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Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about our past — shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient cities. Here’s a look at some of those discoveries. Roman remains Italy’s drought has revealed artifacts from World War II and a glimpse of life under Nero. Months without rain and an earlier-than-usual halt in flows from melting snow in the Alps depleted the River Po — Italy’s longest river — to its lowest level in 70 years. The dried-up riverbed revealed previously hidden World War II-era wreckage such as a German tank and cargo ships. In Rome, meanwhile, drought sapped the River Tiber and unveiled a bridge that’s thought to have been built during Emperor Nero’s rule. This summer’s extremely hot and dry conditions in Italy forced the government to declare a state of emergency in July. Spanish ghost village A town stuck in the early 1990s has … [Read more...] about Lost villages, ancient ruins and shipwrecks uncovered in extreme heat

DC POLICE KEEP BLOCKING OFF ACCESS TO THE NATION’S CAPITAL WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION… ABC 7 , DC: Major delays reported as trucker convoy drives DC highways, police block roads WASHINGTON (7News) – Drivers faced major delays again Wednesday heading into the District due to a demonstration related to a trucker convoy and related police operations. On Wednesday afternoon, at one point traffic was at a standstill on the 14th Street Bridge, so much so some of the truckers were able to get out of the rigs and stand on the side of the roadway. But the truckers say they aren’t creating the traffic delays and instead they say it’s police creating the gridlock. HUNTER BIDEN TRIES TO FEND OFF THE GRAND JURY BY LEAKING NEWS OF IRS BACK PAYMENT TO NY TIMES… NYTIMES : Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues WASHINGTON — In the year after he disclosed a federal investigation into his “tax affairs” in late 2020, President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, … [Read more...] about Editor Daily Rundown: Mayor Bowser’s DC Blockade Still Keeping Biden-Critical Truckers Out Of Capital

Nearly six months into a war in Ukraine that Russia can’t seem to decisively win, Russian President Vladimir Putin is bragging this week that Russia’s weapons are decades ahead of competitors. “Many of them are years, maybe decades ahead of their foreign counterparts, and in terms of tactical and technical characteristics they are significantly superior,” Putin said at an annual arms show Monday, according to Interfax . And in an apparent show of camaraderie, Putin vowed Monday that he wants to expand Russia’s arms trade with other countries around the world, claiming that foreign countries value Russian weapons for their efficiency and high quality. “Russia sincerely cherishes historically strong friendly, truly trusting ties with the states of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and is ready to offer its partners and allies the most modern types of weapons—from small arms to armored vehicles and artillery, combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles,” Putin said. Moscow … [Read more...] about Putin’s Latest Bragging Show Totally Reeks of Desperation

An important base for the skilled but sketchy Wagner Group , the private paramilitary helping Vladimir Putin wage war in Ukraine , has been struck, according to sources from both the Ukrainian and Russian sides. It is unclear how many fighters were injured or killed in the attack, thought to have been carried out over the weekend using a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which is made for the U.S. military and has been donated to Ukraine. “There is no more Wagner HQ in Popasna,” Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko wrote on Facebook, referring to the location of the camp in the Luhansk region of Russian-controlled Ukraine. “Thank you, HIMARS and the Armed Forces of Ukraine!” The Kremlin does not confirm the existence of the group, or its role as defined by Western intelligence sources, who say most of the fighters are recruited from Russian prisons. Some reports suggest that convicted murderers are being pardoned in exchange for six months of combat in … [Read more...] about Ukraine Forces Say They Wiped Out Elite Wagner HQ in Donbas

NEW DELHI — India is facing major diplomatic outrage from Muslim-majority countries after top officials in the governing Hindu nationalist party made derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad . The comments drew accusations of blasphemy across some Arab nations that have left New Delhi struggling to contain the damaging fallout. At least five Arab nations have lodged official protests against India, and Pakistan and Afghanistan also reacted strongly Monday to the comments made by two prominent spokespeople from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Anger has poured out on social media, and calls for a boycott of Indian goods have surfaced in some Arab nations. At home, it has led to protests against Modi’s party in some parts of the country. 2019: India’s prime minister facing severe backlash over anti-Muslim citizenship law Dec. 27, 2019 06:17 The controversial remarks follow increasing … [Read more...] about Muslim countries slam India over insulting remarks about Islam

