1991 में Stuttgart institution द्वारा खरीदा गया Spinosaurid fossil एक लंबे restitution campaign का विषय रहा है।
यह एक 113-million-year-old bone of contention है।
Stuttgart के museum of natural history द्वारा 1991 में एक fossilised dinosaur skull खरीदने के बाद, शोधकर्ताओं ने पाया कि यह अब तक की ज्ञात सबसे पूर्ण Spinosaurid skull थी, जो विशाल मांसाहारी dinosaurs के एक पहले से अज्ञात genus से संबंधित थी। Continue reading...
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• विवादास्पद “one in, one out” योजना के तहत फ्रांस वापस भेजे गए एक शरण चाहने वाले को अब सीरिया वापस भेजे जाने का सामना करना पड़ रहा है, क्योंकि पेरिस के अधिकारियों ने फैसला सुनाया है कि ऐसा करना सुरक्षित है; माना जाता है कि यह अपनी तरह का पहला मामला है।
• जब ब्रिटिश प्रधानमंत्री Keir Starmer और फ्रांसीसी राष्ट्रपति Emmanuel Macron ने जुलाई 2025 में शरण चाहने वालों से भरी छोटी नावों को चैनल पार करने से रोकने के लिए “क्रांतिकारी” समझौते की घोषणा की थी – जिसमें एक छोटी नाव वाले शरण चाहने वाले को जबरन फ्रांस वापस भेजने के बदले उत्तरी फ्रांस में रहने वाले एक व्यक्ति को कानूनी रूप से UK लाने की बात थी – तो उन्होंने इस बात पर जोर दिया था कि फ्रांस वापस लौटने वालों के लिए एक सुरक्षित देश है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
FBI द्वारा सौंपी गई करीब 2,000 साल पुरानी कलाकृति दशकों से रोम के पास एक संग्रहालय से गायब टुकड़े से मेल खाती है
न्यू ऑरलियन्स के एक पिछवाड़े में मिली लगभग 2,000 साल पुरानी रोमन कब्र की निशानी अब इटली को लौटा दी गई है। लगभग 1,900 साल पुराना संगमरमर का शिलालेख – बुधवार को रोम में FBI के नेतृत्व में आयोजित एक समारोह के दौरान आधिकारिक तौर पर इतालवी अधिकारियों को सौंपा गया। एजेंसी ने कहा कि यह कार्यक्रम अमेरिका में बरामद एक और प्राचीन वस्तु की स्वदेश वापसी का भी प्रतीक है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
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• Andy Burnham के पास "कुछ ही हफ्तों" के भीतर Westminster लौटने की एक विश्वसनीय योजना है, उनके सहयोगियों ने कहा है, और Greater Manchester के मेयर द्वारा सरकार के लिए एक नया एजेंडा पेश करने हेतु उपचुनाव की लड़ाई का उपयोग किए जाने की उम्मीद है।
• Burnham, जिन्हें Labour की शासी निकाय द्वारा फरवरी के Gorton और Denton उपचुनाव में लड़ने से रोक दिया गया था, ने कई ऐसी सीटों की पहचान की है जहाँ सांसद उनकी नेतृत्व की दावेदारी के लिए हटने को तैयार हैं।
साइमन व्हाइट ने टॉफी टिन में मिट्टी के टुकड़े पाए जाने के बाद सच्चाई बताई, उन्होंने कहा कि उन्होंने वेनलॉक प्रायरी से स्मृति चिन्ह के रूप में इन्हें लिया था। एक प्रायरी के मध्ययुगीन टाइल वाले फर्श के टुकड़े, जो लगभग 60 वर्षों तक टॉफी टिन में रखे रहे, आखिरकार वापस लौटा दिए गए। ये टुकड़े 1960 के दशक के अंत में परिवार के साथ यात्रा के दौरान एक नौ वर्षीय लड़के द्वारा जेब में रखे जाने के बाद छिपे रहे थे। तेरहवीं सदी के अंत से चौदहवीं सदी की शुरुआत तक के तीन सजावटी मिट्टी के टाइल के टुकड़े, 1960 के दशक के अंत में श्रॉपशायर में वेनलॉक प्रायरी की पारिवारिक यात्रा के दौरान साइमन व्हाइट द्वारा स्मृति चिन्ह के रूप में लिए गए थे।
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• 657 पुरावशेषों की वापसी की घोषणा मंगलवार को Manhattan जिला अटॉर्नी, Alvin Bragg Jr द्वारा की गई, और यह तब हुआ जब New York City के मेयर, Zohran Mamdani ने 105.6 कैरेट Koh-i-noor हीरे के ऐतिहासिक रूप से विवादास्पद स्वामित्व के मुद्दे पर अपनी राय दी।
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• उस उम्र में जब कई veteran footballers अपने पोते-पोतियों, दोस्तों और बार के साथियों को अपने पुराने sporting prowess की बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर सुनाई गई कहानियों से खुश करना पसंद कर सकते हैं, 70 वर्षीय Ángel Mateos González वापस pitch पर लौट रहे हैं।
• Spaniard, जिन्होंने 27 साल पहले competitive football से संन्यास ले लिया था, इस रविवार को fifth-tier match में Asturian टीम CD Colunga के लिए goal में खेलने वाले हैं।
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• Duke basketball player Dame Sarr announced his return to the university for the 2026-27 season instead of entering the professional ranks.
