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