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Image shows a fragmentary jar, undated photo. It originated from the Yassiada shipwreck and it has been given an official seal and can be linked to Kos by its material composition. (Frederick H. van Doorninck, Jr., Justin Leidwanger, Jenny Vo-Phamhi, James Gross/Newsflash)

Ancient Pen Pushers Invented Weights And Measures 3,000 Years Ago

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:August 30, 2023

Ancient bureaucrats introduced the first weight and measures system to transport food and wine more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have revealed. Experts examined millennia-old amphoras from pre-Roman times to…

British Tourists Sent Back Home By Austria Over Omicron Fears

Post author:James King
Post published:January 5, 2022

More than a hundred British holidaymakers were refused entry to Austria after they turned up without proof of a booster vaccination and without a negative PCR test that is less…

24-year old hairdresser Alysson Jadin who died

Young Hairdresser Takes Her Own Life After Covid Measures Force Her To Close Down Her Newly Opened Salon

Post author:Delano Langras
Post published:November 23, 2020

Financial crisis brought on by the Coronavirus has pushed a young woman to the very edge, causing her to end her own life. Twenty-four-year-old Alysson Jadin from the city of…

The restaurant workers in the door entrance

Picture Captures Restaurant Owners Despair Amid New Lockdown

Post author:Ana Lacasa
Post published:November 4, 2020

This is the viral photo that has become a story in itself showing two Spanish restaurant owners comforting each other after their business was forced to close a second time…

Xiaoyu, a 14-year-old boy from Sichuan who is 221 cm tall, being measured

Over 7 Foot Tall Chinese Teen To Break World Record

Post author:Simona Spirkoska
Post published:October 26, 2020

This is the 14-year-old Chinese teenager who measures well over 7 feet tall and is set to become the tallest male teenager in the world. According to national newspaper New,…

Fr. Cesare Truqui, a professional exorcist

Coronavirus Measures Bad For Exorcisms

Post author:Lisa-Maria Goertz
Post published:September 13, 2020

Exorcists are being prevented from doing their job because they have to use the telephone or wear gloves when driving out the devil. That is is according to one of…

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu To Stay Closed As Locals Fear COVID Wave

Post author:Ana Lacasa
Post published:June 27, 2020

Iconic tourist destination Machu Picchu will remain closed for the whole of July because of delays in setting up safety measures and because locals fear an influx of visitors could…

Illustrative photo of Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport

Outrage As Babies Detained At Paris Airport

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:May 25, 2020

Two babies flying into France at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport have been trapped in the terminal with their parents after they were refused permission to enter the country because…

UK Study Says Chinas Early Action Saved 7M COVID Cases

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:May 14, 2020

A study in the British science journal ‘Nature’ has shown that China managed to avoid seven million possible COVID-19 infections through non-pharmaceutical interventions and preventative measures. The report said that…

Gaetano Scullino, the politician

Italian Mayor Fined For Dance At Anti Lockdown Party

Post author:Ana Lacasa
Post published:May 10, 2020

This the moment an Italian mayor dances on a roof terrace with several other people during a COVID-19 lockdown part and ends up being fined for not respecting social distancing…