A cloth fragment discovered in a royal tomb in Greece could be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the Great, according to recent claims by Professor Emeritus Antonis Bartsiokas of Democritus University of Thrace. Found in a tomb near Vergina, a site historically tied to Macedonian royalty, this garment is now believed
Month: November 2024
Kubota says its new KATR farm tractor concept raises the bar in autonomous, zero-emission farming – and it looks like they’ve convinced others, too. The robot just won “Best of Innovation” at the CES Innovation Awards. Built as a follow-up to last year’s New Agri Concept electric autonomous farm tractor, the new Kubota KATR is a
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson says the health scare in June, which forced the postponement of his boxing match with Jake Paul, almost cost him his life. “I almost died in June,” Tyson wrote on X, adding that he “had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital”. The 58-year-old, who lost
Mark Webber’s role as Pulp’s fan club manager started simply enough, writing newsletters and posting out small bits of memorabilia such as postcards, stickers and badges. But, just like the band he loved, he wanted to do things a little differently. A balloon launch to drum up publicity in their hometown of Sheffield didn’t attract
The UK will double the amount of aid to Sudan and neighbouring countries, providing more than £110m to those affected by the war. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the package doubles the UK’s aid commitment and will assist more than 600,000 in Sudan. In total, £43.5m in funding will be provided to
If you know a teacher, or you are a teacher, you’ll understand that many in the profession consider their jobs one of the best in the world, while also acknowledging it can be one of the most stressful. Teaching in a war zone takes it to another level on both fronts. But imagine teaching in
Joe Biden has met with Xi Jinping for the last time as US president, where the Chinese leader said he is “ready to work” with Donald Trump. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, Peru, Mr Biden said the US and China’s relationship should be about “competition, not conflict”. “We haven’t always agreed,
Bishops refused to call for the Archbishop of Canterbury to resign because they were thinking about their own promotion prospects, one senior church figure believes. Justin Welby, who had been in post since 2013, stepped down after a report was published that showed the Church covered up sexual abuse by John Smyth, a barrister who
In this article CEG MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Operations at Three Mile Island are poised to restart in four years, the latest sign that the nuclear power industry is undergoing a major turnaround after a wave of plant closures. The Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island, which entered service in 1974,
China just connected its largest single-capacity solar farm built on a former coal mining area, which is in the Gobi Desert, to the grid. The Mengxi Blue Ocean Photovoltaic Power Station, located in Otog Front Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, came online on November 5. With a massive installed capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW) and over
Jon Kenny, an Irish comedian and actor known for D’Unbelievables and roles on Father Ted, has died aged 66. His wife Margie told local news outlet the Limerick Leader that the comedian had died on Friday evening in Galway Clinic. In a statement to the newspaper, Kenny’s family said he had a cardiac arrest early
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman’s body was found in the boot of a car in east London. Detectives said a murder inquiry has been launched into the “suspicious” discovery in Ilford. The woman, who has not been named but is from Corby in Northamptonshire, may have been the victim of a
A former Conservative cabinet minister has thrown his hat into the ring to become the inaugural chair of Britain’s new independent football regulator. Sky News has learnt that Chris Heaton-Harris, who stood down as an MP at July’s general election, is among those who applied for the role ahead of a deadline on Friday. Mr
A study by the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) suggests that early Homo species may have experienced extended childhoods well before significant brain enlargement, challenging longstanding evolutionary assumptions. The findings are based on the dental development of a nearly complete sub-adult Homo skull, unearthed at the Dmanisi site in Georgia and dated to 1.77 million
A passenger plane has been hit by a bullet near the cockpit as it was preparing to take off at an airport in Dallas. The bullet struck the right side of the Southwest Airlines jet just under the flight deck around 8.30pm local time on Friday (2.30am on Saturday UK time). Flight 2494 was cancelled
Sir Keir Starmer has said he will defend the decisions made in the budget “all day long” amid anger from farmers over inheritance tax changes. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced last month in her key speech that from April 2026, farms worth more than £1m will face an inheritance tax rate of 20%, rather than the
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