China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the island’s president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation on Monday, in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island Beijing claims as its own . Taiwanese media showed the delegation arriving for the talks, but details of the meeting were not immediately released. The delegation was due to depart later Monday on a U.S. government plane. The visit came less than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan , which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China , including the firing of missiles over the island and into the Taiwan Strait. Pelosi is the highest-level member of the U.S. government to visit Taiwan in 25 years. Taiwan residents downplay China military drills amid rising tensions Aug. 11, 2022 01:28 China also sent warplanes and navy ships across the waterway’s median, which has … [Read more...] about Angry China stages new military drills near Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers visit

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor has stepped up tremendously in his second full season with the team since he was acquired from the Cleveland Guardians in 2021. He showed just how valuable he could be in Sunday’s win over the Philadelphia Phillies. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Philadelphia Phillies' Nick Castellanos, #8, slides past New York Mets' Francisco Lindor, left, to steal second base during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Lindor was 1-for-3 with an RBI in the 6-0 defeat of their National League East rival. He broke the Mets’ franchise record for most RBIs by a shortstop in a single season. Sunday’s RBI was the … [Read more...] about Francisco Lindor sets Mets’ franchise record in victory over Phillies

“Atomic bombs are primarily a means for the ruthless annihilation of cities.” Famed physicist Leo Szilard wrote those words in 1945, entreating President Harry Truman to give Japan a chance to surrender before using the nuclear weapons Szilard had been instrumental in developing. His words rang in my head as Tyrion tried and failed to convince Daenerys to spare the surrendering King’s Landing from her dragon’s fire in the latest Game of Thrones episode, “The Bells.” There is a significant difference between weapons of war and nuclear weapons. The former target their opponent’s military force. The latter yield absolute and indiscriminate power to kill civilians. Harry Truman admitted that nuclear weapons were created for the destruction of cities when he said, “You have got to understand that this isn’t a military weapon. It is used to wipe out women and children and unarmed people, and not for military uses.” In the first seven seasons of Game of Thrones , … [Read more...] about What ‘Game of Thrones’ Taught Us About Nuclear Devastation

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Arts & Entertainment The first-ever revival of the ground-breaking 1978 musical is as new as today Helen Ofield , Patch Mayor Posted Reply Bob Fosse (1927-1987), a WW II navy veteran, rose to fame in the company of brilliant dancers like Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Carol Haney, Ann Miller, Ann Reinking and Gwen Verdon (his lifelong partner). Haney and Miller especially noticed his talent in the movie, Kiss Me Kate (1953) in which he vies with famed dancers Bobby Van and Tommy Rall for Miller's hand in marriage in that spoof of The Taming of the Shrew . Fosse departed for Broadway and never looked back. Oodles of awards later, he was an established legend, who brought a new kind of choreographic style to America's gift to world theater, the musical. A case in point is the famous number, "Steam Heat", in The … [Read more...] about Bob Fosse’s “Dancin'” Is One For The Books

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 12 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three Ukrainian civilians have been killed and 20 others wounded in the latest artillery barrages from the Russian military, Ukrainian officials said Monday. The eastern region of Donetsk, one of the two provinces making up the country’s industrial heartland of Donbas that has been the focus of a Russian offensive, has faced the most intense shelling. Regional officials said at least three people died and another 13 were wounded by Russian shelling that hit numerous towns and villages in the Donetsk region during the last 24 hours. The barrage has damaged dozens of residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. In the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, seven civilians were wounded in the latest Russian shelling that hit residential buildings and an area near a bus stop early Monday. … [Read more...] about Russian shells slam into eastern Ukraine; 3 dead, 20 hurt