• Sarr's decision to remain at Duke signals continuity for the Blue Devils' roster heading into next season.
• The announcement represents a significant commitment to the college program and reflects confidence in Duke's basketball direction.
Labour MPs are reportedly urging colleagues to demand Burnham’s return in order to position him as Starmer’s eventual successorIf Keir Starmer is looking for a saviour to keep him in No 10 after the May elections and the scandal of the Mandelson saga, there is an unlikely figure in the north-west who might help him – temporarily.It has been the week where the prime minister seemed at his most isolated. But Labour MPs told the Guardian they were urging colleagues not to depose Starmer next month, and were instead preparing to demand that Andy Burnham return to parliament in order to succeed him before the next general election. Continue reading...
Irving police department announced bust in pun-filled social media post about alleged $34,000 Lego lootingSo much for using his noodle.A California man pilfered thousands of dollars in Lego toy sets from the retailer Target in a return-based scam, sometimes swapping valuable figurines with dried pasta pieces and before returning the construction-centric toys, authorities recently alleged. Continue reading...
The Kissing Booth’s Joey King and Game Of Thrones’ Maisie Williams star alongside the original cast members as the next generation of the cursed Owens familyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe midnight margaritas are officially back on the menu. Within 24 hours of its debut, the first official teaser for Practical Magic 2 has surged into the Google Trends top 10, attracting millions of views and signalling an enthusiastic appetite for the return of the Owens family and all things witchy.Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman will return as sisters Sally and Gillian, with Kidman sharing a video of her and her fellow star on set last year, captioned: “The witches are back”. Continue reading...
Romantic poet’s letters to Fanny Brawne, dated between 1819 and 1820, had been stolen from a Long Island estateEight original handwritten letters from the Romantic poet John Keats to his muse and “one passion”, Fanny Brawne, were returned to the family of John Hay “Jock” Whitney, the former US ambassador to the UK, on Monday after being stolen from Whitney’s home in the 1980s.Keats’ letters, including the first letter he ever wrote to Brawne, are dated between 1819 and 1820. Valued at approximately $2m, the 37 letters are held in a gilt morocco-bound portfolio. Brawne was Keats’s neighbor in Hampstead, with whom he became infatuated and elevated to muse and goddess. Continue reading...
First recorded in 687BC, the meteoroids were once part of the tail of a comet discovered in 1861This week, the annual Lyrid meteor shower returns to the spring skies. Although active since 16 April, the shower peaks during the late evening of Wednesday 22 April and early the next morning.The chart shows the view looking east from London at 00.01 (BST) on Thursday 23 April. The origin point of the meteors, known as the radiant, is labelled Lyrids. It sits in the constellation of Lyra, the Lyre, close to the bright star of Vega. Continue reading...
Nine-day search for two-year-old Neukgu gripped nation and sparked safety concerns for animal and publicThe internet in South Korea erupted in celebration as a two-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo was captured safely after a nine-day search that had gripped the nation and made the animal a national celebrity.The male wolf, named Neukgu, burrowed out of his enclosure at the O-World zoo in Daejeon on 8 April. Animal rights activists questioned whether the wolf could survive outside the zoo and also worried he might be killed during capture, something that happened to a puma that escaped from the same zoo in 2018. Continue reading...
Liza Tobay, who lives in UK, was told her settled status had been ‘red flagged’ after trying to make a connecting flight from Munich to EdinburghA German woman has been separated from her two-year-old daughter in Edinburgh after a Home Office mistake left her stranded in Dusseldorf earlier this week.Liza Tobay, who has lived in the UK for 15 years, had taken her oldest child, a six-year-old boy, to visit his grandfather and some other relatives over Easter when confronted with what she said appeared to be “a serious administrative error”. Continue reading...
Paramount confirmed the actor will play flying ace Maverick again in one of first major films in new eraTom Cruise is heading to the skies once again with the confirmation of Top Gun 3.While a sequel had been reportedly in the works since 2024, this week saw an official announcement from Paramount during the annual CinemaCon presentation. The 63-year-old will headline the third film in the action drama series with no other returning cast members confirmed. Continue reading...
While the Lesbian Action Group claims a ‘definite win’, Equality Australia says the judge ‘simply identified legal errors in the tribunal’s reasoning’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian lesbian group has won a legal appeal in its case to exclude transgender women from its public events after the federal court set aside a decision by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).The decision on Wednesday afternoon means the case will return to the administrative review tribunal for another determination. While the Lesbian Action Group called the finding a “definite win”, Equality Australia said the judge “simply identified legal errors in the tribunal’s reasoning”. Continue reading...
