Millions of people today adore their pet cats, and the feline obsession spans back more than a millennium, scientists now believe. Evidence from the ancient Silk Road reveals domestic cats were kept as pets by nomadic livestock herders more than 1,000 years ago. Animal bones found in Kazakhstan, along what …...Read More
Pet CATS were living with nomadic cattle herders more than 1,000 years ago
Couple who spent £22,000 on garden forced to return it to a WASTELAND
A couple who spent £22,000 transforming wasteland next to their home into their own garden have been ordered to turn it back by council bosses. Adam and Barbara Keatinge, from Livingston, West Lothian invested their life savings into buying the plot and turning it into an area for their family …...Read More
Moment celebrity psychic has to cut a hole in his house wall after cat gets trapped inside
This is the hilarious moment a psychic medium had to be 'Bob the Builder' to free one of his cats after it got trapped inside one of the walls of his house. Matt Fraser, 29, whose lively family life is portrayed in US TV show Meet The Frasers, and his …...Read More
Stunning video taken from the ISS shows the comet Neowise 'over the Earth'
An amazing video showing the comet Neowise, with its shimmering tail as it appears to fly over the Earth, is captured by cameras on the International Space Station. Formally named C/2020 F3, the comet was discovered in late March by the NEOWISE space telescope and will be visible with the …...Read More
Massive explosion at a Chinese firecracker factory sends a huge mushroom cloud into the
A Chinese firecracker factory has been reduced to rubble after a series of devastating explosions tore through the complex last night. Terrifying footage released by Chinese state TV shows huge blasts sending a mushroom cloud into the air in the small city of Guanghan. Local authorities claimed six people were …...Read More
Wife of French bus driver left brain dead after gang beat him up says 'I will avenge my husband'
Advertisement The wife of a French bus driver who was left brain dead after a gang of passengers beat him up for insisting they wear face masks said she 'will avenge my husband' as she joined 6,000 protesters demanding justice. Philippe Monguillot's wife Veronique and the couple's three daughters joined …...Read More
Britain could have been hit harder by Covid-19 because it has avoided bad flu seasons
Britain could have been hit harder by Covid-19 than other European nations because the past two winter flu outbreaks have only been mild, according to a study. Researchers say influenza kills the same groups of people as the coronavirus, with both illnesses posing the greatest danger to the elderly and …...Read More
Campaign Urges NASA to Rename the John C. Stennis Space Center
For 32 years, a NASA rocket testing center in southern Mississippi has carried the name of John C. Stennis, a former United States senator who was a champion of racial segregation for most of his time in Congress. Now, as the nation navigates a moment of reckoning over statues and …...Read More
In ‘Buy American’ Speech, Biden Challenges Trump on the Economy
“The one issue that Trump really has going for him is who’s better to handle the economy,” said Stephen Moore, a member of Mr. Trump’s economic recovery task force, who added that Mr. Biden’s agenda, which includes rolling back some of the Trump administration’s corporate tax cuts, would damage the …...Read More
U.S. Hits Another Record for New Cases, Passing 59,460
michael barbaro From The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.” [music] Today: Long before the world understood that seemingly healthy people could spread the coronavirus, a doctor in Germany tried to sound the alarm. Matt Apuzzo on why that warning was so unwelcome. It’s Thursday, July …...Read More
