The rise of the Right across Europe is being spearheaded from the German medieval city of Magdeburg, where today a nationalist party is expected to seize power for the first time since Nazism was destroyed and Hitler committed suicide in a Berlin bunker. Our map shows that 81 years later,…
Germans head to the polls as hard-Right AfD party on course for landmark win in regional election
German voters are heading to the polls today for a crucial regional election in the ex-communist east where the far-right, anti-immigration and Moscow-friendly AfD is on course for a landmark win. The Alternative for Germany, polling at over 40 percent for months in Saxony-Anhalt, even has its sights on winning…
Forget the ‘London banana’, it’s all about the ‘squirrel’! New map reignites debate over the best places to live in the capital
You might think living in Notting Hill, Chelsea or Maida Vale means you undisputedly reside in one of London’s finest postcodes. Not for some. A new map has reignited the debate over the best places to live in the capital – with the ‘London squirrel’ preferring swathes of east…
He refused to step foot in Manhattan for years after surviving 9/11. Now he’s back working on the World Trade Center’s 85th floor
Greg Carafello was preparing for a call on the 18th floor of the World Trade Center when his entire office began to shake. It was 8.46am on September 11th, 2001 and American Airlines Flight 11 had just slammed into the 110-story twin tower to their north. Ordinarily, Carafello would not…
What archaeology reveals about the rise of all-powerful rulers
Why are some societies ruled by autocrats—powerful people who make all the decisions with barely, if any, checks and balances—while in others, the governed actually have a say? If you ask an archaeologist, historian or political scientist, this is how the story traditionally goes: People used to move around in…
The evidence Epstein did NOT kill himself: Lawyer and pathologist reveal details they claim indicate the paedophile WAS murdered in jail in new documentary
Seven years on from the mysterious death of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, conspiracy theories surrounding the circumstances of his death continue to swirl. The official ruling is that the convicted paedophile died by suicide after hanging himself in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. Yet many…
Moment hooded woman is caught on doorbell camera leaving family home with dog in suspected break-in
By DAVID OLASEINDE Published: 12:19 BST, 6 September 2026 | Updated: 12:22 BST, 6 September 2026 This is the moment a hooded woman was caught on a doorbell camera leaving a family home with their dog after a suspected break-in. Dad-of-two Christopher De Freitas, 44, was on holiday in Cornwall…
NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert
NASA’s long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons, added a 114-foot (34-meter) radio-frequency antenna in California, boosting capacity on the increasingly crowded network. More than 40 spacecraft exploring the…
Russia pounds Kyiv with fresh strikes despite promise to pause attacks – as Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner land in Ukraine for talks with Zelensky
Russia has continued to pound Ukraine with fresh strikes overnight despite promising to pause its attacks. Vladimir Putin had said he wouldn’t launch drones on Kyiv for 72 hours from midnight last night. But Russia has continued to launch drones on other parts of the country such as Zaporizhzhia where a 74-year-old…
Mystery Of The Mesoamerican Turquoise Mosaic Skull Decorated With Shining Secrets
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A year ago, the skull of a Mixtec ancestor was returned to Mexico from the Netherlands. It had been on display for sixty years at the Wereldmuseum in Leiden, after the Dutch museum bought it from an American antique dealer in 1962. Credit: INAH The…