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Botticelli's missing masterpiece discovered in Italy almost half a century later - The Times

The painting "Madonna and Child" was found in a private house near Naples. Experts valued the painting, which requires restoration, at 110 million euros.

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🔥🚽 In China, a toilet caught fire after a man threw a cigarette butt into it.

And, as it turned out, this is not an isolated case in the China - it is all due to a methane gas leak.

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A drunken woman at the helm of a ship caused €1.5 million worth of damage to the Rhine River lock gates.

German maritime police said a cargo ship rammed a lock gate on the Rhine River near Karlsruhe, causing €1.5 million in damage.

According to the prosecutor's office, the incident occurred due to the fact that the helmsman was intoxicated

She was not the captain, but was co-cox at the helm when the accident occurred.

A police spokesman said things would have been different after a glass of beer but the woman was intoxicated, without mentioning her blood alcohol level

The ship was heading from Basel to Karlsruhe when it crashed into a closed lock gate on the Rhine River

At the time of the accident, there was another ship in the lock, but, fortunately, no one was injured, and both ships continued their voyage

Repairs could take up to a year, as new sluice gates will have to be custom-made. Passage along the Rhine is difficult and delays are expected

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Street fight between migrants occurred in England

Several people were reportedly injured.
The reasons for the incident are unknown.

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🚱🐊Crocodile in Mexico blocked water supply - Daily Star

In the Mexican town of Ciudad Victoria, half of the city suddenly lost water. To find the cause of the unexplained drought, utility workers had to go into the sewer. While exploring one of the tunnels, workers heard a sound similar to the blows of an animal's tail.

Their search led to a reptile that was stuck in the opening of a leading aqueduct. According to local media reports, the crocodile reached 13ft in length and weighed almost 400lbs.

To pull out the giant reptile, they had to call the local civil defense service. After the rescue, the crocodile was taken back to its natural habitat.

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#RussiaUkraineWar
🇦🇫 Afghan “Cola” and Iranian “Pepsi”: “sanctioned” soda has appeared in Russia, it is even imported into the Russian-controlled territories of Ukraine -

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🌋 The spectacular eruption of the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico.

It threw plumes of ash, carbon dioxide and water vapor into the air to a height of more than 4 miles

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🏃🏻‍♂️A huge crowd of illegal migrants moves from Morocco to the Spanish border near Ceuta -

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#IsraelPalestineWar
Pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin: thousands of people march accompanied by cars with loudspeakers

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#Antarctica
🛬 Landing in the snow of Antarctica: Boeing 787 Dreamliner became the largest aircraft ever to arrive on the continent - video from the Norwegian Polar Institute

The liner carried 45 passengers, including scientists, as well as 12 tons of research equipment.

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Boeing 747 had to dump fuel and land because of a horse - Business Insider

On November 9, a cargo flight from New York to Belgium was carrying a live horse. Despite food, water and personal escort, the animal was very frightened: the horse broke out of the pen and started racing along the side. Due to the large weight of the animal, the plane could have gone off course.

Having already gained altitude, the pilots were forced to inform the dispatch service: “We are a cargo plane. We have a live animal on board, a horse. The horse managed to escape from the box. We'll have to turn around."

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📈🛢Russia has earned more than €550 billion from fossil fuel exports since the start of the war, a study by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air

According to analysts, the European Union remains the largest importer of Russian energy resources. The main buyers are Germany (€28 billion), the Netherlands (€18 billion) and Italy (€17 billion).

Following the EU on the list of top buyers is China, which spent more than €143 billion. In addition, Russia exports energy resources to India (€64 billion), Turkey (€53 billion) and South Korea (€14 billion).

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In Colombia, a woman died from a lightning strike. The moment of impact was captured by surveillance cameras - Espectador

According to the publication, a 33-year-old tourist from Venezuela received an electric shock and lost consciousness. Another man fell during a lightning strike, but immediately came to his senses.

The victim was taken to the hospital, but she died without regaining consciousness.

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#IsraelPalestineConflict
🇮🇱 Israel vs Hamas

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🛠 The bag with space tools that astronaut Jasmine Moghbeli accidentally dropped is now visible in Earth's orbit and resembles a small moving point of light in the night sky - EarthSky portal

Enthusiasts can even view the bag through a telescope. The instruments will likely remain in orbit for several months before losing altitude and disintegrating into Earth's atmosphere.

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#NASA
🌌NASA captured the oldest and most distant black hole, - Forbes

“Created 470 million years after the Big Bang, the event thought to have created our universe 13.8 billion years ago, it is the most distant black hole ever observed in X-rays,” the publication said.

To detect this black hole, astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra Observatory, as well as a special arrangement of galaxies.

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Sorting robot killed South Korean worker after mistaking him for a box of vegetables - Yonhap

An employee tested the robot's sensors before its test run at a pepper grading plant in South Gyeongsang Province.

The robotic arm, mistaking the man for a box, grabbed him and pressed him against the conveyor belt, crushing his face and chest. The victim was hospitalized, but could not be saved.

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#Moscow
A accident in Moscow - a driver did not notice a car standing on the emergency lights and crashed into a person. The man died on the spot from his injuries.

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Massive fire destroys historic airship hangar at former airbase in Southern California - Daily Mail

It was used in the filming of Pearl Harbor, Austin Powers, The X-Files and Star Trek.

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#Indian
India's capital, New Delhi, was engulfed in a toxic fog, millions of residents complained of eye and throat irritation and the air turned dark gray - Reuters

A thick layer of toxic smog forced many schools in the city center to close as the air quality index deteriorated to "hazardous" levels.

A seasonal combination of lower temperatures, lack of wind and the burning of cereal waste by farmers in neighboring states led to the spike in air pollution, local officials said.