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Bangkok, Thailand – Over several years in the mid-1960s, the crumbling ruins of an ancient temple in northeast Thailand were picked clean by local looters. Possibly hundreds of centuries-old statues that were long buried beneath the soft, verdant grounds around the temple were stolen. To this day, all the known artefacts from the pillaging spree, collectively known as the Prakhon Chai hoard, sit scattered thousands of miles away in museums and collections across the United States, Europe and Australia. In a matter of weeks, though, the first of those statues will begin their journey home to Thailand. The acquisitions committee…
“Diversity fuels creativity and progress,” HKUST’s provost, Professor Guo Yike, said. “We are prepared to welcome Harvard students into our community, offering them the resources and vibrant environment needed to thrive in their fields.” The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) said on Friday it was committed to promoting internationalisation by recruiting outstanding students from around the world and providing them with comprehensive support. This past Tuesday, CUHK president Professor Dennis Lo Yuk-ming said his team would explore ways to provide additional research subsidies to attract foreign scholars who were leaving the United States. City University also said it was…
Facebook messages, images and online searches were uncovered on devices taken from alleged triple-murderer Erin Patterson’s home, her trial has been told.
The Conservative Party of Canada came out victorious following federal election recounts in two ridings in Eastern Canada, both of which the Opposition won by only a handful of votes. After a recount process that took nearly two weeks, Elections Canada announced Friday that Conservative Jonathan Rowe had defeated Liberal Anthony Germain in the rural Newfoundland riding of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas by just 12 votes.The result reverses the first tally of the ballots after the April 28 election, which had Germain ahead by 12 votes.Rowe’s win gives the Conservatives 144 seats in the House of Commons, and brings the Liberals…
A fifth civilian was arrested on Thursday for allegedly helping two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16.Casey Smith, 30, is accused of helping two fugitives immediately after the jailbreak by transporting them to multiple locations. According to a release from the New Orleans Police Department, she admitted to moving the escapees alongside Cortnie Harris, 31, who was arrested earlier this week.ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF BOASTED ABOUT JAIL SECURITY DAYS BEFORE 10 INMATES ESCAPED Casey Smith, 30, was booked with accessory after the fact to simple escape after investigators linked her to the transportation of…
A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon’s Zoox robotaxi unit issued a voluntary recall of its software for the second time in a month following a recent crash in San Francisco.On May 8, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi was turning at low speed when it was struck by an electric scooter rider after braking to yield at an intersection. The person on the scooter declined medical attention after sustaining minor injuries as a result of the collision, Zoox said.”The Zoox vehicle was stopped at the time…
What’s it like to chain myself to one place after 7 years on the road? It feels like yesterday when I was hiking up the moonscapes of Qeshm Island in Iran at sunset. Or falling off the map on a motorcycle adventure in the remote tribal Chin state of Myanmar. Or feeling awe-inspired at the electric ‘ghetto sessions’ in Khayelitsha, one of South Africa‘s largest townships. When I look back at my life of long term travel, there is one thing in common. It all feels surreal. And in a very different way, that’s my dominant feeling during this pandemic…
Military air traffic controllers briefly lost contact with an Army helicopter as it neared the Pentagon on a flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings in early May at a Washington airport, the Army confirmed to CBS News Friday.An Army official confirmed that on May 1, the Pentagon tower lost contact with the Black Hawk helicopter for about 20 seconds as it was coming to land. FAA air traffic controllers at the airport aborted the landing of a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 during the Black Hawk’s initial flight toward the Pentagon because they realized both aircraft would…
Kabila, accused of ‘treason’ and ‘war crimes’, denies government accusations of links to M23 rebel group.Joseph Kabila, former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has attacked the country’s justice system after the Senate voted to lift his immunity, paving the way for him to be prosecuted for alleged treason and war crimes. Kabila gave a livestreamed speech from an undisclosed location on Friday, a day after losing his immunity over alleged links to the M23 rebel group, saying that the justice system was “an instrument of oppression for a dictatorship desperately trying to survive”. The 53-year-old, who…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Harry Potter” actor Stanislav Yanevski was hospitalized after suddenly not being able to breathe after celebrating his 39th birthday.Yanevski, who starred as quidditch player Viktor Krum in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” took to Instagram Friday to share a photo of himself lying in a hospital bed.Yanevski had a bandage across his nose and shared why he was hospitalized. “Harry Potter” actor Stan Yanevski was hospitalized after not being able to breathe. (Stan Yanevski Instagram/Getty Images)”Soon after my birthday I was hospitalized due to inability to breathe. I was taken…
