Ukraine aims to encircle Bakhmut as Russia says it captures city
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Sunday that its forces were still advancing around the edges of Bakhmut, aiming to encircle
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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton lock lips in adorable PDA moment at son Apollo's football game in LA
Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have been a couple for seven years and celebrated their first wedding anniversary in July 2022
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Greek conservatives lead in national election-exit poll
ATHENS Greek conservatives were leading over the leftist Syriza in elections on Sunday, a joint exit poll by
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Macron makes first French presidential visit to Mongolia
Emmanuel Macron on Sunday made a brief but symbolic visit to Mongolia, the first by a French president to the country nestled between China and Russia that is of...
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of The Flower Moon' gets raucous applause at Cannes premiere
Longtime collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese continue to create magic at the movies.
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Liverpool great in tears after final match at Anfield
It was almost the perfect fairytale sendoff.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang among surprise shoutouts in Barcelona title celebrations
Barcelona captain Sergio Busquets spoke about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during La Liga trophy celebrations.
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Proof that Vikings were in America far earlier than Columbus discovered
The discovery of North America is synonymous with Christopher Columbus, but proof has been found confirming that the Vikings were there hundreds of years earlier. Columbus is said to have “discovered the New World" in 1492 CE, but new analysis has suggested that the Norse people in Greenland were using wood from North America centuries before. Research focused on timber used in Norse sites across Greenland which people lived in between 1000 and 1400. The findings show that some of the wood came from types of trees that were grown outside of Greenland. One was the Jack pine, which is found in Canada. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Archaeologist Lísabet Guðmundsdóttir from the University of Iceland studied the timber and put across his findings in the journal Antiquity. “These findings highlight the fact that Norse Greenlanders had the means, knowledge, and appropriate vessels to cross the Davis Strait to the east coast of North America, at least up until the 14th century,” the study says. “As such, journeys were being made from Greenland to North America throughout the entirety of the period of Norse settlement in Greenland, and resources were being acquired by the Norse from North America for far longer than previously thought.” It’s not the first time that it’s been suggested that Norse communities travelled to north America. Italian texts from the 14th century contain references to Vikings making contact with Markland, which is believed to be on the Labrador coast in Canada. The 13th-century Norwegian text called Konungsskuggsjá also referenced the fact that Greenland at the time wasn’t home to great abundances of natural resources, reading: “Everything that is needed to improve the land must be purchased abroad, both iron and all the timber used in building houses.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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'Killers of Flower Moon' star says Native Americans need allies like Scorsese
CANNES Lily Gladstone, who grew up on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and stars in Martin Scorsese's study of
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Sinn Fein wins in Northern Ireland local elections, urges return of government
Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections
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Turkish elections: Simple guide to Erdogan's fight to stay in power
Turkey's leader is favourite to win another five years as president, after taking a first-round lead.
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Fed's Kashkari open to holding rates steady in June, WSJ reports
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said that he could support holding interest rates steady at the central bank's
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