Ever since prehistoric times spiritual seekers have acknowledged Mount Shasta, in Siskiyou County, California, as a sacred mountain. Could the unique geology and location of Mount Shasta have something to do with the supernatural legends surrounding it? The belief that Mount Shasta contains some kind of hidden realm or alternate dimension within it, is ubiquitous […]
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Unique Desert Biome in South Africa Is a Hotspot for Organisms Found Nowhere Else on Earth
Divided by mountains, there is a thriving desert on South Africa’s Western Cape where bushy, sandy plains belie beautiful, botanical treasures. This unassuming landscape is the world’s only arid plant hotspot—and home to a third of all succulent plant species in the world. Part of the region’s Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, the area of land falling […]
Israel is now the world’s Covid hotspot: Cases soar despite country’s trail-blazing vaccine roll-out – sparking fears other highly-vaccinated countries will be hit by another wave due to jabs’ waning immunity
Israel recorded 1,892 cases per million people on Wednesday — nearly 0.2% of entire population in single day Despite being one of the most vaccinated nations in world, country is in midst of an unprecedented new wave Fears Britain could now follow suit has led to growing calls for a mass booster vaccine rollout this winter […]
4th Century Coin Cache Found In Israeli Archaeological Hotspot
A cache of coins, weighing 6 kilos (13 pounds) in total, was discovered by a tour guide near west Israel’s coastal town of Atlit on Tuesday, the 10th of August. Yotam Dahan, the tour guide from Klil in the Western Galilee area of Northern Israel found the antique coins on a family camping trip in […]
Giant 3D cat becomes Tokyo’s latest photo hotspot
At Tokyo’s busy shopping and business area of Shinjuku, a giant 3D cat is displayed on a 4K billboard to greet people. “I thought it was a real cat,” says a pedestrian while passing by and taking photos. Some students say the cat looks really cute and bigger than what they saw on social media. […]
Páramos at risk: The interconnected threats to a biodiversity hotspot
Image Credit: The Bogotá Post On a recent, pre-pandemic journey to the High Andes of Colombia, I found myself surrounded by one of the region’s emblematic species, the flowering shrubs known locally as frailejones or “big monks.” These giant plants, relatives of sunflowers from the Espeletia genus, mesmerized me, their yellow buds and silvery hairs […]
9,000-Year-Old Camping Hotspot Found Near Welsh Castle
In the shadow of famous Rhuddlan Castle , just a few short kilometers from the northern Welsh coast, archaeologists have unearthed a Mesolithic camp site that predates King Edward I’s 13 th century turreted stone fortress by 8,000 years. Literally just down the hill from the castle, no more than a long stone’s throw away, archaeologists […]
Coronavirus live: Israel updates hotspot map, placing half the population in high-risk areas
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Italian migrant hotspot on the brink of collapse after nearly a thousand migrants disembark
Authorities on the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa are calling out for urgent help after mass migrant arrivals over the weekend pushed its hotspots on the brink of collapse. “Lampedusa is no longer able to cope with this situation.”, mayor Totò Martello told Italian news agency ANSA. “Either the government takes immediate decisions or the […]
London is a ‘modern day slavery hotspot’: Building sites, restaurants and hotels are using ‘forced labour’, police chief warns
London is a world hotspot for modern slavery with victims forced into hotels, restaurants and building sites, a top police officer said today. Detective Chief Inspector Phil Brewer, head of Scotland Yard’s anti-slavery unit, has revealed a surge in cases in the capital in 2017 where people are working against their will, for no pay […]
Psychopathic Ukrainian M.D. admits killing Donbass combatants
Translated from French by Tom Winter The anesthesiologist Alexander Chernov, who worked in the city of Ienakievo in the Donbass, said that in providing emergency care to veterans of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) he did whatever he could to cause maximum damage to patients. In an interview with the online channel Ukrlife.tv, anesthesiologist […]
BREAKING: FBI Orders Media to IMMEDIATELY Leave Oregon Militia Standoff Area… Here’s Why
Dean James AMERICA’S FREEDOM FIGHTERS– The FBI is telling the American media to get out of the #OregonStandoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge which means they are planning a mass killing like the one in Waco. “It’s time for everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesn’t have to be bloodshed in our community,” […]
Radiation hotspot found in Tokyo
Press TV October 13, 2011 Researchers have detected a radiation hotspot in Japan’s capital of Tokyo months after a nuclear disaster in the earthquake-prone country. Radiation of up to 3.35 microsieverts per hour was recorded Thursday at a height of 1 meter along a street in the west of the capital – 220 kilometers (136 […]