Workers restoring a gothic palace discovered the sarcophagus of a 5-year-old girl who was buried there up to 800 years ago. The archaeologists were restoring unique ceramic tiles in the chapel of the Alcazar of Seville, Spain, when they stumbled upon the lead sarcophagus. It contained a wooden coffin with the girl’s remains under the chapel’s altar. Professor Miguel Angel Tabales from the University of Seville, is the director of the archaeological project’s team. “It was part of an intervention to know if it is possible to build an air chamber in the walls of the Gothic palace to restore…
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On April 18, Israel lifted the requirement to wear face masks in open-air areas, following the decline in new COVID-19 cases in the country. In addition, children in grades 1-12 returned to school as usual. Until now, the public was required to don face masks while outdoors. The few exemptions were restaurant diners in open-air areas or people exercising. Even with the easing of restrictions, face masks will remain mandatory indoors; exceptions are public-speaking occasions, teaching and some cases of medical treatment. Israel’s education system also fully reopened on April 18, welcoming students from grades 1-12 back to their regular…
Few moments are as iconic in mankind’s collective memory as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s landing on the moon in 1969. But what was a unique sight is likely to become a slightly more regular one in the future, with lunar space missions in the works to reach the moon once again. But reaching the moon is fraught with numerous technical challenges, one of them being the fact that it takes huge amounts of oxygen to launch rockets and spaceships and to get them back to Earth. Since oxygen isn’t available in outer space like it is here on Earth,…
GULU, Uganda — “We were attacked by several armed men shortly after we passed the Nimule Hill on the way to Juba,” said 33-year-old Mohamed Ismail Dollis. Dollis spoke to Zenger News from his bed at St. Luke’s Orthopedics and Trauma Hospital in Eldoret town, Kenya, where he’d been admitted with a bullet wound and a broken left hand. “The gunmen descended on the road from the bushes, shot at us, and torched our trucks.” Dollis, a Kenyan citizen, was part of a convoy of foreign truck drivers transporting goods to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, when they were ambushed by unknown…
KOLKATA, India — “I took the vaccine and after some time felt dizzy,” Anarkali, a 70-year-old woman who went to take a Covid-19 jab at a government hospital in western Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, said. “Later, I was told that I had been injected with anti-rabies vaccine instead.” The ‘mistake’ was repeated — thrice — and none of the women were asked for their identification cards or any other proofs for mandatory verification. Jasjit Kaur, the district magistrate of Shamli, confirmed the incident and said the pharmacist was “suspended” and the medical superintendent “warned.” This incident happened earlier in April when the…
This young panda is all about playtime with its mother, Ryohama. “Fuhin” Kaedehama, a giant panda cub from Adventure World theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is ready to play and wrestle, using all its force as its mom relaxes while entertaining her youngster. The cub likes to launch herself at her mother, often tumbling by her side. In one swift movement, the panda mom has her cub in a tight grip as she tires to clean Kaedehama, who tries to free herself. After some active playtime, the pandas get a snack break and can be seen munching on some…
PUNE, India — Forest fires are raging in India — a fire that began in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand in October 2020 is still burning in April 2021; the Bandhavgarh National Park witnessed forest fires on March 31; in the same month, the Similipal National Park, one of Asia’s largest forest cover, in the eastern state of Odisha was engulfed in a fire for almost 10 days. Last week, a fire began on the outskirts of Lunglei town in the northeastern state of Mizoram. The town is located about 170 kilometers (105 miles) from the state capital Aizawl, and the fire spread to areas…
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Trade Unions have challenged Scott Morrison’s government to deliver a budget for women with a suite of measures to close the gender pay gap and improve safety. While last year’s economic blueprint faced widespread criticism due to a lack of measures targeted at women, gender issues are now in even sharper focus after sexual assault allegations rocked federal politics. Australian Council of Trade Unions president Michele O’Neil put the coalition on notice during a speech at the National Press Club in Australia’s capital, Canberra, on April 27. “Many of us are wondering whether we have witnessed a genuinely transformative moment for…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Two more Victorian health services have been hit with a class action alleging systematic and widespread underpayment of junior doctors. The latest class action against Monash Health and the Latrobe Regional Health Service follows a similar claim launched in March against Peninsula Health. More than 100 junior doctors working across Monash and Latrobe are part of the second class action lodged in the Federal Court on April 26. About 10,500 junior doctors claim they are entitled to be paid for overtime over the last six years. The doctors had recently voiced their opinion and a statement came out…
ADELAIDE, Australia — Drinking too many cups of coffee a day? You can blame your genetics for that, as per a new study by Australian researchers. The world-first study, by the University of South Australia, found evidence of a protective genetic mechanism that helps people with poor heart health regulate their caffeine intake. The University of South Australia is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities and is the largest university in South Australia with approximately 32,000 students. The Australian Technology Network is a network…