Stress and trauma can change your DNA — and the DNA of your kids and grandkids

Stress and trauma can change your DNA — and the DNA of your kids and grandkids

We’ve long known the short-term effects of trauma — headaches, changes in appetite or sleep, fear, anxiety and concentration troubles are just a few. A new study suggests that severe trauma, like that experienced in war, can leave epigenetic “scars” on DNA that endures for generations. In the early 1980s, the Syrian regime carried out … Read more

Did blind mystic Baba Vanga predict Syria’s fall? Some say the psychic foretold coming WWIII

Did blind mystic Baba Vanga predict Syria’s fall? Some say the psychic foretold coming WWIII

The stunning fall of the Syrian regime to armed rebels has led to claims that “blind mystic” Baba Vanga foretold the events as marking the start of World War III. The famous Bulgarian psychic, who died in 1996, has long been claimed to have predicted a number of world-changing events including the Covid pandemic, 9/11 … Read more

Oldest-known alphabet found — it existed 500 years before previous Middle East discovery: scientists

Oldest-known alphabet found — it existed 500 years before previous Middle East discovery: scientists

Word. Researchers have discovered evidence of what they say is the world’s oldest alphabet, believed to have existed in the Middle East hundreds of years earlier than other ancient scripts. The early human discovery dating back to 2400 BC was made by analyzing clay fragments at a 16-year-long archaeological dig, Syria’s bronze-aged Tell Umm-el Marra, … Read more

Fact-based drama ‘Ghosts of Beirut’ about ‘worst terrorist in the world’

Fact-based drama ‘Ghosts of Beirut’ about ‘worst terrorist in the world’

Lebanese terrorist Imad Mughniyeh killed thousands of people with car bombs — including 220 Marines stationed in Beirut in 1983 — before he himself was blown to bits in Syria 25 years later. The story of Mughniyeh an Islamic Jihadist dubbed “The Man of Smoke,” is dramatized, for the first time and in detail, in … Read more

Turkey earthquake rescuers save small dog trapped in rubble

Turkey earthquake rescuers save small dog trapped in rubble

HATAY, Turkey – Rescuers in Hatay, Turkey, successfully pulled a small dog from the rubble of a collapsed building after a deadly earthquake devastated the region earlier this month, and the whole rescue was caught on camera. The video, recorded by Gurcan Ozturk on Feb. 8, shows the dog, named Pambuk, taking sips of water while it waited … Read more

Avoid the world’s most dangerous destinations in 2023: experts

Avoid the world’s most dangerous destinations in 2023: experts

Thinking of traveling abroad next year? You might want to steer clear of Afghanistan, Mali, Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, which rank among the world’s most dangerous destinations for business and pleasure travelers. That’s according to this year’s “Travel Risk Map,” compiled by global security and medical specialists from the risk assessment firm International SOS. The index takes into … Read more