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NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA announced Monday its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor,…

Thousands of turtles lay eggs on Nicaraguan coast

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Thousands of sea turtles laid their eggs on Nicaragua's coast over the weekend…

Thailand plots sustainable comeback for DiCaprio beach

by Sophie Deviller and Thanaporn Promyamyai KHO PHI PHI LEY, Thailand (AFP) -- While travel stopped and the world locked…

Covid disruptions caused surge in malaria deaths: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Pandemic-related disruptions caused tens of thousands more malaria deaths in 2020, the World Health Organization said…

Sealand: the ‘micronation’ defying the UK and Covid

by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse SEALAND (AFP) - It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been…

Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion

by Sean CHANG Agence France-Presse NANTOU COUNTY, Taiwan (AFP) - Toads are a symbol of prosperity and good fortune in Taiwan,…

Russia closes notorious ‘whale jail’

MOSCOW, Russsia (AFP) - Russia has dismantled a notorious facility dubbed the "whale jail" that kept dozens of the mammals…

Albanian bunkers ravaged by rising tides as erosion takes toll

by Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse SEMAN, Albania (AFP) - Albania's communist-era bunkers were meant to withstand a nuclear strike, but…

Austerity, far right, feminism: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy

by Hui Min NEO Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Crises have a knack for felling leaders. Not Chancellor Angela…

Thousands block roads in Serbia to protest mining project

BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators blocked major roads across Serbia Saturday as anger swelled over a government-backed plan…

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