Both the BBC and CBC cover the strikes in France in articles on their websites. Both articles were relatively the same and said how civil servants walked off the job on Tuesday; joining transit workers and energy workers who say no, to what they say is a decrease in earnings and available jobs. The BBC however, also has a section on some incidents of what SNCF says are vandalism and sabotage by militants. It reports several fires that were disrupting TGVs which were already slowed up by the union strike over reforms.
Giant Sea Scorpion Fossil
Both the BBC and CBC cover the “giant sea scorpion fossil” story, on their websites. This story is about a 46cm claw found near Prum in south-west Germany. Using this claw, scientists guessed that the sea scorpion it belonged to would have been about 2.5 metres long. Both also included quotes from Doctor Simon Braddy from the University of Bristol, in the UK. The scorpion was named Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, and was discovered by Markus Poschmann, one of Braddy’s colleagues.
Cave of Romulus and Remus
Again, both the BBC and CBC cover this story in articles on their websites. These articles cover how a cave was discovered which archaeologists say they are sure is the one in which ancient Romans believe a she-wolf nursed Romulus and his twin brother Remus. Romulus is believed to have the founded ancient Rome after killing Remus in a fight over who should control the city. The cave has been probed and looked at through endoscopes and laser-scanners, as archaeologists feared it would not stand up to a full excavation.
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