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Around 120,000 years ago in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake that was also frequented by camels, buffalo and elephants bigger than any species seen today. The humans may have hunted the big mammals but they did not stay long, using the watering hole as a waypoint on a longer journey. This detailed scene was reconstructed by researchers in a new study published in Science Advances on Wednesday, following the discovery of... Читать дальше...

The Los Angeles Rams got to open SoFi Stadium on Sunday night against the Cowboys, and now it's the Chargers' turn to take center stage at (...)

California firefighters continue to protect a historic observatory in Los Angeles County, which came under threat from the flames of the Bobcat Fire this week. The blaze, which is burning above the San Gabriel Valley foothills, reportedly came within 500 feet of the 116-year-old Mount Wilson Observatory.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pegged near zero at least through 2023 as it strives to accelerate economic growth and drive down the unemployment rate.

New research finds forest regeneration on sheep pasture is an economically viable way to fight climate change.

Samsung has succeeded in making a follow-up foldable phone that improves almost everything we hated about the original Galaxy Fold.

Central bank raises forecasts for US economic activity this year

Italian priest Roberto Malgesini, 51 years old, “a real street priest” as many describe him was stabbed and murdered on Monday at 7 AM in Como in Piazza San Rocco. His killer is described as a homeless man, of Tunisian origin, aged 53. The migrant was a person Father Malgesini knew and assisted and with…

Winners have been announced in the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors 2019 newspaper contest.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) foreign exchange (forex) operations and earnings from overseas investments helped the country’s gross international reserves (GIR) reach a record $98.95 billion at end-August. Preliminary data from the central bank showed on Wednesday that the amount was 0.35 percent and 15 percent wider than those posted a month and a […]

On September 14, ISIS terrorists carried out a series of attacks against government forces in the Sinai Peninsula in eastern...

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While South Africans were greeted with news of the return of local rugby on Tuesday afternoon there was still no clarification as to whether the Springboks would play in the Rugby Championship or not.

Donald Trump continues to lie about...everything. His latest whackadoodle conspiracy theory is that Joe Biden is taking performance enhancing drugs.

The Real Madrid winger appears close to sealing a sensational return to the north London outfit

Rain lashes city continuously for four to five hours starting from around 4 p.m.

SCIENTISTS are probing claims coronavirus leaked from a Chinese lab as part of a huge new investigation into the origins of the virus. The team, set up as part of the Lancet Covid-19 Commission, will be led by a British zoologist who admits his appointment ‘will be controversial with conspiracy theorists’. Dr Peter Daszak’s team […]

The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. By Daniel Yergin. Penguin; 512 pages; $38. Allen Lane; £25.

Making military service obligatory at the age of 18 in Greece could have benefits that go beyond the operation of the Hellenic Armed Forces.

Last month Facebook announced a new initiative in which it is partnering with a hand-selected group of academics to study the influence of social media on the 2020 election. Unlike previous analyses of platforms' impact conducted after an election, this effort will involve actively manipulating the Facebook and Instagram accounts of volunteers in the lead-up to Nov. 3 with little transparency, raising critical questions about the sites' growing power over our democratic processes.

WITH A RETURN to cabinet off the table, Michael McDowell has settled into a gig acting as national conscience in the Irish Times opinion pages.  The country must be in dire straits if the former Tánaiste is worried about the public health service.  This week,... Read more »

Green Recovery cash could accelerate the sector's environmental transformation

New York City’s mayor and all of his staff will be furloughed without pay in an effort to recover from the pandemic. Starting on October 1st, Mayor Bill de Blasio and his office of nearly 500 workers will go without pay for one week.

<p>‘They had packed their belongings in preparation to evacuate,’ says Butte County sheriff Kory Honea</p>