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Nov 16, 2025 - World

Navigation aid from 16th century was on seabed for centuries before being bought and sold in US and AustraliaIt spent hundreds of years languishing on the seabed off the Isles of Scilly in the far south-west of Britain before being hauled back to the surface by divers and setting off a circumnavigation of the world.Finally the Pednathise Head astrolabe – a rare example of a 16th-century navigational instrument once used by sailors to determine latitude – is back on Scilly after being rediscovered on the other side of the Atlantic. Continue reading...

Nov 16, 2025 - World

Experts say air traffic controllers quickly returning to work, with promise of full back pay, and even $10,000 bonusFears that it would take weeks or even months for flight schedules in the US to return to normal in the wake of the US federal government shutdown do not appear to be coming true and the busy upcoming holiday season should be normal for travel, experts say.That is at least in part because air traffic controllers are quickly returning to work, according to the Department of Transportation. Continue reading...

Nov 16, 2025 - World

Voters face seemingly extreme choice between communist and rightwing frontrunners, who both promise to fight foreign gangsChileans began voting for a new president and parliament on Sunday, in a contest expected to favour the hard right as candidates play on popular fears over organised crime and immigration.It is the first of an expected two rounds of presidential elections, as polls show none of the candidates clearing the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff scheduled for 14 December. Continue reading...

Nov 16, 2025 - World

Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system. This live blog is closedRefugees established in UK may have to return if home countries become safeUkrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...

Nov 16, 2025 - World

Donald Trump said he would sue the BBC over an edit of his January 6, 2021, speech that made it seem he was directly calling for violence at the US Capitol.