Europe

British Museum to Digitize All Objects

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The British Museum in London has announced that it is planning to make digital copies of all of its objects. The process of digitizing millions of artifacts will take about 5 years. The announcement comes after the museum admitted that 2000 artifacts were missing from its vast collection. About 250 had already been recovered. According … Read more

Turkey Turns 100

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Modern Turkey is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a republic. It was founded out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. On October 29, 1923, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk declared Turkey a republic and became the new country’s first president. Atatürk was a nationalist leader who separated religion from public life. He … Read more

World’s Oldest Dog Dies At 31

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Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, has died at the age of 31. Normally dogs can live up to 15 years, but Bobi lived twice as long. In February 2023, the Guiness Book of Records stated that Bobi was the longest living dog in recorded history. Before that, an Australian cattle dog had lived for 29 … Read more

Neanderthals Hunted Giant Elephants

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According to a new study, Neanderthals, who lived between 500,000 and 40,000 years ago, hunted giant elephants and butchered them for food. The straight-tusked elephants were the largest land mammals of the Ice Age. They were more than 4 metres tall and weighed 13 tons. The research is based on the skeleton remains of a … Read more

Rishi Sunak Is the U.K.’s New Prime Minister

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Rishi Sunak has been chosen by Members of Parliament to become Britain’s next Prime Minister. At 42, he is the youngest head of government in over 200 years. Sunak is the first British Prime Minister who has Asian origins. Sunak won the leadership battle of the Conservative Party after Liz Truss had resigned, being only … Read more

BBC Celebrates 100th Anniversary

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The British Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating its 100th birthday this October. The first radio broadcast hit the airwaves in London in 1922. The BBC started television broadcasts in 1936 , but radio remained the number one medium throughout the war years. In the early days, the BBC broadcast many historic events: the abdication of King … Read more