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Americans might love Cinco de Mayo, but few know what they're celebrating
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (89+ words) Indiana Gazette Online (LOS ANGELES) Many Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but how many actually know the story of the holiday? Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo doesn't mark Mexican Independence, which is celebrated on Sept. 16. Instead, it's meant…...
Ghost town in S'o Paulo rises from the ashes after reservoir level drops: flooded in 1969, old Igarat" reappears 90 km from the capital with ruins, a submerged church, and intact structures that intrigue visitors
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (821+ words) With the recent reduction in the Jaguari Dam's water level, parts of Old Igarat, an urban area submerged in 1969 after the construction of the reservoir that profoundly transformed the landscape of the Para'ba Valley, have reappeared. About 90 kilometers from the…...
A Brazilian municipality surprises the world by preserving a language that no longer exists in Europe with mandatory teaching, co-officialization, and daily use in the streets.
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (849+ words) Located in the mountainous region of Esp'rito Santo, Santa Maria de Jetib" has established itself as one of the main strongholds of Pomeranian in Brazil, with the constant presence of the language in the daily lives of families, in public…...
Floods leave at least 19 dead in Dominican Republic and Haiti
10+ hour, 38+ min ago (316+ words) Flooding left at least 19 people dead in the Dominican Republic and Haiti between April 9 and 24, 2026, including 12 deaths reported in northwestern Haiti, and displaced or evacuated 30 500 people in the Dominican Republic. Preventive evacuations in Los Ciruelos, Dominican Republic after severe floods....
Amazon Stonehenge Reveals Traces of Ancient Civilization in the Rainforest
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (604+ words) JAKARTA - Amazon has long been imagined as a dense forest that is almost empty of human traces. New findings in Brazil show that the picture is wrong. Quoted from The Independent, Friday, April 24, an archaeological survey along the BR-156 highway,…...
Bright and beautiful: Spring blooms across North West
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (52+ words) Yahoo News New Zealand From bluebells and daffodils to cherry blossom and roses, the region has come alive in an outpouring of colour. Here are some some the most striking images captured by readers, BBC Weather Watchers and also one…...
Pilgrimage at the Spanish Steps
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (576+ words) Spanish Steps and Trinit" dei Monti church, Rome John Chapman, CC BY-SA 3. 0, via Wikimedia Commons Teresa Gerns, the Council of Europe advocacy director for the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe, will lead a committee examining the barriers women…...
Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization
22+ hour, 44+ min ago (348+ words) Cloudy and cool with some drizzle early in the morning gradually ending; drier in the afternoon with some breaks of sun. It will be breezy. . Turning out mostly clear with lightening winds. Grass and flowers surround the Archaeological Park of…...
Irreparable devastation in Tulum's Hoyo Negro: ancient world heritage destroyed
21+ hour, 57+ min ago (401+ words) Cave divers Alejandro "lvarez and Alberto Nava, members of the Tulum Speleological Project and discoverers of Naia's skeleton in 2007, have denounced an extremely serious incident: the destruction of human remains and Pleistocene fauna over 20, 000 years old inside Hoyo Negro, considered…...
Researchers walked 4. 6 kilometers through the sert'o of Para'ba and found hundreds of rock carvings scattered across rocks " what could be Brazil's largest archaeological site was hidden on a rural property 20 km from Catol" do Rocha.
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1046+ words) According to a report by Portal Correio, researchers from the Archaeology and Paleontology Laboratory (LABAP) of the State University of Para'ba (UEPB) discovered a complex of rock carvings in Malhada de Areia, a rural area of Catol" do Rocha, which…...