A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep…
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China’s Xi Jinping is in Vietnam to figure out how to ‘screw’ the US, says Trump | Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping’s tour of South-east Asia this week is likely intended to “screw” the United States, President Donald Trump has suggested, as the Chinese leader embarks on five-day tour of some nations hardest hit by Trump’s tariffs.
China’s…
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Daniel Noboa: What to know about Ecuador President and his plans to fight crime
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa stunned voters in 2023 when he won a snap election for a 16-month presidency after only a brief stint as a lawmaker and with no established political machinery.
No…
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Large-scale fire caused by Russian drone strike extinguished in Kharkiv
In Kharkiv, rescuers extinguished a 1,600 square meter fire caused by a Russian drone strike on the morning of April 14.
According to Ukrinform, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported this on Telegram.
There were no casualties as a result of the fire.
85 rescuers…
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Why does Putin insist Ukranians and Russians are ‘one people’? The answer spans centuries of colonisation and resistance
Russian president Vladimir Putin does not seem interested in peace: Sunday’s missile strike on Sumy, the worst civilian attack this year, proves he is determined to expand into Ukraine at any cost.
This is a war of ideas, narratives and…
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Spanish police pounce on exotic cat smuggling ring – DW – 04/14/2025
The Spanish Civil Guard on Monday said it had arrested two people in Mallorca over the alleged sale of exotic felines via the internet.
Police said the pair’s breeding of wildcats and hybrids on the Balearic island was only a small part of a…
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President Trump claims to have solved US inflation amid market turmoil
US President Donald Trump claims he has “solved inflation”, despite the recent market turmoil triggered by his enactment of global tariffs.
Speaking in the Oval Office during his meeting with El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele, on Monday, Trump seized on the latest monthly consumer…
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Life Deep Beneath The Soil Dominated by Mysterious New Phylum of Bacteria : ScienceAlert
The soil under our feet is teeming with mysterious life forms – possibly more than any other habitat on Earth.
Scientists have now identified a whole new phylum of bacteria, which is abundant and widespread in the “dark forest” of our planet’s deep soils.
The candidate phylum, called Continue Reading