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“MASSIVE HEIST” Museums, auction houses and private collectors are facing intensifying calls to return valuable artefacts to Asian and African nations, among others, who say the items were nicked from them by criminal or unethical means. On Sep 30, cultural ministers from 150 countries at a United Nations conference committed to improving efforts to return historical treasures to their countries of origin. Cambodia, in particular, suffered widespread looting of archaeological sites during civil conflicts between the 1960s and 1990s. This was a “massive heist” involving restorers, academics and in some cases around the world, museum curators themselves, said Mr Gordon. Several precious…

Rory McIlroy found Congaree Golf Club to his liking as he eased into contention after the first round of the CJ Cup.McIlroy arrived as the defending champion, having won the event when it was held at the Summit Club last year.He cruised round in a bogey-free 66 to get to five-under to sit one off the early clubhouse lead of Trey Mullinax and Gary Woodland.The CJ CupMcIlroy and Scheffler headline star-studded field for CJ Cup15/10/2022 AT 12:01It was McIlroy’s first competitive round at Congaree, and he feels it will help him for the rest of the tournament.“Now that I have…

Researchers grew cordyceps mushrooms on six different kinds of insects. They found that mushrooms grown amid high levels of oleic fatty acid contained the most cordycepin, a potential therapeutic agent with antiviral and anticancer properties.They say that growing cordyceps on mushrooms could potentially reduce production costs and facilitate their entrance into clinical trials.Preliminary studies show that cordyceps mushrooms may benefit health via anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifatigue activity. Cordycepin is a key compound of the mushrooms and has been linked to potential anticancer effects. Cordyceps mushrooms are typically collected in the wild and are difficult to find in large quantities. When…

A Washington state woman who was allegedly buried alive in the woods this week by her estranged husband managed to escape to safety from the shallow grave, authorities said.A Thurston County Sheriff’s deputy located a frantic woman hiding behind the shed in a home’s front yard shortly before 1 a.m. on Monday, according to a declaration of probable cause filed Wednesday in the county’s superior court.“My husband is trying to kill me,” the woman screamed, according to the court document. “She had duct tape still wrapped around her neck, lower face and ankles,” the filing said. “There was extensive bruising…

Video from a speech delivered by former Vice President Mike Pence at Georgetown University shows students walking out during the speech while other students unveiled a sign saying “reproductive rights are human rights.”The video, posted by the Young America’s Foundation from a speech it hosted at the Washington, D.C., university, shows dozens of students walking out of the room while Pence spoke and as other students in the balcony of the venue unfurled a flag with pro-choice messaging.Several of the students were wearing masks, and one could be seen waving a gay pride flag on the way out the door.”It…

Good morning. The head of the US Navy has warned that the American military must be prepared for the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2024, as Washington grows increasingly alarmed about the threat to the island. Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, said the US had to consider that China could take action against Taiwan much sooner than even the more pessimistic warnings. The debate in the US about when China might invade Taiwan has intensified since Admiral Philip Davidson, then-head of Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress last year that the Chinese military could take action against…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that it has nabbed 175 illegal immigrants who had multiple DUI convictions – as part of a national operation through August and September.The nationwide law enforcement push began on Aug. 20 and ended at the end of September, and hauled in those with multiple DUIs as well as additional criminal histories that included assault, child cruelty, domestic violence, homicide by vehicle, and hit-and-run, the agency said in a release.”More than 11,000 people in the U.S. died as a result of crashes involving a drunk driver in 2020. An enforcement operation focusing on…

Snapchat logo displayed on a phone screen is seen with a laptop in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on August 10, 2022.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading.Snap – The social media stock plummeted 25% after Snap’s revenue came in slightly lower than expected after the bell. It also said to expect sliding revenue in the fourth quarter. The number of global daily active users came in higher than forecast. The company’s third-quarter revenue was about 6% higher than last year. Meta and Alphabet also slid 4.7%…

A Michigan high school received allegations that there was “alcohol and marijuana” at a privately held event inside its gymnasium on Oct. 15 where a stripper was seen “twerking” on video, according to police.Quentin Hines, CEO of minor league football organization Rivals Professional Football League said that its recruiting service held an event at Mount Clemens High School on Sept. 15 where a woman was seen dancing and wearing little clothing, according to FOX 2.The football league held Peezy’s Sweetie’s Day Bash at the Michigan high school, but it was previously set to take place at a stadium in Pontiac,…

Meet a feathered fellow who is lighting up the internet with his verbal abilities and intelligence: Apollo, an African grey parrot.Apollo lives with his humans, Dalton Mason and Victoria Lacey, in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is two-and-a-half years old, and has feathered family members as well as human ones; Mason and Lacey also own two white-bellied caiques named Soleil and Ophelia, Lacey told Fox News Digital by email.The internet wants more of Apollo, it seems: The Instagram account apolloandfrens showcases the talents of Apollo and has some 142,000 followers, while a TikTok account for Apollo’s incredible feats of intelligence, ApolloandFrens, has…