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Mar 18, 2026 - World

Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing westChildren at a primary school in eastern France found a strange attraction next to their playground this week: a skeleton sitting upright, peeking out of a circular pit.It is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that were buried in a seated position facing west. Continue reading...

Mar 18, 2026 - World

President Emmanuel Macron has named France’s next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier France Libre, or Free France, framing it as a symbol of independence and military power

Mar 18, 2026 - World

When a male bullfinch smashed into Marcin Jarzebski's apartment window, he took it in but realized it needed expert treatment. So the next morning he brought it to Warsaw's new emergency room for wild birds.

Mar 18, 2026 - World

Pakistan has announced a pause in strikes against Afghanistan, saying the decision was made ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr at the request of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey

Mar 18, 2026 - World

Ottawa wants to modernize a region in the north that’s about six times the size of Texas, ‘just like in the 1800s’Picture an Arctic territory, marginalized by its own country, almost entirely lacking roads, ports and power sources, but rich in mining potential and suddenly feeling vulnerable to outside threats.It’s not Greenland; it’s the Canadian Arctic. Continue reading...