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After finding 15 coins, Oliver Riedl alerted archaeologists, leading to the discovery of 934 Roman denarii. Sometimes the greatest discoveries are the ones you make when you stop digging. Amateur metal detectorist Oliver Riedl found 15 silver coins buried under a field in western Germany but when his detector kept beeping he suspected there was…

Written in German, the letter was sold with its original envelope (Photo: RR Auction) A handwritten letter in which Albert Einstein explained a mathematical problem to a fellow researcher nearly 100 years ago has sold for $71,811 at an auction. The document, believed to have been mailed around 1929, contains a page of equations and…

French authorities announced the deployment of around 70,000 law enforcement personnel, including gendarmes (military police), as the country braced for potential violence during another weekend of student-led protests.According to French interior minister Laurent Nuñez, who announced the security measures, elite police units would help protect public buildings, including city halls, after rioters set fire to…

Visa bulletin November 2026 is released. The November 2026 visa bulletin, published by the State Department on October 22, makes no drastic changes to cut-off dates. And there is no retrogression either, which means there is no good or bad news for Indians waiting for their Green Cards.EB-1 categoryThe EB1 cutoff date for China advances…

Representative Image of a picturesque market stall displaying jars of vibrant pickles made from surplus vegetables (AI-generated image) Some businesses begin with a detailed business plan. Goat Rodeo Goods began with surplus vegetables and an idea for turning them into something customers would want to buy. Business partners Lucy Patto Davidson and Kat Goldin began…

Chang Yung-fa. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Taiwanese billionaire Chang Yung-fa, the founder of the Evergreen shipping and aviation empire, left behind a fortune estimated at more than $3 billion when he died in 2016. Nearly a decade later, his estate remains at the centre of a legal dispute involving his family and a charitable foundation…

When Crystal Fritz and James Reed McGuire moved from a Chicago condominium to Highland Park, Illinois, in late 2020, they had little experience with outdoor gardening. Rather than maintain a conventional suburban lawn, the couple decided to create a native garden that could provide food and shelter for birds, bees and other wildlife. Over the…

DiCaprio-linked group buys 52,000 acres on Chilean island; protected status still under negotiation (Image Credit: WWF Chile/ Evelyn Pfeiffer via Rewild) More than a year after a conservation group linked to Leonardo DiCaprio helped acquire over 52,000 acres on Chile’s Guafo Island, efforts are continuing to secure its future as a protected area. The purchase,…

Eric Weinstein raises the issue of India hatred, Sridhar Vembu says the only response to India hatred would be more and more Indians building something. Eric Weinstein, an American mathematician, economist and former investment executive, said out loud what many on social media have been wondering about: why there is increasing hatred against India and…

Reality TV star turned fashion designer Lauren Conrad has sold her fully renovated Beverly Hills penthouse for $2.8 million (£1.9 million). This is more than double the $1.35 million she paid for the home four years earlier, according to property records reported by the Los Angeles Times. Conrad, best known for appearing on the MTV…