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Cyprus’s emblematic wild sheep lock horns with mountain farmers

by Claire Gounon GERAKIES, Cyprus (AFP) -- Surveying his orchard in the Troodos Mountains, Cypriot farmer John Papadouris is convinced…

Amazon’s Bezos unveils lunar lander project ‘Blue Moon’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Jeff Bezos, who heads both Amazon and space company Blue Origin, unveiled a lunar lander…

Camiguin could hit 1M tourists, bolstered by Skyjet’s game-changing direct flights to the “island born of fire”

By Caesar Vallejos OPEN FOR BUSINESS, Eagle News Service Foreign and local tourists can now easily “come again” to Camiguin…

New space race to bring satellite internet to the world

by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Anxiety has set in across the space industry ever since the world's…

DR Congo: Ebola claims over 1,000 lives, Guterres commits ‘whole’ UN system, to help ‘end the outbreak’

Now in its tenth month, the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than…

Scientists develop device to detect bacteria in minutes, not days

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The era of doctors prescribing patients powerful antibiotics while they wait for lab reports could…

Alaska’s thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time

  by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse QUINHAGAK, United States (AFP) -- The first artifact -- a wooden mask --…

Scars of torture at US reform school for boys won’t go away

  by Leila Macor Agence France Presse FORT MYERS, United States (AFP) -- Jerry Cooper says he endured torture and…

Two die from measles in Switzerland as cases rise

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland has registered two deaths from measles this year, health authorities said Thursday, stressing the importance…

Rangers find three-eyed snake in Australia’s Humpty Doo

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A three-eyed snake found slithering down a road in the northern Australian town of Humpty Doo…

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