US military boasts blockade of the strait of Hormuz will incapacitate Iran’s economy; Trump says negotiations could return to PakistanUS-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump saysWelcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.The US military has said American forces have completely halted economic trade going in and out of Iran by sea through a blockade.An estimated 90% of Iran’s economy is fueled by international trade by sea. In less than 36 hours since the blockade was implemented, U.S. forces have completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea.”Donald Trump has said that talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, according to an interview with the New York Post. “Something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump was quoted as saying.US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington on Tuesday were a “historic opportunity”. He said that while every complexity would not be resolved immediately, he hoped the parties would begin to move forward.Lebanon’s president expressed hope that direct talks would lead to an end to his country’s “suffering” after war erupted again between Israel and Hezbollah last month. “I hope that the meeting in Washington... will mark the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese people in general, and those in the south in particular,” president Joseph Aoun said in a statement, adding that “stability will not return to the south if Israel continues to occupy its lands”.Lebanon’s top envoy to the US said the high-level diplomatic engagement between her country and Israel was “constructive,” but urged an end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants that has displaced thousands of Lebanese. After participating in Tuesday’s talks with Rubio and Israel’s ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh Moawad said she had “underscored the need to preserve our territorial integrity and state sovereignty”.The US will not renew a 30-day waiver of sanctions on Iranian oil at sea that expires this week officials told Reuters, as the US imposes a blockade on shipments from Iranian ports.UK prime minister Keir Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron will co-host a summit in Paris on Friday focused on efforts to reopen the strait of Hormuz, Downing Street said. A spokesperson said: “The summit will advance work towards a coordinated, independent, multinational plan to safeguard international shipping once the conflict ends.”Trump criticised Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni, a political ally, in an interview published on Tuesday for her unwillingness to help in the Iran war. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” he told Italian daily Corriere della Sera.Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt will meet Turkey’s top diplomat this week for talks on regional matters, a ministry source told AFP on Tuesday. “This is the third meeting of the four countries to discuss regional affairs, not specifically Hormuz,” said the source, who wished to remain anonymous.Hezbollah said it targeted 13 northern Israeli towns with rockets shortly after the start of Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington. In a statement, the group said it targeted Kiryat Shmona, Metula and 11 other towns “with simultaneous rocket salvos” at 6.15pm.US treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said the underlying US economy remains strong and that growth could still exceed 3% or 3.5% this year despite the impact of the US-Israel war on Iran. Earlier on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its growth forecasts for 2026 based on the impact of the war and said any further escalation in the conflict could trigger a global recession. Bessent however cast cuts in global growth forecasts and higher inflation projections by the IMF and World Bank as an overreaction. Continue reading...
• Jake Paul stated he is targeting a return to the ring in late 2026 or early 2027 after recovering from a severe jaw injury sustained during his fight against Anthony Joshua.
• Paul told Babcock this week that he is "finally feeling healthy again" and that his jaw is "definitely recovering," though he still requires medical clearance and testing before competing.
• The boxer continues his rehabilitation process and has not ruled out further boxing ventures despite the significant injury, marking his next competitive timeline.
Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space programThe astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface.They were, he said, “ambassadors for humanity” as they became the first humans to travel to the moon and return safely to Earth since 1972, on a mission that broke a distance record. Continue reading...
• Usain Bolt, 39, competed in the 4x100-meter relay at the New York Grand Prix on Friday, marking his official return to competitive sprinting after a five-year retirement.
• Bolt's relay team finished second with a time of 39.12 seconds, demonstrating unexpected competitiveness for the legendary sprinter.
• The return came as part of a exhibition series celebrating the careers of track and field's all-time greats.
Officials accept that time has run out to pass law after US dropped its support for planThe UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks. Continue reading...
Having received assurances from Singapore over refined fuels, diesel supply will surely be next on the prime minister’s agendaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese isn’t coming back from Singapore with a shipload of diesel in his checked baggage. That doesn’t mean his whistle-stop visit wasn’t a success, or that it won’t be seen in future as a pivotal moment if fuel stocks continue to be choked by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.The government never expected that the quick whip to Singapore, with just one full day on the ground, would elicit a new supply of petrol or diesel. Singapore already supplies 55% of Australia’s unleaded, 22% of jet fuel and 15% of diesel. Continue reading...
• Michigan's Final Four Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau plans to stay with the Wolverines next season after their national title.
• His decision provides continuity for the champions amid widespread transfer portal activity.
• Cadeau's retention bolsters Michigan's bid to repeat as NCAA champions.
Astronauts prepare for re-entry several miles off coast of southern California after 10-day lunar fly-by missionThe crew of Artemis II is set to return to earth on Friday following its historic 10-day lunar flyby mission, and Nasa leaders have described the precise logistics needed to get them home.The return will see the Orion capsule traveling at nearly 24,000mph before making a final splashdown several miles off the coast of San Diego. The operation requires multiple teams and careful coordination to safely extract the crew from the spacecraft. Continue reading...
