Writings on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds and sail it on a maiden voyage off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The vessel, known as a Magan boat, spans 59 feet in length and was assembled by a team of 20 specialists using techniques that date back to 2100 BC, when the Persian Gulf became part of global maritime trade across the ancient world. Magan was once the name for a region that now encompasses the UAE and Oman. Magan boats were large and strong enough to enable the exchange of goods such as copper, textiles and semiprecious stones 4,000 years ago between societies living in Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley in what is now Iraq, Pakistan and India, respectively.
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A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander — one of a handful of public pieces by the celebrated artist — has been beheaded at the University of Houston. “Witness,” a larger-than-life, 18-foot golden statue of a levitating woman, was originally commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy in Manhattan and an appellate court of the Supreme Court of the State of New York nearby. Created as a celebration of women and justice, the statue’s hair was braided into two ram horns (a symbol of strength, according to Madison Square Park’s exhibition guide) and features a large hoop skirt — inspired by the stained-glass ceiling dome at the courthouse — smattered with shards of painted mosaic pieces: A woman decorated by a broken glass ceiling. Read more: https://cnn.it/3S5y6TY
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CNN's Jake Tapper sits down with the United Kingdom's newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss his first meeting with President Joe Biden. https://cnn.it/3LiAuDn
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Police have seized thousands of images from hidden cameras at Airbnb rentals – including people's most intimate moments – across North America. A CNN investigation has found Airbnb not only fails to protect its guests from being illegally filmed, it also works to keep these cases quiet. The company told CNN instances of hidden cameras are "exceptionally rare." In a deposition reviewed by CNN, an Airbnb official said the company had documented 35,000 customer support tickets about "security cameras" or "recording devices" over the past decade. Senior investigative correspondent Kyung Lah has the full report for CNN. https://cnn.it/4eWuIER
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Melissa Wolf’s clients come in all shapes and sizes. Some have two legs, some have four. All of them need a second chance. Wolf is the founder of UnChained, a nonprofit in northern California that pairs vulnerable young people, often living in juvenile correction facilities, with abandoned or abused dogs that have been rescued from shelters. The youth learn to train the dogs in basic skills and better prepare them for adoption. https://cnn.it/3S0tte7
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Wholesale price inflation unexpectedly accelerated in June to its highest rate since March 2023. That's an unwelcome development for the US economy one day after the government announced that consumer prices declined on a monthly basis for the first time in four years. Read more here: https://cnn.it/4f2GJIU
Unexpected bad news for inflation: Wholesale prices rose in June | CNN Business
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Snackers are tired of high prices | CNN Business
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Banks are threatening to end free checking. Don’t panic
Banks are threatening to end free checking. Don't panic | CNN Business
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The call and text message records of tens of millions of AT&T cellphone customers and many non-AT&T customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday. AT&T said the hacked data did not include the content of calls and text messages. At this point, the exposed data is not believed to be publicly available. Read more here: https://cnn.it/3zEZ8vi
Nearly all AT&T cell customers' call and text records exposed in a massive breach | CNN Business
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