Nikos Papanikolaou and Seher Asaf BBC News Several more earthquakes have struck waters around the Greek island of Santorini just hours after authorities there declared a state of emergency. The tourist hotspot has been rocked by seismic activity this week with thousands of earthquakes recorded since Sunday. On Thursday evening, a 4.6 magnitude quake was

After two students correctly identified the ancient Greek word for “purple” in a papyrus scroll charred by the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, they teamed up with a third student to identify about 5% of the philosophical text, earning the Vesuvius Challenge’s $700,000 grand prize last year. Until then, nothing had been gained from the

Ukrainian robot aircraft broke through air defenses and hit a major military airfield in mainland Russia on Thursday morning, following a noticeable spike in American military aircraft activity over the western Black Sea hours before the attack. The strike hit the Primorsko-Akhtarsky air base in Russia’s southwestern Krasnodar region. The facility is used for aviation

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Find out the irregularities in SSI payments in February and March 2025 The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment has a great effect on households in the United States because it provides extra income for Social Security beneficiaries with a check that is too small. In addition, other Americans can apply for this benefit without having

(Reuters) – Franklin Templeton Investments is seeking regulatory approval to launch a new crypto index exchange-traded fund, the firm said on Thursday, as asset managers hope to cash in on the crypto wave amid Donald Trump’s victory in U.S. presidential elections. Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to make the U.S. the “crypto

Stocks were mixed Thursday after two straight days of gains have taken major indexes back near all-time highs. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose 0.4% and 0.5%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3%. Stocks are coming off of two winning sessions after a rocky start to the week, as concerns about the possible impact of

Carlos Javier Vega, 19, asked to switch shifts at his father’s bakery in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city, so he could help his cousin sell a puppy. A few blocks from the buyer’s location, however, their car was stopped at a checkpoint manned by navy troopers deployed on the streets after President Daniel Noboa decreed an