Note: Map ready for this story MAR DEL SUD, Argentina — A tombstone found in the secret basement of an Argentinian house has been identified as that of the founders of the country’s Nazi party. The discovery took place this past spring in the El Remanso neighborhood of the popular tourist town of Mar del Sud, in the eastern Argentinian province of Buenos Aires. A construction worker working on an addition to the house found the tombstone, which bears the names of Clara Probst and Richard Schmidt. The marker was buried about 30 centimeters (roughly a foot) under the soil…
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ZAKOTARAC MOUNTAIN, Croatia — Archeologists have unearthed a rare Greek-Illyrian warrior helmet in a previously undiscovered grave site. The helmet, along with other precious relics, were discovered in a tomb site on Zakotarac Mountain located on the Peljesac Peninsula in the Croatia’s Dalmatia region. The dig was coordinated by Prof. Hrvoje Potrebica of Zagreb University’s Archeology Department, in coordination with Dubrovnik Museums. Peljesac Peninsula, Croatia. (Map by Urvashi Makwana)Experts believe the helmet was made in the southern Greek peninsula of Peloponnese between the 8th and 7th century B.C. However, it was apparently buried with a warrior about 300 years later.…
The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates landed November 8 at Dubai international Airport. Five weeks later, roughly 50,000 Israelis had been to the UAE, according to Israeli Tourism Minister Orit Farkash Hacohen. Those numbers will likely skyrocket once visa-free travel goes into effect by January, she remarked at a press conference on December 16. “Israelis are very adventurous and are the first to go see any new attraction,” she said. Thousands of Israelis celebrated Hanukkah in the glittering capital city of Dubai this year, as the Abraham Accords opened the UAE to Israeli passport holders for…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A prominent ethnic Baloch rights activist, Karima Mehrab Baloch, 37, from the conflict-ridden province of Balochistan, Pakistan, was found dead on Dec. 21 after going missing in Toronto a day earlier. “It’s confirmed that my friend, colleague, and prominent Baloch politician Karima Baloch, is no more among us physically,” Lateef Johar Baloch tweeted. “Toronto police found her dead body in Toronto today. Please pray for her family and friends!” Toronto police said Karima was last seen on Dec 20 at approximately 3 p.m., in the Bay Street and Queens Quay West area in Toronto. Police did not…
NEW Delhi — Twitter’s India arm has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of harassment, highlighting yet again how social media firms are finding it difficult to work in India. Twitter India filed a plea with the Supreme Court seeking to quash police complaints filed against it. On Dec. 17, the Supreme Court issued notices on BJP member Vinit Goenka and secretaries of the party in seven states. In its appeal registered on Nov 2, Twitter Communications India said that the BJP’s information technology cell asked its supporters to file multiple FIRs (first information reports) against it for allegedly…
DELHI — Icy wind from the Himalayas has wrapped India’s capital in a cold wave, with temperatures sinking to lows not seen in 90 years. Meanwhile, widespread air pollution has cast a cloud over the festive cheer. Delhi recorded a low 3.4 degrees Celsius (38 degrees Fahrenheit) on Dec. 20, according to the Meteorological Department. Normal temperature is 8.4C (47F). “Every winter, the biting cold shocks us, and makes us believe that this is abnormal,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD regional weather forecasting. “But that is not the case. At the Lodhi Road observatory in New Delhi, we recorded…
KOLKATA — A boom in bicycle and tractor sales amid a technical recession in India seems to be one of the few good things to come along during the pandemic. Tractor sales are going up because of four successive good crop seasons and expectations of a bumper harvest of upcoming rabi (winter) crop,” said Devendra Kumar Pant, chief economist at India Ratings and Research. “One of the reasons for increased bicycle sales could be usage of bicycle for health purposes. With gyms remaining closed for a longer duration, a number of people have switched to bicycle for fitness and stamina.” Bike sales…
JUKKASJARVI, Sweden — A Swedish ice hotel has opened its doors just 124 miles from the Arctic Circle with stunning art sculptures created by local artists. Icehotel 31 is in Jukkasjarvi in the municipality of Kiruna, located in the northernmost Swedish province of Lapland. The annual seasonal hotel debuted this year in December. The pop-up part of the hotel only exists during the winter months and this is its 31st iteration, hence its 2020 name. A centerpiece of the temporary hotel is its stunning art sculptures, whose distinct designs were created by 35 Swedish artists, chosen to help create 12…
SINGAPORE — A group of gaming pals took advantage of coronavirus-related closures of Singapore‘s cinemas to book a theater to play Xbox games on its big screen. Les Yam, 32, told Zenger News the group paid $435 Singapore (roughly $325 U.S.) last month to reserve the cinema for three hours. As an avid gamer, he said it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity they could not afford to miss. “I emailed all the cinema operators regarding the possibility of renting an entire cinema hall just for playing games. Out of the five [major] cinema operators in Singapore, only one was able to…
KABUL — In a third bomb blast in Afghanistan within a week, at least nine people, including women and children, were killed in the capital of Kabul on Dec 20. The blast from the car bomb targeted Khan Mohammad Wardak, a member of parliament, as he was traveling through the Khushal Khan neighborhood, a western suburb in Kabul. Wardak survived the attack. Security officials believe the number of casualties will increase. “Such terrorist attacks show the persistence of terrorist crimes against the people. Terrorists have an approach of destruction and killing,” tweeted Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesperson Tariq Arian. President Ashraf…