Thu 23 December 2021: For locals, this traditional cooking utensil provides reassurance that their food will be cooked to the best quality. Finding himself unemployed as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Gaza, 36-year-old baker Ehab Atef Oud turned his hand from making bread to producing the perfect implement to bake with; […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: Are you trying to get into a morning routine for the new year? Venus is, too. The planet will undergo a transformation that only happens once every 584 days. Along the way, it will sink, swell and appear to vanish entirely from the sky during January—a journey visible from most anywhere. […]
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Tue 21 December 2021: Social media apps encourage perfectionism and damage human psychology, particularly affecting teenagers, and can even push them to the point of suicide. ”I just hate this blue eyes filter! As if it’s ugly to have brown eyes,” says Berra Demir, a 19-year-old student from Istanbul, as she took an Instagram selfie […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Vodafone has announced that it will auction an NFT of the world’s first SMS text message, which read “Merry Christmas” and was sent on the network in December 1992. This first, historic SMS will be sold to the highest bidder in the form of an NFT guaranteeing its exclusive nature. Vodafone […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The United Nations cultural agency (UNESCO) has added the art of traditional Palestinian embroidery to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Wednesday’s listing was made during the 16th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, an annual gathering of hundreds of participants including state […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: For more than five years, Teyit has been using a variety of channels to debunk false claims in the country’s public discourse. Istanbul, Turkey – Every day, Emre İlkan Saklica scrolls through endless social media feeds, delving into the latest trends and browsing through news reports, with just one goal: debunk false […]
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Sat 18 December 2021: In central China’s Henan Province, a city site dating from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) has been discovered, with more than two dozen tombs and a significant number of artifacts recently excavated. According to China’s Xinhua news agency, the site, located in the Taojiaying village, Anyang city, covers an area of […]
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Wed 15 December 2021: Hundreds of dinosaur footprints have been discovered in Poland, some of which are so well preserved that even the scaly skin can be seen, providing insight into a complex ecology 200 million years ago, according to geologists. The fossilised tracks and bones were discovered in an opencast clay mine in Borkowice, […]
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Thu 16 December 2021: UNESCO on Tuesday added Arabic calligraphy, a key tradition in the Arab and Islamic worlds, to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. A total of 16 Muslim-majority countries, led by Saudi Arabia, presented the nomination to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which announced the listing on Twitter. “Arabic calligraphy […]
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Wed 15 December 2021: Since December 1, a total of 24 rhino carcasses have been discovered across South Africa, according to a series of tweets from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment late Tuesday. The DFFE has noted posts on social media in recent days stating that 23 #rhino have been #poached in South […]
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