Author: AFP ID: 1608119562895259200 Wed, 2020-12-16 11:47 GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a team of international experts would travel to China...
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...
In one photo, a woman wearing a patterned dress walks down a deserted street in Bellagio, northern Italy, a small dachshund lapping at her...
These Arctic squirrels recycle bits of their own bodies to survive winter
Arctic ground squirrels can survive harsh winters with below-freezing temps by holing up for some eight months without eating. These hibernators “live at the...
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.
Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of climate change (Op-Ed)
As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
China’s Chang’e 5 moon lander is no more after successfully snagging lunar rocks
China’s Chang’e 5 lander touched down on the moon and collected the first lunar samples in nearly 50 years, but now the lights have...
Spooning skeletons: Who were these 3,000-year-old ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
More than 3,000 years ago, a couple at a biblical site in Israel was buried side by side in a spooning position, and archaeologists...
Pakistan toughens rape law after outcry over attacks
Pakistan introduced a rape law on Tuesday that will create special courts to try cases within four months, after protests over the gang rape...
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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