Ancestral remains of Rapa Nui people begin long journey home after 143 years at Australian Museum

For 143 years, ancestral remains from a remote Polynesian island sat in the collection of the Australian Museum. Today, they are “finally going home”. The remains of people from Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, were removed from sacred burial sites during a European naval expedition in 1882. Seventeen of the members’ remains and…

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Wildfires across Canada’s Ontario force evacuations and trap train drivers

Raging wildfires in western Ontario have forced the evacuation of communities, shut roads and trapped two unfortunate train operators.  As the inferno swirled around them, the drivers of a freight train near the small community of Armstrong said things had gotten “a little scary”. “This could potentially overtake us here,” one driver said. “Holy sh*t.”…

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