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Spanish archaeologists have discovered an exceptionally well-preserved Roman shipwreck off the tiny island of Cabrera, believed to have been carrying garum, a prized fermented fish sauce, in what researchers describe as one of the most intact ancient wrecks ever found in Spanish waters. Marine archaeologists in Spain have uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Roman shipwreck that sank roughly 1,800 years ago off the small island of Cabrera, near the southern coast of Mallorca. The vessel, thought to have been transporting garum, a fermented fish sauce prized across the Roman world, was located in waters 70 metres deep and documented by professional…

Zygmunt Bauman, the Polish-born sociologist whose work reshaped how scholars understand modernity, the Holocaust and consumer society, has died aged 91, leaving behind a body of work built around his best-known concept of “liquid modernity.” Zygmunt Bauman, the Polish sociologist best known for connecting modernity, the Holocaust and the rise of consumer culture, has died at the age of 91. Bauman was forced to leave Poland in 1971 amid an anti-Semitic campaign, later settling in the United Kingdom, where he became a professor of sociology at the University of Leeds. Over a career spanning several decades, he developed some of…

Dutch police say they have received several tips in the hunt for three former members of Germany’s Red Army Faction believed to be hiding in the Netherlands, days after a reward of up to €80,000 was offered for information leading to their arrest over a series of armed robberies. The Dutch National Police Unit said on Thursday morning that it had received several tips in its search for three former members of Germany’s Red Army Faction, or RAF, who are believed to be living somewhere in the Netherlands. The tips are now being investigated. The development follows a reward of…

Several major outlets, including the Daily Mail, the BBC and the Independent, reported that Iranian bodybuilder Sajad Gharibi was heading to Syria to fight the Islamic State group, but the claim turns out to be false, and Gharibi himself says he never intended any such thing. An eye-catching story spread across international media this week claiming that Sajad Gharibi, an extravagantly muscle-bound Iranian bodybuilder known online as the “Iranian Hulk,” was travelling to Syria to fight against militants from the Islamic State group. It made for a compelling headline, but the claim simply isn’t true. Gharibi has never said he…

A shopping centre in Harpstedt, Germany, was reportedly evacuated at the weekend after a spider suspected of being a Brazilian wandering spider, one of the world’s most venomous species, was discovered among a delivery of bananas, according to hotrecentnews.com, though experts caution that many so-called “banana spider” scares in Europe turn out to involve far less dangerous species. A poisonous spider is reported to have caused panic among customers and staff at a shopping mall in Harpstedt, northern Germany, over the weekend, after apparently arriving in the country hidden among a shipment of bananas. According to hotrecentnews.com, which first reported…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkish security forces have killed 5,359 people identified by Ankara as PKK militants since July last year, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency, as Turkey continues cross-border operations against the group in Iraq and Syria amid ongoing disputes over civilian casualties. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that Turkish security forces have killed 5,359 people identified as fighters for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, since July of last year, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. The figures relate specifically to individuals Turkey identifies as PKK militants, rather than the wider…

On a disused landfill site on the outskirts of Calais, an entire improvised society took shape as thousands of migrants, hoping to reach Britain, built shops, schools and places of worship out of almost nothing, even as French authorities began demolishing parts of the camp and Paris and London clashed over who should take responsibility for the people living there. An estimated 5,000 people were living in the makeshift refugee camp known as the “Jungle” on the outskirts of Calais, most of them hoping to eventually reach the UK and claim asylum there. Built on the site of a former…

An outbreak of measles has been reported at a refugee camp in Calais, northern France, in a setting that public health experts consider especially vulnerable to the rapid spread of the highly contagious virus. An outbreak of measles has been identified at a refugee camp in Calais, the northern French port city that has hosted large numbers of migrants and refugees for years, many of them living in temporary camps or informal settlements while attempting to reach the United Kingdom. Health experts have long warned that settings of this kind are particularly susceptible to outbreaks of measles and other vaccine-preventable…

The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, has written to Poland’s Minister of Interior warning that legislation suspending access to asylum at the Poland-Belarus border is reportedly being applied even to people who never crossed that border, including Afghan nationals said to have been returned home without the chance to seek protection. Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, has published a letter addressed to Poland’s Minister of Interior raising concerns over how the country is applying legislation that allows access to asylum to be temporarily suspended at its border with Belarus. According to…

While European politicians debate how to reduce the continent’s reliance on American technology, a growing number of homegrown firms are quietly building alternatives to US giants and expanding at a rapid pace, even as one industry leader warns it could take Europe a century to close the gap with Microsoft alone. As Europe continues to debate how to reduce its dependence on American technology, a number of companies are already working to build alternatives and are growing quickly in the process, according to reporting by Euractiv. Despite this momentum, the continent has accumulated such deep tech dependency over recent decades…