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It’s the end of the world as we know it – or is it? Baba Vangaalso known as Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, was a blind Bulgarian clairvoyant best known for her alleged prophetic gifts. The so-called Nostradamus of the Balkans, a reference to the famous French astrologer, is said to have predicted 9/11 and the war […]

Coca-Cola has been using polar bears for decades to advertise and market one of its the most popular soft drink brands in the world. Whether images of the Arctic animal appear on packaging or in television commercials, polar bears are strongly associated with the Coca-Cola brand. Although the Coca-Cola bear was first seen in 1922,

Italian textile fair Milan Unica kicked off its 39th edition on Tuesday, with 18 percent more exhibitors than last year and 22 percent more than before Covid 2019. The three-day event has moved to a larger venue, the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre on the outskirts of the fashion capital, giving it just under 25

A Russian court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for opposition politician Yulia Navalnaya, who lives in exile abroad, on charges of involvement in an “extremist organization.” Yulia Navalnaya is the widow of Russian opposition leader and frequent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in February under unknown circumstances in a prison camp north of

By Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) – Two people were seriously wounded when Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into the Golan Heights on Tuesday, Israel’s ambulance service said, as the Lebanese militant group retaliated after a former bodyguard of its leader was killed in an Israeli strike. Israel’s ambulance service said in a statement that paramedics

Uganda is supporting the M23 rebels fighting across the border in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UN experts say, warning that a rapidly escalating crisis “risks sparking a wider regional conflict.” The heavily armed M23 is often accused of being allied with Rwandans, but UN experts have produced evidence suggesting the troops also have the

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the close and decades-long bilateral ties between their two countries during official talks in Moscow. India and Russia are linked by a “privileged strategic partnership,” Putin said during the meeting in the Kremlin. Trade between the two countries has increased by 60% in the

A court in Russia on Tuesday convicted the widow of Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested in absentia as part of a large-scale crackdown by the Kremlin on the opposition. The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has decided to arrest Yulia Navalnaya, who lives abroad, on suspicion of involvement in an extremist group. Navalny, the

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil has put into effect a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority that has been awaiting ratification for more than a decade, in a sign of support for the Palestinian people. “The agreement is a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state that can live peacefully and harmoniously with its

The HMS Terror was sunk in the glaciers of the Arctic Ocean during the Franklin Expedition in 1845. – Illustration: API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) (Getty Images) I am fascinated by both Antarctic And Arctic exploration; nowhere else on earth do people want to die like the poles of our planet, but people still manage to