Oldest known evidence of father-daughter incest found in 3,700-year-old bones in Italy
Archaeologists have found the earliest DNA evidence to date of a father-daughter pairing.
Rare 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with menorahs found near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
An excavation at the City of David in Jerusalem unearthed a 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with a seven-branched menorah on each side.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mapped an unseen part of the sun at its most active moment
Data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has enabled astronomers to map the unssen surface of the sun’s atmosphere for the first time.
Parents of sextortion victim who took his own life sue Instagram owner Meta
The family of a teenage boy who took his own life after being blackmailed on Instagram are suing the platform’s owner Meta.
Beijing’s reaction to US-Taiwan arms deal is “information warfare”
“All the [US] weapon systems [sold to Taiwan] … are defensive in nature.”
Shop owner who helped Bondi victims speaks to Al Jazeera
When gunmen opened fire on people celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach, shop owner Youssef Hamdan rushed to help victims.
EU summit on knife-edge over plan to fund Ukraine using Russian assets
The proposal centres on whether the EU can use about $246bn in Russian central bank frozen assets.
Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in all shapes and
New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ insult, mock former U.S. presidents
President Tweety McTreason has affixed partisan plaques to the portraits of all U.S. commanders in chief, himself included, on his Presidential Walk of Fame at
The Year in Mathematics
Mathematics is, at its core, an art. Like painters, musicians or writers, mathematicians create and explore new worlds. They test, and then push past, the
Zelensky gives stark warning as EU leaders hold crunch talks on Russia’s frozen assets
The EU is deciding whether to loan tens of billions of euros of Russian money to fund Ukraine’s military and economic needs.
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer-winning war reporter, dies aged 91
He was known for covering the Vietnam and Gulf Wars – and for interviewing both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden.
Thailand bombs near Cambodia’s Poipet border crossing
The bombings come as renewed border clashes show no sign of letting up between the two countries.
Rebels start to withdraw from key DR Congo city, leaders say
DR Congo’s government say the announced withdrawal is intended to distract the US mediation team.