Three asylum seekers, who illegally entered Britain in small boats, have been convicted of gang raping a woman on Brighton beach. Iranian-born Abdulla Ahmadi, 26, and Egyptians Karin Al-Danasurt, 20 and Ibrahim Alshafe, 25, repeatedly raped the 33-year-old woman behind a beach hut on October 4 last year. The trio…
Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad
Japan’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft has arrived at the Tanegashima spaceport ahead of launch, which will kick off an audacious mission to bag samples from Mars’ moon Phobos and deliver them to Earth. MMX recently completed its journey to the spaceport on Tanegashima island on March 31, the Japan…
One of Britain’s most famous estates wins permission for car park in protected New Forest – despite outrage from villagers over ‘Trojan Horse’ project
One of Britain’s most famous estates has won planning permission for a car park in a protected area of a national park – despite outrage from villagers who believe it is a ‘Trojan Horse’ planning project. The Beaulieu Estate has been given the green light for a 46-space car park…
Pentagon posts chilling video of US troops boarding ‘illicit’ ship transporting Iranian oil after taunt
By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 13:17 BST, 23 April 2026 | Updated: 13:24 BST, 23 April 2026 Donald Trump is stepping up his push to cut off Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz by seizing another tanker caught smuggling the regime’s oil just one day after Tehran…
Humanity may be signaling our presence to ET without even trying
We may already be signaling other intelligences beyond our solar system, without even trying. Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Then there’s…
Water is ‘white gold’ in Baja’s drying beach towns » Yale Climate Connections
Editor’s note: This is the third story in a series about climate-related water vulnerability in Mexico. Read the second story here. Just before 10 a.m. on a Friday, Ramón Rafael Sanders cracks open another Tecate Light in the cab of his massive water truck. With an empty tank on the…
Jury discharged in trial of baby allegedly sexually abused and murdered by teacher in process of adopting him with his boyfriend
The jury in the case of a baby boy allegedly sexually abused and murdered by a teacher who was in the process of adopting him with his boyfriend was today formally discharged. Jamie Varley, 37, and John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of sexually abusing…
Passage from Homer’s Iliad discovered in the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy
April 23, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A passage from Homer’s Iliad has been discovered inside the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy A snippet of text from Homer’s famous epic recounting the siege of Troy was apparently placed inside this body as part of the…
Strange Discovery: Fragment Of Homer’s Iliad Hidden Inside Ancient Mummy
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The discovery marks a significant milestone in archaeology: for the first time, a Greek literary text has been found intentionally incorporated into the mummification process. In this case, a papyrus containing a section of Homer’s Iliad was placed in the abdomen of a mummy as…
Drug offences recorded by police jump 18 per cent in a year, including massive surge in trafficking
Drugs offences recorded by the police have soared by nearly a fifth to more than 230,000 in a year, new data shows. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there was an 18 per cent year-on-year leap in total recorded drug crime in England and Wales in 2025. The 230,783…