Australia explorer’s remains found in London

London: Archaeologists have found the remains of Captain Matthew Flinders, a British Royal Navy explorer who was the first to sail around Australia and is credited with naming it, while working on a rail project connecting London to other cities. Flinders’ coffin was discovered among 40,000 other human remains in St James’s burial ground during digging ahead of the construction of the Euston station terminal for the High Speed 2 (HS2) network, which will link the capital to Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. HS2 said archaeologists identified the remains of the explorer, who died in 1814, thanks to the lead breastplate on his coffin. Reuters

CNN anchor sorry for birther tweet on Kamala Harris

Washington: A CNN anchor has apologised for a tweet in which he appeared to suggest that Indian-American Senator Kamala Harris, who announced her 2020 presidential bid, needed to prove that she was born in the US and is eligible to be the President. CNN’s Chris Cuomo said during an appearance on ABC News on Thursday that he “screwed up” and that the tweet, which he sent on Tuesday, was misinterpreted. He was slammed by the Harris campaign and her supporters for supporting such a birther controversy about the Senator  who was born in Oakland to parents who immigrated from India and Jamaica. IANS