Chicago, USA — Megalodon, an extinct species of predatory shark that lived in the world’s oceans between 15 and 3.6 million years ago, gave birth to giant six-foot babies that were most likely cannibals in the womb, claims a study. “The new study demonstrating the large size at birth for Megalodon, which belongs to the shark group called Lamniformes, has really strengthened the idea that, like in the present-day Lamniform sharks, intrauterine cannibalism occurred in the fossil species at least in the form of Oophagy or egg-eating,” said Professor Kenshu Shimada, Palaeontology Department, DePaul University in Chicago, USA and the…
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Sappada, Italy — It was a busy day for firefighters who were tasked with cleaning up a thick blanket of snow off the roof of an iconic village church in northern Italy on Jan 9. The cleanup operation took place at the Church of Santa Margherita in the commune of Sappada in the province of Udine located in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The team carried out the operation successfully at a height of 30 metres (98 feet) in -6 degrees Celsius temperature. The has been heavy snowfall in the region since the beginning of the new year.…
ISLAMABAD — Ten climbers from Nepal have set a record by summiting the world’s second-highest mountain in winter. K2, which straddles the Pakistan-China border at 8,610.9 meters (28,251 feet), is 238 meters shorter than Mount Everest but is widely considered the most difficult and the most dangerous big peak for climbers. It has been referred to as the “savage mountain” since American climber George Bell described it as such after his failed summit attempt in 1953. Part of the Karakoram range, K2 was the last of the 14 peaks taller than 8,000 meters to be summited in winter, “one of…
MUMBAI, India — Twenty-four-year-old Sachin Kuvara was riding his motorcycle when he was struck and killed by lightning during a storm in Palghar on Sept. 9, 2020. His close friend and next-door neighbor, Atul Govari, 19, a passenger on his motorcycle, also died. “Had he known the severity of the thunderstorms, he would have probably not ventured out,” said Kuvara’s brother Sanjay. Kuvara had borrowed his father’s motorcycle to go to the bank 14 kilometers (about 9 miles) from his house. At his insistence, Govari went with him. Kuvara was halfway home when the lightning struck. Kuvara and Govari are…
In a year marked by digital editions of conferences, performances and theater shows – marathons are also getting an online twist. This year’s Tel Aviv Samsung Marathon is going both digital and global — it will take place wherever its participants choose, via a dedicated app. This app will allow them to run a local course designed especially for them, according to the distance they wish to complete: marathon, half-marathon, 10 kilometers or five kilometers. Taking place on February 19-15, the marathon’s motto is “All Running Together Separately.” The marathon app is set to broadcast a start line ceremony, offer…
BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION, Philippines — A new government in the Philippines’ poorest region faces major recent challenges including handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, resolving decades of civil war and increasing economic prosperity. Three years after one of its largest cities was ravaged by terrorists, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is working to begin a new chapter. Around the globe, fumbled responses to COVID-19 have seen citizens lose faith in government. Yet, the crisis has given the regional government an opportunity to legitimize itself. “For too long, all the people of Bangsamoro have not been able to shape their…
Milan, Italy – A young drug dealer unknowingly led the authorities to his main supplier after cops noticed him being nervous in the streets of Milan, an Italian city, on Jan 13. Police officials patrolling the area, noticed a suspicious young man leaning against his car, looking around and messaging on his phone. The official decided to approach the suspicious man and soon realized he was a well-known drug dealer in the area. “At that point the cops ask the young man what all that cash was for, only to get him further nervous,” said Italy police in…
TAMIL NADU, India — Venkatesh Swaminathan, who lives in the United States, has been sending money to his parents in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru for nearly three decades. The money goes from his American bank account to his Indian bank account and then to his parents’ account. “It takes four to five days for the money to reach my Indian account,” Swaminathan told Zenger News. “My bank in the U.S. has a subsidiary in India, which makes it relatively easier to transfer the money.” Still, the amount the receiver gets is often affected by the mid-market exchange rate…
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia – The Saudis have set in motion an ambitious plan to build a kilometer-long city with no cars or streets in the shape of a line crossing the country, where everything people need will be five minutes away from home. Dubbed “The Line”, the idea is to have green spaces for pedestrians at ground level, with carbon-neutral transportation and freight services built underground. “Throughout history, cities were built to protect their citizens,” said Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. “After the Industrial Revolution, cities prioritized machines, cars and factories over people. In cities that are…
Barcelona, Spain — A team of experts has been working for six months to restore a 1960 sculpture by famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali after it was damaged by humidity, at the Dali Museum in Spain. “During the months of lockdown, we worked in the preventive preservation of the masterpieces exhibited in the museum,” said Montse Aguer, 57, director of the Dali Museum, located in the city of Figueras, in the eastern Spanish province of Catalonia. Experts in jewelry, chemistry, biology, gemology and mineralogy worked on a sculpture called ‘La cruz del angel’ (The Angel Cross). The sculpture, designed by…