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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.
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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...
See inside Korean CCTV unit contact tracing citizens
CNN’s Paula Hancocks follows the contact tracers in Seoul, South Korea, as the city faces a third wave of coronavirus infections.
Chaos at the top of China’s biggest chipmaker
The C-suite of one of China’s most important tech companies has just been thrown into confusion.
UN marks 81 years of global cooperation 
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