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The ancient daggers. (Caricola et al., Scientific Reports, 2022) *************************************************************************** Prehistoric daggers long thought to be non-functional ceremonial objects interred in warriors' graves were actually used to slaughter and butcher animals during the early fourth millennium BCE, a new study suggests. Numerous copper-alloy daggers have been unearthed in Bronze Age warriors' graves across Europe, along with other weapons, and archaeologists previously speculated that the daggers may have served as status symbols. But scientists used a new analysis method on a set of 10 daggers, found in Pragatto, Italy in 2017, to reveal evidence that the tools had a more practical...

Against the background of the wave of terrorist attacks, Ohad Hamu went to East Jerusalem and discovered to his amazement (or not) that young Arabs there wanted to kill us An article by Ohad Hamu, the commentator on Arab affairs of News 12, was broadcast last night (Monday) with a precise timing: Hamu went to East Jerusalem to hear what young Arabs think of Jews, with the sequence of attacks continuing in the background. "Every Jew and Jew should die. Every Jew," said a boy named Ahmed Lehemu. "me too?" The reporter asked twice and the young man answered...

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Tuesday said in an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he would not vote to reelect former President Trump in 2024, saying, “We need a new generation of Republican leaders.” When asked if he would vote for the president he served under if he runs for the White House again, Esper responded: “No, and I’ll tell you why. Because in my view, any elected leader needs to meet some basic criteria: they need to be able to put country over self, they need to have a certain amount of integrity and principle, they...

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday as the major averages attempted to recover from 3 days of heavy selling that brought the S&P 500 to its lowest level in more than a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was last up 470 points, or 1.5%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.8% and 2.6%, respectively. On the earnings front, shares of Peloton Interactive plummeted 17.8% after reporting a wider-than-expected loss in the recent quarter. AMC’s stock rose 6.6%, while Novavax dropped about 20% on the back of recent quarterly earnings.

Ukraine has destroyed Vladimir Putin's special 'parade boat' which he uses to inspect his naval fleets, its forces have claimed. A white-coloured Raptor-class patrol vessel was reportedly obliterated by a laser-guided bomb dropped from a Ukraine-operated Bayraktar TB2 drone near Snake Island in the Black Sea. The Russian leader has used such a boat with the designation 001 for fleet inspections in Sevastopol and St Petersburg. He also uses the patrol boat to deliver speeches and conduct military parades. Ukraine's navy shared drone footage of the alleged strike on their official Facebook channel, although it has not been independently verified....

A record-breaking heat wave is sweeping South Asia, threatening hundreds of millions of people with deadly temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. As the world heats up, billions of people need air-conditioning. This 120-year-old technology used to be considered a luxury, but in the age of climate change, it is a necessity for human survival. Understandably, this has created anxiety over the climate threat of a world overrun with ACs. But the coming boom in air-conditioning is an essential shift toward reducing the enormous gap in cooling availability that exists between rich and poor people and nations—and toward producing a...

A House subcommittee is scheduled to hold next week the first open congressional hearing on unidentified aerial vehicles in more than half a century, with testimony from two top defense intelligence officials. The hearing comes after the release last June of a report requested by Congress on “unidentified aerial phenomena.” The nine-page “Preliminary Assessment” from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence focused on 144 incidents dating back to 2004 and was able to explain only one. The report declined to draw inferences, saying that the available reporting was “largely inconclusive” and noting that limited and inconsistent data created...

Some of the places that have avoided the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, including Puerto Rico and Northern New England states, are coping with elevated cases and hospitalizations as the latest highly contagious iterations of the virus circulate. Most counties in Vermont, as well as a growing number in Maine and southern New England, now have community Covid-19 levels categorized as “high” by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based on case and hospitalization trends. Puerto Rico recently has had the highest rate of newly reported Covid-19 cases in the U.S., along with climbing hospitalizations.

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The likelihood of crossing a key global warming threshold has risen significantly, according to a new analysis. UK Met Office researchers say that there's now around a fifty-fifty chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C over the next five years. The Met Office researchers predict that for any one year in the period, the likelihood of breaching the 1.5C level is around 48%, or close to 50:50. “The basic thing that's changing is that the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, are slowly creeping up," said Dr Leon Hermanson from the Met Office, the lead author of...

To my friends in the LGBTQ+ community—the Supreme Court is coming for us next. This moment has to be a call to arms.

