The world’s largest private car collection is owned by Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III. His impressive collection is stashed with luxurious vehicles with high price tags. The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II. Born on July 15, 1946, he was second in line for the throne. He...
The Israeli military carried out a major operation in the West Bank this week that killed nine militants, Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday. The IDF said a large group of its forces entered the city of Jenin on Wednesday, adding that all nine people who were killed in the operation were militants. IDF spokesman Lt....
The world is full of magnificent waterfalls that will surely take your breath away. Kunchikal Falls is India’s highest waterfall, measuring 1,493 feet, according to The Times of India. This waterfall can be found in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, where many other magnificent waterfalls can also be found, including Jog Falls. The Facebook account,...
W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist, author, activist and co-founder of the NAACP, died on this day in history on Aug. 27, 1963, in Accra, Ghana at age 95. “He was an activist who was the most important Black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century,” noted Britannica.com. The...
Tombs dating back to the ancient Roman era have been opened to the public for the first time after a meticulous restoration process, according to an announcement from the Israel Antiquities Authority. The two tombs, estimated to be nearly 2,000 years old, were originally discovered by British archaeologists in the 1930s.For nearly 100 years, the...
Two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups have been ordered toremain in the Middle East as part of America’s commitment to “support Israel’s defense against threats from Iran and its regional partners and proxies,” the Pentagon says. The maneuversinvolving the USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Abraham Lincolncome as the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah announced Sunday that...
Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” The painting depicts a woman, but it’s not a portrait, but rather a “tronie,” according to the Maurithshus museum, which is a painting of an imaginary figure. In the...
Ancient discoveries could pop up anywhere, sometimes even being found by mistake. Twelve-year-old Rowan Brannon from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, was walking his dog in Pagham with his mother in 2022 when they stumbled upon a gold bracelet. Unaware of the bracelet’s value or history, they took the gold cuff to a local finds liaison...
The captain of the superyacht that sank off the coast of Italy last week during severe weather, killing seven, is under probe by Italian prosecutors. James Cutfield, 51, of New Zealand, is under investigation on suspicion of manslaughter and culpable shipwreck, Italian media reported Monday. He and 15 others survived the sinking of the Bayesian....
A tourist is dead after an ice cave partially collapsed in southern Iceland, as a group was visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier on Sunday. The group of about 25 foreign tourists from several nationalities were exploring ice caves with a guide shortly before 3 p.m., when four people were struck by falling ice, local police said...
