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Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, prepares for his departure to North Korea at the railway station in Vladivostok, Russia, on Friday, April 26, 2019. Kim said the summit will be a starting point for productive talks on cooperation, Vesti TV reported him as saying in an interview.  (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Source: Fox News

A Roman-constructed food storage container that served as a primitive refrigerator for traveling soldiers was recently discovered in Bulgaria by Polish archeologists.Lead archeologist, Piotr Dyczek, a professor at the University of Warsaw Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre, uncovered the ancient fridge at an excavation site located near the town of Svishtov, according to a report from Science in Poland – a science news outlet run by the Polish Press Agency.The excavation site was Novae – a legionary fortress of the Roman Empire that was built in northern Bulgaria on the Danube River.ANCIENT CEREMONIAL CHARIOT EXCAVATED IN POMPEII: ‘EXTRAORDINARY FIND’Archeologists…

Commercial Content 21+ As if this year’s Thursday night slate hasn’t been ugly enough, we’ll be treated to an old-school showdown between the Bears and Commanders, who enter this one in must-win spots after sluggish starts to the season. Here are three of our favorite prop bets to target at BetMGM ahead of Thursday’s kickoff: Thursday Night Football Bears-Commanders player props Khalil Herbert Over 26.5 rushing yards (-110) If the Bears aren’t relying on Justin Fields to generate yardage through the air, that should mean plenty of chances for Chicago’s running backs to shine. Though starter David Montgomery is the…

The crypto think tank Coin Center has sued US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen over sanctions imposed on the coin mixer Tornado Cash, saying the service has legitimate use cases.In the lawsuit, filed in Florida on Wednesday this week, Coin Center said Tornado Cash is “an open-source software tool that helps Americans maintain their privacy while using cryptocurrency.”“The Administration’s use of the foreign-affairs power to punish domestic cryptocurrency users was unprecedented and unlawful,” the lawsuit added, referring to the sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).Among those named as defendants in the suit were US Treasury Secretary Janet…

Chrissy Teigen. David Fisher/ShutterstockMom life! Chrissy Teigen lamented the state of her formerly impressive digestive system amid her latest pregnancy. “I have lived the life of a spoiled rotten stomach,” the supermodel, 36, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, October 12. “I could do ANYTHING to it — street meat, landlocked sushi, stuff that smelled off, 5 second rule floor food, ghost pepper contests, countless shots. And she was strong, my stomach.” During her pregnancy, however, this has all changed. “Now, half of a single cherry tomato can take me down for 12 hours,” the Cravings author continued. “But I am…

US grocery chain Kroger is in talks to buy rival Albertsons in a deal that would bring together two of the country’s largest supermarkets and test the Biden administration’s antitrust policies.According to people close to the talks, a deal could be announced as soon as this week after on-and-off discussions between the companies over the past several years. A merger of Kroger, the largest grocer in the US with nearly 2,800 stores, and Albertsons, which has more than 2,200 stores, would create a dominant chain at a time when consumers face rising costs for essential goods. Any deal would involve…

A record 7mn people were waiting for hospital treatment in England at the end of August, according to the latest NHS monthly performance figures released on Thursday.The total rose from 6.8mn a month earlier and included 2.75mn patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment and 387,000 waiting more than a year.More recent data for accident and emergency departments showed that only 57 per cent of patients were seen within four hours in September, a sharp drop on the 76 per cent for the same month in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic hit. The deterioration came despite a 2 per…

A Russian nuclear strike against Ukraine would trigger “such a powerful answer” from the West that the Russian army would be “annihilated,” said Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief.His comments come in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly combative rhetoric. After signing a partial mobilisation decree to boost the Russian army ranks on 21 September, Putin warned NATO that his country had “various means of destruction” at its disposal to defend its “territorial integrity.””It’s not a bluff,” Putin said.In blunt remarks on Thursday, Borrell directly replied to the Russian leader’s threats.”There is the nuclear threat, and Putin is saying he…

Two former employees of a day care center on a Georgia Air Force base, and the center’s former day care director, have been indicted on child abuse-related charges after they allegedly sprayed children in the face with cleaning liquid, forced them to fight each other, kicked a child into a wall, struck one in the head with a book and stepped on a child’s leg, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. A federal grand jury handed down a 30-count indictment alleging that former Robins Air Force Base day care employees Zhanay Kiana Flynn, 27, and Antanesha Mone Fritz, 29, abused children…

Apple will soon allow iPhone users to put credit card rewards from Apple Card and additional funds from separate bank accounts into an interest-bearing savings account.In a press release on Thursday, Apple said the feature is expected to launch in the “coming months,” and the FDIC-insured account will be administered by Goldman Sachs, the bank and lender behind the Apple Card. Apple said it isn’t announcing an annual yield yet as interest rates are moving rapidly.Apple is expanding its consumer financial services offerings as it seeks to broaden the use of iPhones with banking and simple payment and credit features.…