An old iron fitting found among scrap metal in eastern Poland has turned out to be part of a burial that disappeared from the archaeological record long ago. The object, recovered in Hrubieszów, is a shield boss dating to around the 2nd century CE. More unexpectedly, traces of cremated human bone were still preserved within…
For years, visitors to the Giant’s Causeway have left behind more than photographs and memories. Coins were pushed into gaps between the site’s distinctive basalt columns, sometimes as a gesture of luck or affection. What might have seemed harmless began to leave a physical mark on the rocks. As reported by the BBC, conservation work…
Haryanvi singer Ankit Balyan was shot dead outside a gym in Shamli district. LUCKNOW: Haryanvi singer and YouTuber Ankit Balyan, 32, was shot dead in a point-blank attack outside a gym in Shamli district on Wednesday evening, with preliminary information indicating that around 18 rounds were fired at him.The incident took place around 7 pm…
In Kyoto’s Arashiyama area, bamboo groves are frequently damaged by graffiti. Kyoto’s famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is facing growing damage from tourists carving names and other writing into its bamboo stalks. A city investigation found that around 350 bamboo plants along the popular walking path had been damaged since spring 2025.The damage has prompted Kyoto…
A San Francisco woman has given a glimpse of what home cleaning could look like in the age of humanoid robots after hiring one for $30 an hour to work inside her apartment. Gianna Capezio booked a one-hour cleaning visit from San Francisco startup Tau Robotics, with the humanoid robot vacuuming, making her bed and…
A Wiltshire couple face losing the home they built for their disabled daughter after a planning dispute over a basement and Green Belt rules. (Photo: Wiltshire council) A Wiltshire couple have been ordered to demolish the four-bedroom home they have lived in with their disabled daughter for more than four years after a planning dispute…
Tom Neale on Suwarrow: Highlights the story’s main protagonist living his solitary life on the remote Cook Islands atoll. A remote Pacific atoll that was once the solitary kingdom of a New Zealand sailor has secured a lasting future, transforming from a hermit’s retreat into the first conservation sanctuary in the Cook Islands. Suwarrow, an…
Devastating CCTV footage from China-Nepal border A landslide struck the China-Nepal border in Tibet’s Gyirong county on Wednesday, leading to “major casualties” and leaving several people missing at the Gyirong Port, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.The landslide occurred at around 10.30am (local time) and began on the Nepalese side before hitting the key…
A pond in southern Arizona can look quiet from a distance. Beneath the surface, though, the balance between species can be very different from what it was a century ago. Among the animals affected is the northern Mexican gartersnake, a wetland-dependent reptile that hunts along streams, ponds and cienegas across parts of the Southwest.Its decline…
Over 100 Indians, 37 NRIs missing after flash floods hit Nepal. At least 105 Indians and 37 NRIs are among nearly 400 people reported missing after a massive flash flood swept through Nepal’s Rasuwa district near the Tibet border on Wednesday, killing at least 95 people and causing widespread damage to settlements and infrastructure.The sudden…
