LONDON — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds ($5.95 million), was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by … Read more
Greek army specialists have destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project at a coastal area south of Athens ByThe Associated Press October 26, 2023, 9:20 AM ATHENS, Greece — Greek army specialists Thursday destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive … Read more
Prosecutors in Berlin say they have closed their investigation into the spectacular collapse of a huge aquarium last December after an expert report failed to pin down a reason why the tank burst ByThe Associated Press October 24, 2023, 11:47 AM BERLIN — Prosecutors in Berlin said Tuesday they have closed their investigation into the … Read more
PARIS — Police arrested a man climbing Thursday on the Eiffel Tower, leading to visitors being temporarily stranded at the summit — including a reporter for The Associated Press and a Washington, D.C., couple who decided during the wait to get married. Amir Khan had been planning to propose to Kat Warren later Thursday in … Read more
Vikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass ByJAN M. OLSEN Associated Press In this handout photo released on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark Mads Dengso Jessen holds a window glass … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At first, the Norwegian man thought his metallic detector reacted to chocolate cash buried within the soil. It turned out to be 9 pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls somebody might need worn as showy jewellery 1,500 years in the past. The uncommon discover was made this summer season by 51-year-old … Read more
CANBERRA, Australia — A neurosurgeon investigating a girl’s thriller signs in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the affected person’s mind. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy by means of a gap within the 64-year-old affected person’s cranium at Canberra Hospital final 12 months when she used forceps to … Read more
An enormous panda has given beginning to squirming, squealing wholesome twin ladies at a South Korean theme park This picture offered by Samsung C&T Corp. reveals large panda Ai Bao and her twin cubs at an amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Friday, July 7, 2023. Ai Bao gave beginning to the cubs, each feminine, … Read more
A rich driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($129,544) for dashing in Finland, the place such penalties are calculated on the idea of an offender’s earnings COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A rich driver has been fined 121,000 euros ($129,544) for dashing in Finland, the place such penalties are calculated on the idea of an offender’s earnings. … Read more