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Tech billionaire Mike Lynch identified among bodies recovered from Italy superyacht catastrophe

The Italian coast guard on Thursday confirmed that billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s body was among the four recovered from the water yesterday after his superyacht sank off the Italian coast on Monday. The 184-foot British-flagged Bayesian carrying English entrepreneurs, lawyers and tourists capsized and sank off Sicily in bad weather early Monday, when divers...

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Gustav Klimt masterpiece ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,’ dating back over a century, took 4 years to complete

The “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is a famous piece of art by Gustav Klimt. The subject of the painting is Adele Bloch-Bauer, wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Klimt was commissioned by the Jewish industrialist to paint the portrait in 1903. The distinguished piece of artwork was finally unveiled four years later. A second painting of...

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Hezbollah rocket barrage hammers homes in Golan Heights

Terrorist organization Hezbollah rained rockets down on Israeli territory this week as cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel continue to deteriorate. Over 50 rockets struck the Golan Heights during a Wednesday attack that injured one individual and destroyed two houses – part of a deadly exchange still ongoing between the Lebanese group and Israel. “Hezbollah...

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Moment luxury yacht sinks off coast of Italy caught on camera, with 6 presumed dead

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and Morgan Stanley International chairman Jonathan Bloomer are presumed dead along with four others who were aboard a luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Italy on Monday morning, according to a report. Lynch and Bloomer were among the six people still missing, which include Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah,...

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Ancient treasure dating back thousands of years unearthed in burial mound

In the Turkish region of Kazakhstan, archaeologists discovered ancient treasures in a burial mound dating back approximately 2,000 years. Researchers point to the Kangyu Era as the time period that these ancient objects belong to. Kangyu state was located along Silk Road, which refers to a network of routes that traders used, connecting the East...

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British tech entrepreneur, Americans among missing after yacht sinks off Italian coast, killing at least 1

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, known as Britain’s Bill Gates, and two Americans are among six missing after a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy, killing at least one man. The 184-foot British-flagged Bayesian carrying foreign tourists capsized and sank off Sicily in bad weather early Monday. One body was found, six people...