Horseback riding may have begun 5,000 years ago in Europe: study
Who were the first people to ride horses?. Researchers believe they have found the earliest evidence of horseback riding, by the ancient Yamnaya people in Europe some 5,000 years ago.
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UN rights chief slams Israeli minister's 'unfathomable' comments
The UN human rights chief on Friday denounced the "unfathomable" call by an Israeli minister for a flashpoint Palestinian town to be "wiped out", urging an end to the violence.. But UN rights chief Volker Turk, speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, denounced Smotrich's original comments as "an unfathomable statement of incitement to violence and hostility".
Russia border town on edge after Ukraine 'incursion'
Russians in the border region of Bryansk were on edge Friday after Moscow accused Ukrainian combatants of killing two civilians in a rare cross-border incursion.. On Thursday, Moscow reported that a group of "Ukrainian nationalists" had crossed into the region of Bryansk, killed two civilians and wounded an 11-year-old child.
Indigenous art forgery ring smashed in Canada
Canadian police said Friday they had dismantled a decades-old forgery ring that produced and sold possibly thousands of fakes of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau's paintings around the world.. In 2002 Morrisseau's nephew Benjamin, now 53, joined the group as one of two Indigenous painters enlisted to help mass produce the fakes.
France warns 'narco-tourists' after coke washes ashore
French authorities warned Friday about "narco-tourism" on northern Channel beaches after news of more than two tonnes of cocaine washing ashore drew dozens of beachcombers, some equipped with quad bikes.. Local prosecutor Philippe Astruc issued a public warning on Friday about the risks of taking part in what he described as "narco-tourism".
Prominent US lawyer sentenced to life for murder of wife, son
Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murders of his wife and son on their hunting estate in a case whose twists and turns drew global attention.. Murdaugh testified in his own defense and described discovering the bodies of his wife and son at the dog kennels on their South Carolina property known as Moselle.
WHO urges countries to come clean on Covid origins intel
The WHO on Friday urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of Covid-19, following US claims of a Chinese lab leak and furious denials from Beijing.. Wray's comments come after a report earlier this week said the US Department of Energy had determined that a leak from a Chinese lab was the most likely cause of the Covid-19 outbreak.
'Not my dream': Migrants in Brussels forced to sleep in tents
Despite temperatures dipping below zero, dozens of people sleep in flimsy tents in a row hundreds of metres long beside a canal in Brussels as a growing asylum crisis takes hold.. Centrist opposition MP Francois De Smet said the makeshift camp of "100 to 200 people" in central Brussels was "shameful" for Belgium.
Prominent US lawyer sentenced to life for murder of wife, son
Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina lawyer, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murders of his wife and son on their hunting estate in a case that drew global attention.. Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Murdaugh, 54, scion of an elite South Carolina family of judges and attorneys, to consecutive life terms for the June 7, 2021 murders of his son Paul and his wife Maggie.
Italy probes deadly shipwreck as new rescue saves hundreds
Italian prosecutors on Friday began investigating why rescuers arrived too late to last weekend's deadly shipwreck as the coastguard brought to safety another boat carrying hundreds of migrants.. Separately on Friday, the coastguard said it had rescued 211 migrants from a fishing boat in distress during the night in bad weather some 15 kilometres (nine miles) off the island of Lampedusa.
