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Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago, experts announced this week.The grave was discovered in October by a construction company doing renovations for the field in Vienna’s Simmering district, a team of archaeologists and historians at the Vienna Museum said in announcing its findings. The extraordinary discovery was tied to what they called a “catastrophic” military event, possibly one where Roman troops were badly defeated and fled the site quickly.Radiocarbon dating traced the bones…

In 2009, Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke went viral after telling Yahoo Sports he was boycotting Chipotle’s guacamole.“I mean, $1.50 is already pretty darn high. So they changed it to $1.80, and I’ll never again get guacamole,” Greinke said. “It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win.”Fifteen years later, a (small) side of Chipotle’s guacamole is $2.65, and Greinke’s thoughts remain a common sentiment among MLB players.“Greinke was on a kick for a while,” said Reds pitcher Scott Barlow, a former Greinke teammate. “It’s the principle.”So what else are MLB players cheap about?…

President Donald Trump marked the week by unveiling an unprecedented wave of tariffs on imports to the U.S., aligning with his long-held position that other countries have taken advantage of the U.S. in trade. Trump disclosed the historic tariffs in a ceremony at the White House’s Rose Garden for a “Make America Wealthy Again” event, asserting these new duties would generate new jobs for U.S. workers. “For nations that treat us badly, we will calculate the combined rate of all their tariffs, nonmonetary barriers and other forms of cheating,” Trump said Wednesday.”And because we are being very kind, we will charge them…

As soon as word spread that President Trump had fired Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, current and former administration officials began floating theories about why he had been let go.Had General Haugh opposed one of Mr. Trump’s initiatives, perhaps moved too slowly on purging officers who had worked on diversity issues? Or was he a casualty of the administration’s shifting priorities to counter narcotics?Whether any of that was true, it had little, if anything, to do with why he was fired.General Haugh was ousted because Laura Loomer, a far-right wing…

Confusion and uncertainty surround the biggest aged care reforms in almost three decades, with advocacy groups warning some at-home care providers risk not being ready for the sweeping July 1 changes.It comes as the Federal Government released the indicative prices for services — such as allied health, meal delivery and transport — under its new $4.3 billion Support at Home program.The program aims to improve home care wait times and add 300,000 more places over the next decade, allowing more older Australians to stay in their homes for longer.Funding will be capped at $78,000 a year per person and fund…

In SummaryIn 2025, Africa’s private equity market is projected to reach US$900.80 million in deal value, with an average deal size of US$9.84 million and 91.54 deals.Key investment hotspots in Africa in 2025 include South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, and Egypt, with sectors like fintech, agriculture, and renewable energy attracting significant attention.Over the past decade, 24% of Africa-focused funds achieved US dollar-denominated net internal rates of return exceeding 15%.Deep Dive!!Africa’s dynamic economic landscape in 2025 presents a wealth of opportunities for private equity investors. The continent’s burgeoning consumer market, rapid urbanization, and technological advancements have paved the way for significant…

Bagayoko and his wife, the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, became one of Africa’s best-selling and beloved music industry performers.Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with Western rock and pop influences as one half of the blind duo Amadou and Mariam, has died aged 70. The Malian Ministry of Culture “learned with concern of the passing of artist Amadou Bagayoko this Friday,” it said in a statement read on state television on Saturday. “Amadou was a blind man who made his mark on the Malian and international scene.” Bagayoko died in…

Washington — Senate Republicans adopted a budget resolution on Saturday after an all-night voting marathon, putting Congress one step closer to enacting President Trump’s agenda. Senate Republicans unveiled a new 70-page budget blueprint Wednesday that lays out a path toward implementing Mr. Trump’s border security, defense, energy and tax priorities. The resolution aims to make tax cuts that were enacted during Mr. Trump’s first term permanent while also authorizing $1.5 trillion in additional tax cuts and raising the debt ceiling by as much as $5 trillion. The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Thursday with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky as the only Republican…

A Catholic priest died in Kansas after being shot at his church’s rectory in an incident a fellow pastor told Fox News Digital has left his community in a “state of shock.”Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following the attack on Father Arul Carasala, 57, at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Hermesch was detained on suspicion of first-degree murder. “We’re all just still in a state of shock. I mean, this is small-town America. And Father Arul was such a beloved pastor in Seneca,…

Newly released documents show that in the days following the U.S. election, Canada favoured “cooperation” with the second Trump administration on “common challenges” related to illegal immigration before the U.S. threatened sweeping tariffs. But following his victory, it appeared U.S. President Donald Trump had little interest in collaboration, choosing instead to publicly attack the U.S.’s closest ally and threaten its northern neighbour with economic collapse.Briefing notes, obtained by Global News, through access to information laws, show Ottawa’s position on illegal immigration right after Trump’s Nov. 5 election win was “rooted in cooperating with like-minded partners, particularly the U.S. through agreements…