Germany enters harder lockdown as coronavirus deaths hit new high
Author: AP ID: 1608120725325370300 Wed, 2020-12-16 12:04 BERLIN: Germany reported a record level of coronavirus deaths as it entered a harder lockdown Wednesday, closing...
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These Arctic squirrels recycle bits of their own bodies to survive winter
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Hundreds of graves reveal Spanish town’s secret Muslim history
An archaeological site in northeast Spain holds one of the oldest-known Muslim cemeteries in the country, with the discovery of 433 graves.
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Pakistan toughens rape law after outcry over attacks
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New Zealand inquiry finds quarter of a million abused in state and faith-based care
Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand’s faith-based and state care institutions in...
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