The president Donald Trump signed a law on Wednesday 12 November that puts an end to the longer shutdown in US history, lasted 43 daysdeclaring that “It should never happen again.” The suspension resulted in the temporary closure of federal government operations. A few hours earlier, the House of Representativescontrolled by Republicans, had approved the package with 222 votes in ...
The Blue Mellon diamond – Credits: Christie’s The exceptional diamond “The Mellon Blue”stone from 9.51 blue carats set in a ring, was sold by Christie’s auction house on November 11, in Geneva. The final price, estimated between 20 and 30 million dollars, it amounted to $25,592,269taxes included. Having belonged for decades to the American philanthropist Rachel Lambert Mellon, the diamond ...
THE citizens over the age of 70 they will no longer have to renew there identity card: this is what was announced by the Minister of Public Administration, Paolo Zangrillowhich anticipated the content of the new “Simplification Decree”, which will be discussed in Parliament in the next few days. In short, starting from 2026 there will be some important news ...
Frame of the moment of the collapse of the Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan in south-eastern China. Credit: @capitanbitcoin, via In the last few days, the images of partial collapse of the Hongqi Bridgelocated in the province of Sichuan (south-eastern China) and 758 meters long, are making the rounds on the web. The videos show with impressive clarity the triggering of ...
New IT–Alert tests in Veneto for the risk of a “significant industrial accident” in the Pometon factory in Martellago. Credit: IT–Alert Today 13 November, in Veneto, there will be a new round of tests IT-Alert after the tests in Emilia-Romagna and Trentino-Alto Adige last month: the simulation of the public warning system will affect the Pometon spa plant in Martellagoin ...
The Megachile bee discovered in Australia. Credit: Prendergast KS, Campbell JW (2025) Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), a new megachilid with demon–like horns that visits the Critically Endangered Marianthus aquilonaris (Pittosporaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. A new species of hymenopteracalled “Lucifer bee” (Megachile Lucifer) for its convex horns on the front of the head (called clypeus), was discovered in Australia ...
The Rosetta Stone admired by tourists at the British Museum in 1985; credit: RickDikeman, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza has reignited calls for return of the famous Rosetta Stone, one of the main finds stolen in the colonial era, now preserved in the British Museum in London. The stele, discovered by the ...
There Milan Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into a chilling case that brings to mind the infamous “Sniper Avenue” in Sarajevo, the city besieged from 1992 to 1996 by the Bosnian Serb militias after the Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia. It was a long avenue that ran through the center of the capital, connecting the airport and the western ...
Composite image of a meteor shower. These days, looking up at the sky, if you see a “shooting star” you know that it is a meteor which belongs to the meteor shower from the Northern Taurids. The peak of this shower, which can reach 5 meteors per hour, theoretically falls during the night between November 11th and 12thbut according to ...
A Turkish military cargo plane Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed on the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan while on its way to Turkey with 20 people on board: the dynamics of the accident, which occurred yesterday 11 November, have not yet been clarified by the Turkish authorities, who have started an investigation into the disaster and this morning confirmed the death ...