German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s meeting with President Joe Biden was his first visit to the White House since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Japan’s island number could more than double after a recount found 7,000 unknown islands
Geographers say the number of islands in Japan is expected to more than double, topping 14,000, after a recount led to the discovery of 7,000 islands.
An Easter Island ‘first’: New, indigenous moai statue found in volcano’s dried-up lake
The newest Easter Island statue was found lying on its side and is just over 5 feet tall. Carbon-14 dating will be used to assess its age.
Discovery of once-hidden corridor inside Great Pyramid of Giza could reveal more findings
An international team of researchers discovered a once-hidden corridor inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza, or Khufu’s Pyramid, using scans.
Blinken, Lavrov meet for first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The meeting was the first between Antony Blinken and Sergey Lavrov since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago.
Russia will be out of ‘military tools’ by spring, Ukraine’s top military spy says
Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the country’s most senior military intelligence official, says Russia is running out of options for its war in Ukraine.
Dozens dead after collision between passenger train and freight train in Greece
A passenger train carrying hundreds of people from Athens to Thessaloniki collided head-on with a freight train leaving dozens dead in Greece.
Man found carrying 600-year-old mummy in food delivery bag in Peru
Peru’s Ministry of Culture said a “pre-Hispanic” mummified corpse was found in the southern city of Puno, inside of a food delivery bag.
‘Nothing quite like it’: 2,000-year-old Celtic statue with a large penis found by metal detectorists
A 2,000-year-old miniature Celtic statue of a small man with an oversized phallus was discovered by an English couple while metal detecting.
Greece train collision kills dozens of people
A train carrying hundreds of passengers collided head-on with a freight train in northern Greece, killing and injuring dozens of passengers.