Colombia’s best-known drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar, kan vermoor word in 1993 maar sy invloed word steeds in die land gevoel, soms op onverwagte maniere.
Police in Germany and Belgium make Europe’s biggest ever cocaine bust, worth billions of euros
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Authorities in Germany and Belgium seized more than 23,000 kilogram (50,700 pond) of cocaine, worth billions of dollars, in an international operation that resulted in one arrest, officials said Wednesday, inroep...
‘Where is everyone?’: Inside Trump’s DC hotel post-presidency
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Washington A sprawling lobby and bar with only a handful of people. Confused guests asking where everybody went. Elegant, but empty hallways. These are the scenes CNN observed inside the Trump International Hotel in ...
Kangaroo painted over 17,000 years ago is Australia’s oldest known rock art, wetenskaplikes sê
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A painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia is the oldest known rock art in the country, according to scientists, who say radiocarbon-dating analysis shows it was created more than 17,000 jare terug. The kangaroo d...
Customs agents in Cincinnati seized 44 pounds of corn flakes covered in cocaine instead of sugar
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US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) seized a shipment of cereal from South America that was covered in cocaine instead of sugar. CBP officers in Cincinnati, Ohio, intercepted the package on February 13 containing ab...
Everyone wants a third party! Maar …
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The headline is eye-catching: "Support for Third U.S. Political Party at High Point." Intriguing, reg? And once you read into the story on the new Gallup poll, things get even more interesting! Meer as 6 in 10 A ...
Misteries van massiewe gate wat in Siberiese permafrost gevorm word, word deur wetenskaplikes ontsluit
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The massive crater appeared violently and explosively in the Siberian tundra last year -- a powerful blowout of methane gas throwing ice and rock hundreds of feet away and leaving a gaping circular scar in the empty...
Antarktiese sponse wat onder die ysrak ontdek is, is wetenskaplikes verbaas
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Die toevallige ontdekking van vreemde lewensvorme op 'n rotsblok onder die ysrak van die Antarktika het wetenskaplikes in die war gebring.. Navorsers het deurgedring 900 meter ys in die Filchner-Ronne-ysrak, s ...
Pancakes, balls and jams — things everyone loves unless they’re made of ice
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You've heard of blizzards, and maybe even the polar vortex, but have you heard of ice pancakes? What about ice bites or ice jams? These unique names sound fascinating, but some of these phenomena can also be dangero...
Neanderdal-gene kan groepe van menslike breinweefsel verander, vind wetenskaplikes
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Breine word nie in die fossielverslag bewaar nie, maak dit onmoontlik om te weet hoe moderne menslike breine verskil van ons voorouders wat lank reeds uitgesterf het, die Neanderdalmense. Van versteende skedels weet ons dat hul breine tweemaal ...
In geval van moontlike verkeerde mummie-identiteit, wetenskaplikes ontdek leidrade
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U weet hoe klerewinkels winkelpoppe in vensters opsteek, pronk met die modieuse goedere wat hulle bied? Dit kan die verklaring wees agter 'n geval van verkeerde mummie-identiteit. Tydens 'n reis na Egipte in die ...
Waarom kak wombats blokkies? Wetenskaplikes het uiteindelik die antwoord
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Vir jare, wetenskaplikes het gewonder waarom wombat-kak kubusvormig is (ja, regtig). Nou, hulle sê dat hulle tot die einde van die raaisel gekom het. Kaalneuswombats, of gewone baarmoeder, kan in die bosveld gevind word ...
Colombia’s FARC party is changing its name to ‘Comunes’
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Colombia's FARC political party, formed after the guerilla group with the same acronym was disbanded, has announced that it is is changing its name to "Comunes," of "Commons" in English. "I want to inform Colombia a...