Four days before Christmas, the sky will offer a sight that hasn’t been seen since the Middle Ages and may have inspired one of the Bible’s most famous stories. The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will be so close to one another in the sky on Dec. 21 that they will appear to be fused into a single point of light.
New Vaccine Billionaires Gain Wealth as Moderna and BioNTech Shares Soar. The surge in shares of BioNTech has created $4 billion in added wealth for its CEO and founder, Ugur Sahin.
Was there ever more elegance and style than when women’s dress sense was further enhanced by fur stoles, veils and dress gloves. I am reminded of U.S. President Reagan’s wife Nancy Reagan when being received by the Pope. Wearing a veil this otherwise ordinary lady is transformed into an almost saintly figure.
Licences to murder Covid-Cops were the angry inspiration of cheering Albanians who torched Christmas tree amid fiery protests in the capital over the police killing of a Covid curfew-breaker.
The two world wars led to the largest number of deaths in the course of the conflict in the entire history of mankind. But, in history there have been other conflicts comparable to them in terms of lethality. Columnist Peter Suciu wrote about this in an article for the American magazine National Interest.
The British chart-topping 1960s folk singer Donovan was the only pop star poet to receive France’s most prestigious cultural award awarded to him personally by the French Government. The hippy era singer of poetic-style ballads once won the heart of nations and clearly won French hearts too.
Fast-track rising poverty in the UK is expected to worsen due to economy-crippling policies peddled by politicians and corporate media as necessary to stop the spread of Covid-19, a new study has found.
Jokes about Michael O’Leary’s airline help to keep us amused. A favourite is O’Leary’s observation that the price of a Guinness at his local is very competitive.
THE government’s sponsored coronavirus vaccine rollout has suffered a massive setback after UK regulators warned people who have a history of allergic reactions should not receive the Pfizer/BioNTech jab.
The ancient Spanish city of Salamanca, situated on the banks of the River Tormes, is one of the oldest university towns in Europe with a rich and elegant collection of Renaissance, Roman, Gothic and Baroque monuments. Among them are two majestic cathedrals built between the 12th and 18th centuries. The New Cathedral, constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries, features late Gothic style with a Baroque styled cupola. The cathedral’s vaulted stone ceilings contain graceful paintings and its sandstone walls are intricately carved. But one element is peculiarly out of place and out of time.
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