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☆ Runestones from Denmark praising a Viking queen hint at her power
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Both Jelling runestones also named a royal figure: Queen Thyra, mother of then-reigning King Harald Bluetooth. In recent years, archaeologists have revised prior interpretations of Viking warrior burials as exclusively male, finding that Viking women were fighters, too. The new findings add to the picture of influential Viking women holding prominent roles in statecraft as well as on the battlefield. Fewer than 10 runestones in Denmark from the pre-Christian era mention women at all — and four of those are of Queen Thyra. “Runestones in Denmark were mostly erected in honour of men, but Thyra is commemorated on more runestones than any other person in Viking Age Denmark,” Imer said.

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☆ NASA’s new telescope could spot thousands of exoplanets and hundreds of Earth-size rogue planets
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When NASA’s next-generation space observatory launches in a few years, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the search for exoplanets as well as rogue planets, or worlds that travel through space without orbiting stars. Understanding these rogue planets could shed more light on the formation, evolution and disruption of planetary systems. This illustration shows what the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look like in orbit. But rogue planets are likely much smaller. Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope have enabled astronomers to observe large, glowing gas giant exoplanets called hot Jupiters.

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☆ Division I university cheerleaders refuse to perform at basketball game after getting ignored on 'Women in Sports Day'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

St. John's University is receiving backlash for an Instagram post shared on Women in Sports Day. In response, Red Storm cheerleaders refused to perform at Wednesday's game against Seton Hall, reports say. St. John's followers and alumni shared their outrage over the perceived snubbing in the comments of the post. The official St. John's cheer team Instagram account made its own post recognizing the female cheerleaders for Women in Sports Day. St. John's University values the active and dedicated contributions made by all our students especially our student-athletes," the statement said.

☆ Ministrul Apărării, Nicolae Ciucă, a fost numit prim-ministru interimar al României
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Președintele României, Klaus Iohannis, l-a numit luni seara pe ministrul apărării, Nicolae Ciucă, ca premier interimar, după ce șeful Guvernului, Ludovic Orban, și-a anunțat demisia, trasnmite Digi24. Președintele României a luat act de demisia lui Ludovic Orban din funcția de prim-ministru al României și l-a desemnat ca prim-ministru interimar pe Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă, pentru a îndeplini atribuțiile prim-ministrului până la formarea noului guvern, informează un comunicat al Administrației Prezidențiale. Ministrul apărării, Nicolae Ciucă, s-a înscris în PNL în octombrie și a candidat la alegerile parlamentare din 6 decembrie 2020 pentru un loc în Senat. Nicolae Ciucă, un militar de carierăNicolae Ciucă s-a născut la 7 februarie 1967, în localitatea Pleniţa, judeţul Dolj. În 1990 a urmat Cursul de perfecţionare de comandanţi companii cercetare, la Făgăraş.

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