Costa Rica just made the largest cocaine bust in history
Costa Rican police recently confiscated the largest shipment of cocaine in the nation's history, with over 5 tonnes of the illegal substance being confiscated from a shipment of flowers bound for the Netherlands. The cocaine was hidden in 202 suitcases in a shipping container, with over 5000 packages of cocaine weighing around 1 kg each hidden inside the suitcases. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the case.
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Baccalaureate exams canceled for the first time in history
France's traditional baccalaureate exams for high school students, founded under the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1808, have been canceled for the first time in history, marking the severe disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has stated that students will receive average marks based on the tests and homework they had been assigned throughout the year.
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US recession fears grow
US recession fears grow
As most businesses deemed non-essential such as restaurants, hotels, barbershops, and gyms close due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in the US to curb the spread of coronavirus, the country has seen the numbers of people filing for unemployment rise to 3.3 million in the last week alone, the highest number in history and far surpassing the previous record of 695,000 filers in a single week in 1982
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Mystery manuscript writer was Queen Elizabeth I, researcher finds
A translation of the Roman writer Tacitus' history of the Roman empire, covering events from Augustus' death to Emperor Tiberius, lay undiscovered for more than 100 years until it was recently found by a literary historian from the University of East Anglia in London's Lambeth Palace Library. The paper used in the manuscript convinced the researcher that none other than Queen Elizabeth I was the mystery writer of the translation.
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