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Australia unveils starfish-killing robot to protect Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier…

India’s billion-dollar battle to build the world’s biggest statue

by Premal Balan Agence France Presse SARDAR SAROVAR DAM, India (AFP) -- The world's biggest statue is rising in a…

China culls 38,000 pigs as swine fever spreads

BEIJING, China (AFP)--More than 38,000 pigs have been culled across China, state media said Sunday, as the world's largest pork…

Fire engulfs National Museum, one of Brazil’s oldest

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- A massive fire gutted the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil's…

Apple expected to unveil new iPhones at September 12 event

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a September 12 event at which it…

Global warming will make insects hungrier, eating up key crops: study

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- Researchers have found a new way that global warming…

Space station reports ‘leak’, crew not in danger

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The International Space Station crew on Thursday was repairing a small "leak" most likely caused by a…

Global warming will make insects hungrier, eating up key crops: study

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse TAMPA, United States (APF) - Researchers have found a new way that global warming is…

Unified Korea women’s basketball team trounce Taiwan to reach Asian hoops final

  by Alastair Himmer Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A joint Korean women's basketball team slammed Taiwan 89-66…

300 endangered turtles found dead on Mexico beach

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- More than 300 sea turtles from an endangered species were found dead on a beach…

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