Peru more than doubled its official COVID-19 death toll on Monday, after the government updated the figures. The government now says there have been more than 180,000 fatalities from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. It’s more than double the 69,342 people who had been declared to have died from COVID-19 in previously available […]
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The Ain Ghazal Statues: Jordan’s Unique and Graceful Neolithic Figures
‘Ain Ghazal (hereafter Ain Ghazal) is an archaeological site located in Jordan that dates to the Neolithic period, and flourished from around the 8th to 6th millennium BC. Ain Ghazal was discovered during the 1970s, but only excavated in the following decade. The excavation of the site continued until the late 1990s, and, consequently, archaeologists have been […]
Israel Steps Up Gaza Offensive, Kills Senior Hamas Figures
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Wednesday pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures and toppling a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities in airstrikes. The Islamic militant group showed no signs of backing down and fired hundreds of […]
22 Gold Foil Embracing Figures Uncovered At Aska: Lovers, Gods or Giants?
A collection of rare ancient gold foil figures have been discovered at the archaeological site of Aska, approximately 36 kilometers (23 miles) from Sweden’s capital city, Stockholm. In 2014 archaeologists announced that they had unearthed a huge feasting and drinking hall at the Aska burial mound which they believed was “probably ruled by a royal […]
Historic Figures Brought to Life with Movement and Emotion!
A graphic artist in Ireland has utilized advanced motional tracking technology to create highly realistic video footage of famous historic figures, showing what they would have looked like in real life. Using paintings, photos, statues, or even death masks of real people from the past, including King Henry VII, Queen Elizabeth, and Nefertiti, the new […]
Where are these three smiling Fatah figures today?
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Florida coronavirus death toll: Latest Covid-19 figures
Florida became the third state in the country to hit 1 million Covid cases when it passed the staggering mark in early December. In doing so the country’s third biggest state, with a population of 21.9 million, joined Texas and California as the worst affected states in the US. And Florida had by 27 December […]
California coronavirus death toll: Latest Covid-19 figures
Governor Gavin Newsom has warned that hospitalisations in the state could soon double and swamped hospitals are out of ICU beds. The uncontrolled spike means that almost all of the 40 million residents of the state are now under a wide-ranging stay-at-home order. The first case of Covid was recorded in California on 25 January […]
Final goodbye: Recalling influential figures lost in 2020
In a year defined by a deadly pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, leading politicians, great athletes and ground-breaking artists. Many of their names hold a prominent place in the collective consciousness — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Diego Maradona, Sean Connery, or Valéry Giscard d’Estaing just — but COVID-19 restrictions often limited the […]
Minister slams public figures under 60 ‘cutting in line’ to get COVID-19 vaccine
As Israel’s vaccination drive against the coronavirus began, questions arose Sunday after a series of public figures and politicians got the inoculation ahead of the general public even though they are not over the age of 60, the minimal age for Israelis who will initially be allowed to vaccinate. Likud minister Ze’ev Elkin tweeted that […]
JCA initiative to address falling figures in Jewish day schools in Sydney
Browse > Home / News / JCA initiative to address falling figures in Jewish day schools in Sydney December 17, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article JCA has announced an unprecedented community-wide initiative to secure the future of Jewish Day School Education in NSW. Two key issues have been identified that will […]
Corona, False Alarm? Facts and Figures by Prof. Sucharit Bhakdi (Video)
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From the seabed, figures of an ancient cult
In 1972, in one of the early finds of marine archaeology, researchers discovered a trove of clay figurines on the seabed off the coast of Israel. The figurines — hundreds of them, accompanied by ceramic jars — were assumed to be the remains of a Phoenician shipwreck that had rested under the Mediterranean for 2,500 […]
Half of Drug-Induced Abortions in Scotland Committed at Home, Figures Highest in a Decade
(Evangelical Focus) — 13,583 pregnancies were terminated in Scotland (UK) in the year 2019, 297 more than in 2018, official figures released in August showed. It is the second highest number of abortions ever, only below the figures of 2008. “Half of all terminations were to women in their twenties in 2019,” the report issued […]
Sweden is so politically correct Lego figures are being banned for looking like an Arabic sign
Sweden is so politically correct Lego figures are being banned for looking like an Arabic sign Paul Joseph Watson Watch this video about how multi-culturalism and political correctness gone mad. I used to want to go and live in Sweden as well due to all their blonde women but it seems that by the time […]
Rosario Dawson, Angela Davis, Cornel West Among 27 US Figures Calling for Release of Ahed Tamimi
More than two-dozen high-profile art and film figures, as well as athletes and academics, from the U.S. have signed a petition calling for the release of Palestinian iconic teen Ahed Tamimi who faces 12 charges and is being tried in an Israeli military court behind closed doors. Netflix Marvel series star Rosario Dawson, Grey’s Anatomy star […]
Putting Names to the Shadowy Figures Behind 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story
Preface by Washington’s Blog – where this article first appeared. A leading cybersecurity expert has publicly said that Mr. Eliason’s research as presented in this article does not violate the law. Washington’s Blog does not express an opinion about whether or not the claims set forth in this article are accurate or not. Make up your […]
#1917LIVE: John Reed & Vyacheslav Molotov – the project’s most active figures
Vyacheslav Molotov is a figure of immense importance to Soviet history. A key moment for the Old Bolshevik was the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact of 1939 with Nazi Germany. The young Stalin protégé rose through the ranks in the 1920s to become chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, followed by the minister of […]
Sexual Assaults at Highest Ever Level in Sweden, New Figures Reveal
Sweden’s National Council on Crime Prevention released their latest Swedish Crime Survey on Wednesday which revealed that a growing number of Swedes are victims of crime, when compared to figures from previous years. The figures, which are for 2016, revealed that crime levels are at their highest since records began in 2006. In total, more than 15% of […]