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No one has seen the eyes since, and their location remains unknown, undocumented, and unverified/Image: Youtube Albert Einstein took deliberate steps to control what would happen to his body after death. He asked that it be cremated, and that his ashes be scattered in secret, to avoid shrines, relics or spectacle. He was explicit about…
In 2013 California, J.C. Penney’s Michael Graves-designed Bells and Whistles kettle billboard sparked Hitler comparisons/ Image: X In late May 2013, a roadside billboard in Culver City, California, advertising a stainless-steel tea kettle for US retailer J.C. Penney unexpectedly became the centre of an online storm. The advert, positioned beside the busy 405 Freeway, featured…
Both programmes offer sponsor-free residency to attract global talent, investment, and long-term economic participation/Representative image For decades, long-term residency in the Gulf was deliberately elusive. You were welcome to work, invest, and build, but never quite to stay. For a time, that model worked. But as both the UAE and Saudi Arabia began to confront…
Thomas Stoltz Harvey pictured in 1994 holding part of Einstein’s brain which he’d kept with him for decades (Michael Brennan/Getty Images) Albert Einstein died on 18 April 1955, aged 76. His death marked the end of one of the most influential scientific lives in history. It also marked the beginning of a long, unsettled afterlife…
Mark Allen Geralds uttered a cryptic statement as he faced death on Tuesday (Florida Department of Corrections) A Florida man convicted of the brutal killing of a young mother more than three decades ago was executed earlier this month, bringing an end to one of the state’s longest-running capital cases. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was…
A British journalist has alleged that while travelling through conflict zones over the past two decades, he was offered the opportunity to shoot civilians, describing the practice as neither “dark tourism” nor adventurism, but “murder”. His claims sit alongside a separate, ongoing investigation in Italy into allegations that wealthy Westerners paid to shoot civilians during…
The deadly shooting at Bondi Beach has left Australia and Jewish communities around the world in shock and mourning. At least 15 people were killed when gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah gathering by the sea, turning a celebration of faith and family into one of the country’s darkest days. As authorities continue their investigation,…
Frank Veteran, Surgeon Who Treated John Lennon Recalls the Final Sign of Life After He Was Shot Frank Veteran, Surgeon Who Treated John Lennon Recalls the Final Sign of Life After He Was Shot Frank Veteran, Surgeon Who Treated John Lennon Recalls the Final Sign of Life After He Was Shot Frank Veteran, Surgeon Who…
Evidence suggests Ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom began almost a century later/ Image: Pexels For more than a century, historians have worked with a broadly agreed timeline for Ancient Egypt, anchoring its major eras to king lists, inscriptions and archaeological layers. One of the most important of those turning points is the start of the New…
The map listed 23 UK locations tied to defence manufacturing and nuclear infrastructure In February 2019, Russian state television aired a segment that stood out even by the country’s own standards of confrontational rhetoric. During a Sunday night broadcast of Vesti Nedeli, the flagship weekly news programme, viewers were shown a map of the United…
