Tuesday. “Italy has the highest number of registered missing unaccompanied minors, with 22,899, followed by Austria (20,077), Belgium (2,241), Germany (2,005), and Switzerland (1,226),” according to the Lost in Europe project, […]
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