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From gender changing priests to coin hoards owned by LGBT+ emperors - archaeological finds suggest that Wales' ancient history could be filled with LGBT+ lifeWhen you think of ancient Wales, your mind probably doesn't jump to LGBT+ history. However, a series of archaeological finds point to a very different look at our history. With evidence of gender-variant priests and emperors, our Welsh history could be filled with more LGBT+ figures than we initially thought. These discoveries formed part of a series of talks exploring LGBT+ history and the evidence that can be found in Wales by independent researcher, Dr Alessandro...

"I heard a bang and then a load of birds landed on my car"A woman was left spooked after she encountered dozens of dead birds lying on a road as she was driving home. Michaela Pritchard said the scene looked like a 'massacre' as she travelled on the road between Waterston and Hazelbeach in Pembrokeshire on Thursday evening (10 February). And she wasn't the only person to notice, with one man adding that he heard a loud bang before seven or eight birds rained down on his car in nearby Waterston. But there was apparently little explanation for what caused...

'If you put passengers on the wrong plane to the wrong country, you expect an apology'A couple are demanding an apology from Ryanair after they claim they were flown to the wrong country. Simon Forster and Emma Schofield had planned a Christmas break in Denmark but ended up travelling to France by mistake. Long queues at Manchester Airport on December 17 had left them with little time to sprint to the departure gate, where they said Ryanair staff checked their passports and boarding passes. Mr Forster claims they were then ushered onto a waiting plane and into their seats as...

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov has revealed details of the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden shortly after the phone talks concluded on Saturday evening. Speaking to reporters during a media briefing, Ushakov revealed that the talks were staged on Washington’s request with the US citing fears of an allegedly imminent ‘invasion’ of Ukraine by Russia. The Putin-Biden talks were originally scheduled to take place on Monday, the official added. “The conversation came amid an atmosphere of unprecedented hysteria by US officials over Russia’s supposedly imminent ‘invasion’ of Ukraine,” Ushakov stated.

[Catholic Caucus] The Synodal Path: Slowly Transforming Schism and Heresy into “Tradition” On this year’s feast of St. Blaise, Cardinal Cupich tweeted a picture of himself processing through the streets of Dubrovnik, Croatia with the saint’s relics, adding:“A great blessing to celebrate the 1050th anniversary of the feast of St. Blase in Dubrovnik, Croatia, today and preach on the importance of Tradition.”Perhaps someone who knew nothing of Cupich could find this edifying. However, those who have seen the man attack Catholic tradition so viciously in recent years are more likely to see it as malicious gaslighting. Quite possibly he...

Amber Pendlebury drew her final breath before getting a chance to meet her newborn sonThis extraordinarily moving and heartbreaking image shows a mum in her last moments of life following a fatal heart attack, which struck shortly after giving birth to the son she will never meet. Amber Pendlebury, 41, had baby Maxwell Lee under general anaesthetic but was put on life-support as soon as she woke up because she had suffered two rapid cardiac arrests. Her mum, Vida Pendlebury-Atherton, 71, said she had been living through a “nightmare” following the tragic news of her daughter's death in early February....

Explanation: The ice was singing as light from a bright gibbous Moon cast shadows across this frozen lake, about 20 kilometers north of Stockholm, Sweden, planet Earth. In the alluring night skyscape captured on February 10, shimmering auroral curtains of light dance in the evening sky. On that northern night nature's performance included the auroral displays fostered by a minor geomagnetic storm. Stormy space weather was the result of a coronal mass ejection, erupting from a solar prominence days earlier and brushing our fair planet's magnetosphere.

Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) doubled down on his call for President Joe Biden to take a cognitive test. Jackson, a former White House physician, first called on Biden to take the test in 2021. He joined 37 of his GOP colleagues urging him to “follow the example set by President Trump.” “I was at the White House during the Bush administration, the Obama administration, and the Trump administration. I was there for 14 years as the White House physician,” Jackson explained. “I know exactly what it takes mentally and physically to do that job, and I think it’s on full...

Chloe Lumb from Redcar complained about neck and jaw pain and repeatedly sought medical help but her condition was left untreatedA 24-year-old's death could've been prevented had doctors diagnosed and treated her rare condition. Chloe May Lumb, who suffered from aortic dissection, died at her home on Greenlands Road, in Redcar, on January 8, 2021. Aortic dissection is a serious condition in which a tear occurs in the inner layer of the body's main artery. For more court news click here The mum-of-two sought medical help after feeling unwell and experiencing jaw and neck pain, TeessideLive reports. Blood tests and...

