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A looted ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus that was on display at a United State US museum has been returned to Egypt. The 2.9meters long Green Coffin dates back to the Late Dynastic Period, which spanned 664BC to 332BC, and belonged to a priest called Ankhenmaat before it was looted from the ABU Sir necropolis in north Egypt by a global art trafficking network, which smuggled it through Germany into the US […]

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded on a cruise ship The Viking Orion off the Australian coast after a potentially harmful growth was found on its hull. The Viking Orion was reportedly denied permission to dock in Adelaide after authorities discovered Biofoul, an accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals. This can allow invasive species to be imported into non-native habitats, with officials maintaining that the ship's hull must […]

The United State US has become the latest country to impose mandatory Covid tests on visitors from China after it announced it would reopen its borders next week. Tighter measures have also been brought in by Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, and India, with China set to allow people to travel more easily from 8 January after almost three years of restrictions, At the same time, the country is facing a surge […]

Russia has claimed that a Ukrainian drone attack on an airbase for bombers in southern Russia left three people dead. The defence ministry said air defences shot down the drone near the Engels base but falling debris fatally wounded three technical staff, Earlier this month Russia accused Ukraine of a similar attack on the airfield, home to bombers that have carried out missile attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainian military has […]

The January 6 committee investigating the attack on the United State US Capitol has released its final report. They have outlined their case that former President Donald Trump was primarily responsible for the 2021 riot at the US Capitol, which was one of the most thorough accountings yet of the forces that contributed to the deadly attack. Trump did not cooperate with the committee and declared the investigation a witch […]

The former boss of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried is aboard a plane flying from the Bahamas to the United State US where he faces fraud charges. The 30-year-old is being extradited on suspicion of committing one of the biggest financial frauds in US history. Bankman-Fried, who denies the allegations, may have his first court appearance this morning after FTX filed for bankruptcy, leaving many people unable to withdraw […]

The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and grief among young people in the country. A letter published by the Afghan education ministry said the decision was made in a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately. Girls were barred from returning to secondary schools in March, after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut hours after […]

The President of the United State of America Joe Biden has condemned Antisemitism at a White House Party to Commemorate the Second Day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights. The joyful holiday, which is marked by lighting candles and eating oily foods, comes amid reports of a national and global uptick in anti-Semitic rhetoric. Biden, the second Catholic US president, said he will not be silent and America will […]