Thursday, October 3, 2024

Britain Gives Up One of the Last Pieces of Its Empire (Daily Rundown by Newser)

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October 3, 2024
 
 
The Big Rundown
What some call the UK's "last colony in Africa" will now return to African hands. Keep reading
 
More Big News
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Don't Overlook
Alice Walton reclaimed her spot as the world's richest woman even after opening her wallet in a big way. Keep reading
 
On the Lighter Side
An Italian family hopes to prove definitively that a painting discarded from a villa on the island of Capri more than 60 years ago is a Picasso, and has been gathering scientific data it hopes will persuade Picasso's estate administration in Paris to make the definitive call. Keep reading
 
Science Buzz
The idea that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas long ago moved from the history books to the garbage can, but if you need more disputing evidence, you can find it in a new study on the Vikings, whose quest for ivory is believed to have led them into the path of Indigenous peoples in North America centuries before Columbus set sail. Keep reading
 
Wild Card
Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court—and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in. Keep reading
 
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