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Ancient carvings of scores of animals unearthed in Spanish cave (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) In a discovery that local media have dubbed the ‘Catalan Altamira’, an extraordinary trove of 15,000-year-old carvings, depicting dozens of animals, has been found in a cave in northeast Spain’s Tarragona region. Around 100 carvings of animals including horses, oxen and deer, as well as mysterious abstract symbols, were found in a cave in the village of L'Espluga de Francolí. © Generalitat de Catalunya The ancient artworks were revealed on Friday after being discovered in the wake of floods last October. T...

‘We turned their pressure into opportunity’: Supreme Leader hails Iranian Air Force built up despite US sanctions The US’s “criminal” sanctions didn’t stop Iran from strengthening its own air power and even “building planes,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said, as the nation marks the anniversary of 1979’s Islamic Revolution. The Iranian military industry, Khamenei proclaimed in front of Air Force commanders and other military officials, has become so viable because it didn’t rely on foreign support, instead developing domestic capabilities. This approach could be extended into other industries as well, he said, according to local media. ... Despite sanctions being a criminal act, such an approach can create a lot of opportunities. Ayatollah Ali Kham...

Roger Waters ads banned by Major League Baseball after outcry from Jewish group Major League Baseball (MLB) has stopped running promotions of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters on its platforms, after caving in to pressure from a Jewish group that accused him of anti-Semitism. In January, Jewish advocacy organization B’nai B’rith International began a campaign to protest ads for Waters’ new tour, ‘This is Not a Drill’, which appeared on MLB platforms. The group claimed that the musician is an “avowed anti-Semite” whose views on Israel “far exceed the boundaries of civil discourse.” Our letter to MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred protesting the promotion of known anti-Semite Roger Waters's concert tour received widespread media coverage. T...

Less is Mour: Jose Mourinho’s drastic haircut spawns meme meltdown as Spurs boss goes from ‘The Special One’ to ‘The Bald One’ Jose Mourinho has made a bold – or should that be ‘bald’ – hairstyle statement amid Tottenham’s Premier League campaign, going for a drastic shaven head that has set social media buzzing. Mourinho’s new close-cut look was revealed on social media after he paid a visit to luxury London barbers Haks Oscar. ???‍♂️✂️ pic.twitter.com/sDK2b9YlcV— football.london (@Football_LDN) February 7, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The chop comes as Mourinho and Spurs enjoy a mid-season break before gearing up to continue their assault on the Premier League top four and Champions League places. It’s a drastic ...

‘Senseless act of violence’: High school basketball players brutally beat up coach after game (VIDEO) Four high school students from Malcom X. Shabazz High School in Newark have been suspended and face criminal charges on suspicion of beating up their assistant coach after an away game. The reason for the conflict remains unclear, but footage shared on social media shows the coach getting kicked and punched by the players for more than 25 seconds. READ MORE: MMA madness: Mixed martial arts tournament in Kazakhstan ends with STABBING and huge brawl (VIDEO) The four members of JV basketball team are seen chasing the coach before they begin to brutally beat him up after he falls on the ground. The students, whose names remain unknown, have reportedly b...

Unexplained ‘rosette’ cloud formation snapped from space by NASA Peering down on Earth from thousands of kilometers above can reveal patterns that could never be noticed from on terra firma. The latest spectacular examples of this are mysterious ‘rosette’ cloud formations snapped by NASA. The clouds, seen in freshly released photos captured off the western coast of Australia by the space agency’s Aqua satellite, look like a snowy flower arrangement. The rosettes are rare actinoform clouds, which are impossible to see from the ground because they stretch over incredibly long distances, sometimes reaching 300 kilometers (180 miles). © NASA ...

China’s mobile giants teaming up to challenge Google Play dominance Chinese companies Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo are working on an app store alliance that would allow developers outside of China to upload the app once and have it show up across all four firm's app stores simultaneously. That’s according to an exclusive report by Reuters which cited analysts as saying that the move is meant to challenge the dominance of Google’s Play store. The move will also help the four companies expand more into software and services as hardware sales decline. The Global Developer Service Alliance or GDSA, for short, reportedly aims to make it easier for developers of games, music, movies and other apps to market their apps in overseas markets. The platform w...

‘He’s too old’: Bayern Munich boss plays down talk of stunning move for Cristiano Ronaldo Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer has shot down speculation that the club are keen on Cristiano Ronaldo, claiming the Portuguese goal machine is “too old” for the Germans. A rumor doing the rounds suggested that Bundesliga giants Bayern are keen on making an audacious attempt to lure Ronaldo away from Juventus in the summer. However, Bayern chief Hainer poured cold water on the story when asked about a potential move – dismissing Ronaldo, who recently turned 35, as “too old” for the team. "Of course there are always names floating around in the media linking players to the club and that is something totally understandable,” Hainer said.   “But Cristiano Ro...