-Valerie Biden Owens said Markle would be 'welcome' to join Democratic Party. -The Biden family have had a close relationship with Prince Harry and reports have claimed the Duchess of Sussex may start a career in politics. -Owens defended Biden and said his verbal blunders were 'truths' amid criticism.President Joe Biden's sister has invited Meghan Markle to join the Democratic Party because she will 'of course' make a good candidate for the US Presidency. Valerie Biden Owens, 76, said that the Duchess of Sussex would be 'welcome to come in and join the Democratic Party', adding that it was...

FOX News reports: Biden’s new WH press secretary claimed Trump, Ga. Gov. Kemp ‘stole’ elections President Biden’s new White House press secretary has previously claimed the 2016 presidential election was “stolen” from Hillary Clinton and that Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp “stole” the 2018 gubernatorial election from Stacey Abrams. “Stolen emails, stolen drone, stolen election …..welcome to the world of #unpresidented Trump,” Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted after former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential win, repeating Clinton’s claims that Trump was illegitimately elected. “Reminder: Brian Kemp stole the gubernatorial election from Georgians and Stacey Abrams,” Jean-Pierre tweeted on April 2, 2020, reacting...

Russia’s crude oil production is on the rise so far in May, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told TASS news agency on Monday.

The national average price for regular gasoline reached a new record-high on Tuesday, according to AAA. The new high — $4.37 a gallon — breaks the previous record of $4.33 set on March 11. Gas prices jumped 5 cents overnight and a whopping 17 cents in the past week, CNN reported. California, Nevada and Hawaii have all reached an average of more than $5 per gallon. Diesel fuel also set an all-time record on Tuesday of $5.50 a gallon. “With the cost of oil accounting for more than half of the pump price, more expensive oil means more expensive gasoline,”...

Russian state media has begun openly criticising the state of Russia's military as its Donbass offensive stalls Vladimir Solovyov, prominent Putin puppet, bemoaned 'shameful' length of time for weapons to reach troopsMikhail Khodaryonok said men are being sent to fight with 'weapons of yesteryear' and that even a much-feared general mobilisation won't help because the country lacks reserves to form new military units Aleksandr Sladkov, another propagandist, said commanders are 'shamefully indecisive' and Russian troops cannot displace Ukrainian forces because they are fighting 'one-to-one' with no numerical advantage....

Check the last question and response from Trump Pure alpha Trump boss… Trump just responded to 60 Minutes. Gotta read to the end. pic.twitter.com/o0r7DCdCg7 — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) May 9, 2022 60 minutes hit piece last night starring Mark Esper… “He says, ‘Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something.’” That’s what former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper recalls Pres. Trump saying in a June 2020 meeting regarding rioters in Washington, DC. https://t.co/bOqYSe9wrB pic.twitter.com/gCaucxS2NM — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 8, 2022 MULTIPLE VIDEOS AT LINK........................

Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is, to quote a certain sitting U.S. president, a “big f****** deal.” It’s not just that the decision is a huge victory for conservatives that cleanses us of one of America’s gravest moral taints. Justice Alito’s decision matters because of the potential it unlocks. Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade is, to quote a certain sitting U.S. president, a “big f****** deal.” It’s not just that the decision is a huge victory for conservatives that cleanses us of one of America’s gravest moral taints. Justice Alito’s decision matters...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE 1 2 3 4 MICHELANGELO "David" 5 DONATELLO "David" 6 DONATELLO "David" 7 GUIDO RENI "The Young David" 8 9 10 11 12 SUSAN MCNALLY "Young David as a Shepherd" 13 DAVID POLUS "Shepherd David Playing the Harp" 14 15 16 "David, as a Young Man, Playing Pipe and Bell as he Watches His Sheep in the Pasture" 17 "David Playing the Harp in the Field" 18 19 20 "The Brave Shepherd Boy" 21 22 EPHRAIM MOSES LILIEN "David Fights with a Lion" 23 Source 24 ELIZABETH...

The Devil is in the Details, so Let’s Avoid the DetailsThe pro-abortion party tries to defend the practice by not talking about it.The reported leak of a Supreme Court decision returning the question of abortion laws to the states drove the leftist media into a state of outrage and indignation. But after so many years of fundraising and voter mobilization based on the threat of Roe being overturned, it seems the Left has forgotten its arguments in favor of the unrestricted right to abortion. Instead, it is struggling to find an argument that is consonant with their present focus on...