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2,200-year-old gold coin depicting ancient Egyptian queen discovered in Jerusalem Jerusalem Controversy

2,200-year-old gold coin depicting ancient Egyptian queen discovered in Jerusalem

The gold coin was likely minted between 241 and 246 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt, archaeologists say. (Image credit: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David) Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a rare, miniature gold coin that depicts the Egyptian queen Berenice II and dates to the reign of her husband, the third…
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September 7, 2025
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast Censored Internet

Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by…
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September 7, 2025
Pope Leo canonizes ‘God’s influencer,’ the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Twinfluencer

Pope Leo canonizes ‘God’s influencer,’ the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint

Pope Leo XIV declared 15-year-old Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint at an open-air Mass attended by tens of thousands of people in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. Informally known as “God’s influencer,” Acutis was just 15 when he died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in Milan in 2006…
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September 7, 2025
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life China's Social Credit System

As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life

Opinion China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin were this week reportedly overheard chatting about the possibility that organ transplants might help them achieve immortality. That's scary because both already show signs of intending to rule their nations for the remainder of their lives, and because we know those…
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September 7, 2025