In December 2014, I bought a Honda Fit right off the lot. It had 23 miles, and I paid $20,814.80, including accessories and an extended warranty. This December, a buzzy startup called Carvana drove away with my car, cutting me a check for $20,905 — leaving me with a profit of $90.20. Not only that, but Carvana’s offer was $5,000 higher than Vroom, $6,000 higher than TrueCar, and $7,500 higher than CarMax. Carvana’s offer changed day by day, too: the final one I accepted was $1,338 higher than its lowest quote. I knew I had everything going for me —...

Yes, perhaps the NBA’s most unassuming on-court legend believes in gonzo anti-vax conspiracies, and even appeared in an anti-vax documentary alongside RFK Jr.Most public-facing individuals who have indulged in vaccine denialism have not surprised me. Joe Rogan, for instance, is an MMA commentator who hosts a three-hour-long daily podcast where he browses the internet and conducts gormless interviews, nodding along to the sentiments of contradictory grifters. Of course that dude was going to “question the science” and seek “alternative treatments.” His whole life is one big alternate treatment-seeking journey that people pay him copious amounts of money to go on....

Full video at the link: Her son died in a car crash last year. Her son’s teammates he had played with since elementary school run over to hug her before each game. His teammates were by her side at the hospital and are committed to always being by her side... - GIF - ImgurHere's a little excerpt:Don't look at me; I don't have a link to help with your blurry monitor!

The SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center rescued a Common Murre with a disposable mask wrapped around and deeply embedded in its wing, on Monday. The bird was found near Lover’s Point Beach in Pacific Grove one local, Kevin Abedini who was on a late morning jog. "I thought it was getting a sunbathe but I noticed that the waves were hitting it into the rocks so I realized it was injured. I thought maybe the tail was broken or maybe the wing was broken but it couldn't walk," Abedini said. Wildlife technicians removed the mask but the...

Special Counsel John Durman:DNC/Perkins Coie allies - Rodney Joffe, et al. - exploited a sensitive US govt arrangement" to gather intel on the "Executive Office of the President of the U.S."They spied on Trump. This wasn't limited to the Office of the President of the U.S.They also exploited data from Trump Tower, another Trump building, and a "healthcare provider."More on the conflict of interest re: Joffe lawyers and Sussmann lawyers. ht @HansMahncke

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that warnings of an imminent Russian attack on his country were stoking "panic" and demands to see firm proof of a planned invasion.

You know what this reminds me of? There were people that came from Miami to Cuba With these boats they charged $12,000 per person to bring Cubans that wanted to leave that government risking their lives... on a boat like this. Well this isnt a boat, its like a mercedes in the water. How many people in a boat like this lost their lives? Left their families Sacrificed everything in Cuba - they left everything behind friends, neighborhood, job To come to this country where we are sitting in now. That crazy those that succeeded know how great capitalism is

LIVE: Canadian protests against vaccine mandates continue in Ottawa. Started streaming 2 hours ago [1:56 P.M. EST] Watch live as crowds take the streets of Ottawa, Canada to protest against the vaccine mandate on Saturday (12 January). During the day, Canadian police moved in to remove truckers from a blockage that prevented crossing between US and Canada. The protesters’ barricade at the Ambassador Bridge has now entered its sixth day, as protests continue in the country’s capital and Toronto. Protesters remained overnight, despite fresh warnings to end the blockade, which has disrupted the flow of goods between the two countries....

As world leaders scramble to find a diplomatic solution over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine tensions, talk has turned to the 2015 Minsk Agreement as a possible way out of the crisis. The agreement, the second of its kind (and the one that matters), was hammered out in the Belarusian capital in a bid to end what was then a bloody 10-month conflict in eastern Ukraine. But Minsk II has never been fully implemented, with its key issues still unresolved. Here's what you need to know:

A group of Australian golfers had their game interrupted by a grabby coconut crab, and it cost one man a golf club. The moment was caught on video in October 2020, but the 1-minute and 39-second clip has gone viral after a Reddit user by the name of Lessons_Learnt shared it to the site’s r/Australia and r/WellThatSucks subreddits. "Golf in [Far North Queensland]. Crab takes a liking to some golf clubs," Lessons_Learnt captioned one of their posts. the video, it's shown that the coconut crab – also known as a robber crab in Australia – has somehow managed to climb...