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Muhammad Ali''s childhood home is for sale in Kentucky after being converted into a museum The owners are asking $1.5 million for the three properties. Finding a buyer willing to maintain Ali's childhood home as a museum would be "the best possible result," co-owner George Bochetto said.
04 Jun, 2024, 09.12 PM ISTBoxing legend Muhammad Ali's childhood home-turned-museum listed for sale: Check details Muhammad Ali's childhood home, now transformed into a museum, is up for sale in Louisville, Kentucky, along with two neighboring properties. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house served as a museum offering insights into Ali's formative years and attr...
04 Jun, 2024, 08.10 PM ISTRAF pilot killed as WWII Spitfire crashes near British airbase A Royal Air Force pilot died in a tragic accident when his World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near the RAF Coningsby airbase in eastern England. The cause of the crash is currently unknown. The incident occurred just days before wartime...
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Another grand Ram temple rises thousands of miles away as Ayodhya gets historic Ram Mandir In Odisha, a new Ram temple has risen in the village of Fategarh, standing tall atop a hill 1,800 feet above sea level. Initiated in 2017, this 73-foot-tall shrine dedicated to Lord Ram was completed with contributions from villagers and devotees, s...
22 Jan, 2024, 05.49 PM ISTCruise Ship that charges $33,000 a person and carrying 206 people stranded in Greenland's Artic, here’s when rescue is expected A high-end cruise liner, accommodating 206 passengers, has become stranded off the shores of Greenland. The Ocean Explorer, measuring 104.4 meters (343 feet) in length and 18 meters (60 feet) in width, ran aground on Monday in the vicinity of Alpefj...
14 Sep, 2023, 03.02 PM ISTMorocco earthquake death toll passes 2,800, survivors camp outdoors Villagers in Morocco affected by a devastating earthquake are camping outside as the death toll rises to over 2,800 people. Search teams from Spain, Britain, and Qatar have joined Moroccan efforts to find survivors from the 6.8 magnitude quake. Many...
12 Sep, 2023, 11.45 AM ISTA magnitude 3.9 aftershock rattles Morocco as rescuers seek survivors in ancient cities and towns Those same areas were shaken anew Sunday by a magnitude 3.9 quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It wasn't immediately clear if the temblor caused more damage or casualties, but it was likely strong enough to rattle nerves in areas where ...
10 Sep, 2023, 05.24 PM ISTMorocco Earthquake death toll surpasses 1,000; Where did the 6.8-magnitude earthquake strike in the country? Morocco's state TV channel Al Aoula, citing the interior ministry, has reported that the death toll from the earthquake in Morocco now stands at 1,037, with over 1,000 individuals injured.
09 Sep, 2023, 10.02 PM ISTBurning cargo ship off Dutch coast will be towed to a new location after flames and smoke subsided Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the ve...
29 Jul, 2023, 04.03 PM ISTSahara Desert was once home to several Nigerian cities Generations of travellers have stood before the "ksars" of Djado, wondering at their crenelated walls, watchtowers, secretive passages and wells, all of them testifying to a skilled but unknown hand.
07 Jun, 2023, 07.04 PM ISTHere's why old VHS cassettes of 'Rocky', 'Ghostbuster's, 'Back To The Future' are fetching thousands of dollars Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. This has led to lot of VHS cassettes of films like 'Rocky', and 'Blade Runner' selling like hot cakes.
23 Apr, 2023, 10.35 AM ISTAlheda'a : The language used by Saudi camel whisperers to soothe and train camels for centuries Alheda'a was recently made a part of UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
19 Jan, 2023, 08.56 AM ISTRobbie Williams to perform at King’s Sandringham royal estate. When and where to get tickets Robbie Williams will next appear in the grand concert at Sandringham Royal Estate, alongside other special guests.
05 Dec, 2022, 08.10 PM ISTUN report says Great Barrier Reef should be under ‘in danger’ list of world heritage sites Scientists warn the Great Barrier Reef must be put on the World Heritage sites “in danger” list and that urgent action to rescue it must be taken.
29 Nov, 2022, 11.31 PM ISTSpider monkeys were traded to strengthen diplomatic ties in pre-Hispanic America: Study Ancient Mayans had some ingenious ways of forging political ties.
29 Nov, 2022, 07.26 PM ISTSome popular glaciers to disappear by 2050 even if tempreature rise gets restricted to 1.5 degrees Celsius, says UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said some of the most popular glaciers located at one-third of its World Heritage sites will disappear by 2050. That's even if we are able to hold global warming to a ...
04 Nov, 2022, 11.15 PM ISTSwiss aim to record the longest passenger train in the world The Albula/Bernina track from Preda to Berguen will be travelled by the 1.9-kilometer-long (1.2-mile-long) railway, which will have 100 coaches and four engines. The route, which includes 48 bridges, the renowned Landwasser Viaduct, and 22 tunnels,...
29 Oct, 2022, 05.28 PM ISTPristine coral reef unblemished by warming oceans found off Tahiti20 Jan, 2022, 09.49 AM IST From Australia's bleached corals to over-tourism in Venice, the World Heritage sites are in danger Several spots risk losing their UN World Heritage status because of environmental damage.
24 Jun, 2021, 06.03 PM ISTAustralia hits out at threatened UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef's World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline, after years of public threats to do so.
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