Black action hero Richard Roundtree who played ‘Shaft’ dies at 81.

Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the “Shaft” films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in America, died on Tuesday aged 81, the Hollywood Reporter said, citing his manager. Roundtree d…

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WhatsApp will soon allow users to use two accounts on one phone.

Smartphone users will soon be able to use two WhatsApp accounts on one device. WhatsApp parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the same in a Facebook post.  This feature will save users from carrying around an extra device or continuously logging out of their accounts to …

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3,000 year old necropolis found in Turkey.

A remarkable discovery emerged as archaeologists dug deep in Cehennem Deresi, also known as Hell Creek, located in the village of Bagozu within the Gercus district of Batman, Turkey. This hidden treasure is a staggering three thousand years old. The Hasankeyf Museum Director…

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Thousands of global leaders gather in South Korea for World Peace Summit.

Thousands of world leaders were reportedly seen at the 09th anniversary of the Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) World Peace Summit, commemorated on 18 September, in Incheon, South Korea. Accordingly, 1,800 people from 121 countries, including Australi…

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Twitter really is losing users under Elon Musk.

X is shrinking meaningfully under Elon Musk. Since Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, it’s lost approximately 13 percent of its app’s daily active users, according to new data from mobile research firm Apptopia (that I was first to report last week on Big Technology), and…

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World Health Summit 2023.

The 2023 World Health Summit took place from October 15 to October 17 under the theme “A Defining Year for Global Health Action” in Berlin, Germany, and online. Bringing the World Together for Global Health Improvement The World Health Summit is a special event where people f…

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Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week.

A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people. The US Geological Survey (USGS) says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck near the city of Herat. It was at a depth of 6.3km (four miles). So far there h…

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Archaeologists Find Hidden Chambers in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh.

A team of Egyptian and German researchers led by Mohamed Ismail Khaled from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg recently uncovered multiple storage chambers within the ruins of the Fifth Dynasty pyramid of the pharaoh Sahura, putting centuries of ambiguity surrou…

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

A picture of a mysterious and other-worldly horseshoe crab has earned Laurent Ballesta the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) 2023. The golden marine arthropod is seen hugging the bottom muds in waters off Pangatalan Island, in the Philippines. It is tracked by …

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104 year old Dorothy Hoffner who set the record dies days after sky diving.

Dorothy Hoffner, the 104-year-old Chicago woman who set the record for the oldest tandem skydive, died in her sleep just days after the monumental jump. Hoffner made worldwide news just 10 days ago on October 1, when she became the oldest living person to jump out of a plane…

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Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas.

New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World. The footprints were d…

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Lost 4,400-year-old tomb found with Ancient Egyptian Mummy inside.

Archaeologists have rediscovered a lost tomb that contains the mummy of an ancient Egyptian official. The tomb belonged to Ptahshepses, who lived around 4,400 years ago during the 25th and 24th centuries B.C. Archaeologists with the Czech Institute of Egyptology at Prague…

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Ghana’s former first lady dies at 87.

Flags have been flying at half mast in Ghana in tribute to Theresa Kufuor, the wife of John Agyekum Kufuor, president of Ghana from 2000 to 2008. Born Theresa Mensah, the former first lady passed away on 1 October at the age of 87. As a scholar of political science and inter…

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Archaeologists Discover 'Exceptional' 2,000-Year-Old Female Marble Stat.

An "exceptional" marble statue from the Roman era has been discovered in Italy, researchers have announced. The female figure dates to around 2,000 years ago—somewhere between the middle of the 1st century B.C. and the mid-1st century A.D. Researchers from the Spani…

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Michael Gambon, veteran actor who played Dumbledore in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies.

Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 82. A statement by his family, issued by his publicist, said he died followin…

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Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, is moving to monthly subscription fees.

Tesla, SpaceX and X Corp. leader Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke in a livestream about artificial intelligence, antisemitism and Musk’s plans for X, formerly Twitter. Musk said X is “moving to having a small, monthly payment for use of the X sys…

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North Korea Launches New ‘Tactical Nuclear Attack Submarine’.

North Korea has made headlines by launching its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine,” designated Submarine No. 841 and named Hero Kim Kun Ok, an ex-commander of the North Korean navy. The launch ceremony took place with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in at…

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Libya declares emergency as Storm Daniel kills 150.

Thousands of people are feared dead after a powerful storm triggered devastating flooding in Libya. The leader of the east Libyan government, which is not recognised internationally, said deaths exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing. Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya specialist, t…

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Powerful Hurricane Jova spotted from space.

The Northern Hemisphere's most powerful hurricane of 2023 so far has emerged above the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, taking shape in less than 48 hours.  The good news is that this storm, called Jova, is not heading to the coast. At the same time, Hurricane Lee has f…

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296 killed as buildings damaged in Morocco earthquake.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 296 people, the country's interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said…

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