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The enigmatic giant heads that have captivated visitors to Easter Island may finally have their true creators unmasked, and the revelations are set to stun the archaeological world. In a groundbreaking new study, scientists have uncovered compelling evidence suggesting that the island’s iconic moai statues were not the work of a single chiefdom, but rather the product of fierce competition …

Rahmanullah Lakanwal reportedly helped guard US troops at Kabul airport after the Taliban takeover Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the fatal shooting of National Guard troops in Washington, DC, had worked with the CIA during the US occupation of Afghanistan. On Wednesday, the Afghan national allegedly fired at close range on two West Virginia National Guard members while they were …

A man has died in west Sydney after being shot multiple times in broad daylight, police have confirmed New South Wales (NSW) police were called to Carinya Street, Blacktown, at about 11.50am on Friday, November 28, following reports of a public place shooting. Officers attached to Blacktown Police Area Command found a man with gunshot wounds to his neck, chest …

Peru’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced leftist ex-president Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in jail for trying to dissolve Congress and rule by decree to avoid impeachment. Dubbed Peru’s first poor president, the former rural teacher, who had never held elected office before winning the presidency, was impeached by Congress and jailed following his attempted power grab in …

The Russian Supreme Court has designated the pressure group Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), run by associates of late opposition figure Alexey Navalny, as a terrorist group. Russian authorities had previously banned several organizations founded by Navalny’s team, whose publicly active members have fled the country and now reside abroad. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office said on Thursday that the US-registered entity, …

The death toll after the deadliest blazes in the Hong Kong’s modern history has risen to 94 as firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish the fire. Rescuers holding flashlights were going from apartment to apartment at the charred towers as thick smoke poured out from some windows at the Wang Fuk Court complex, a dense cluster of buildings …

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) builders are increasingly shipping their cars abroad to spur international sales ahead of an expected downturn in their home market, analysts say, as Beijing phases out incentives such as tax holidays and cash subsidies. The carmakers, which can enjoy a net margin of 20,000 yuan (US$706) per vehicle by selling their cars outside mainland China, are …

Beijing revives an uncomfortable truth: the global order belongs to the winners of WW2 By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club The foundations of any world order are rarely found in the institutions built to represent it. They lie instead in a simple, unchanging fact: power belongs to those strong enough to impose rules and to those who …

The BBC has issued an apology over its BBC News at Six report, which was published on the corporation’s Corrections and Clarifications page this week. The correction was published on Wednesday, November 26, and it’s in reference to a report about billionaire Elon Musk‘s claims that without him, US President Donald Trump “would have lost the election”. The BBC‘s reporting …

The backlash against Trump’s envoy is meant to derail peace talks and prolong the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president has said Western critics of US envoy Steve Witkoff are driven by a desire to keep the Ukraine conflict going and profit from it together with officials in Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin made the remarks on Thursday …