Navy boats on standby to protect UK waters in case of no-deal Brexit
The UK will have “a range of robust enforcement measures” at the end of the Brexit transition period, including “numerous” offshore patrol vessels available...
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Armenian separatists hurt in skirmish with Azerbaijan
Author: AFP ID: 1607766193974174900 Sat, 2020-12-12 08:41 YEREVAN: Separatist officials in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh said Saturday that three fighters were wounded in...
First foreign aid convoy reaches Tigray capital: ICRC
Author: AFP ID: 1607768122794241000 Sat, 2020-12-12 09:57 GENEVA: A first international aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region since fighting...
A Minnesota elementary school teacher donates kidney to her school’s custodian
Third-grade teacher Erin Durga says chills ran through her body the moment she learned a school custodian needed a kidney donation. She had an...
Chef José Andrés says US needs the ‘political will’ to end the hunger crisis
Chef José Andrés, who has spent much of 2020 feeding people on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic, called the United States government’s inability...
Flying fish: Real fish, but not really flying 
Dolly Parton saved her 9-year-old costar from an oncoming car
When she’s not helping fund vaccine research or supporting the Black Lives Matter movement or inventing a successful meme, the monarch of country music...
Amazing images: The best science photos of the week
Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on...
Ancient Egyptian hoard of counterfeit ‘dirty money’ unearthed
A shortage of silver caused by the collapse of leading Bronze Age civilizations around the eastern Mediterranean about 1200 BC resulted in the original...
How long can human embryos stay frozen?
Hypothetically, an implanted embryo could be older than the woman who gives birth to it.
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres 
DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands 
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom 
Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?