Archaeologists find earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China | World News

Archaeologists find the earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China (PC: Cambridge University Press) A set of ancient crucibles found in Guangzhou is giving archaeologists new clues about how brass-making technology may have reached medieval China. The vessels came from an official metallurgical workshop at the Royal Palace of the Nanyue…

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Indian Jazz musician Pritesh Walia released from ICE custody after 14 days: ‘When you are sitting in a detention facility, the world feels very small’

Indian musician Pritesh Walia shares his experience of ICE detention for 14 days and thanks the music fraternity for rallying behind his release. Jazz musician Pritesh Walia, who was arrested by ICE for alleged visa overstay, released a video announcing that he was back home on bond while his immigration case was still going on….

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Meet Ni Jingchen: The 12-year-old Beijing student who posted a strange fossil online and helped reveal Asia’s first Jurassic amphibian footprint | World News

Representative Image of a child examining ancient fossil footprints preserved in rock in Mentougou, Beijing (AI-generated image) In early 2025, 12-year-old Ni Jingchen was out exploring with his parents in Beijing’s Mentougou district when he noticed two tiny marks on a slab of exposed rock. Ni already loved fossils and knew enough to realise that…

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Arizona man, 88, and his dog got stuck overnight in monsoon mud with no cell service; how one emergency SOS text helped save them

(Image Credit: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office via FOX 10 Phoenix) An 88-year-old Arizona man and his dog spent an entire night stranded in a remote part of Yavapai County after their vehicle became stuck in thick mud following recent monsoon storms. The man had been travelling on a back route between Carefree and Bloody Basin…

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18-year-old Belgian student thought he found a €1 coin during his summer construction job; he then uncovered gold worth €9 million

An 18-year-old Belgian student working a summer construction job made an extraordinary discovery while helping excavate a sewer at a former brewery site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, about 30km north-west of Brussels. What initially looked like ordinary €1 coins turned out to be part of a hidden gold hoard estimated at around €9 million. The stash included…

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An 18-year-old construction worker in Belgium uncovered a €9 million gold hoard hidden inside a former brewery cellar

Local police shared images of the hoard, PC: Lokale Politie Dendermonde An 18-year-old named Kobe was spending his summer break working construction in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a small community in East Flanders, Belgium, when an ordinary day of demolition work turned into the find of a lifetime. His crew had been renovating a former brewery building, once…

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