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Yemen fishermen find $1.5m of ambergris in the belly of a whale

China reports sudden surge in COVID-19 cases causing flight cancellations

Poacher thought to have killed 70 endangered tigers captured in Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia: Authorities defend mosque speaker restriction

Mexico report suggests that there has been a disturbing pattern at as many as 18 schools & childcare centers where multiple adult employees allegedly collaborated among themselves and used eerily similar tactics & practices to sexually abuse pupils between the ages of 3 & 7.

Turkish DNA Project calls for boycott after Ancestry.com highlights many Greeks were Turkified

Belgian ambassador loses South Korea posting after wife slaps worker

The dancer aged 106 who bans the word 'old'

Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think

The story of Spain’s ‘terrifying confidence’ – and how it conquered the world

Iran's presidential election: Four ways it matters

Viewpoint: Why Germany's Namibia genocide apology is not enough

China-India clashes: No change a year after Ladakh stand-off

Nestlé says over half of its traditional packaged food business is not 'healthy' in an internal presentation to top executives, according to a report

Mass grave with remains of at least 640 Soviet prisoners of war discovered at former German Nazi concentration camp in Russia

Canada lowers flags after discovery of bodies at school site

Canada's NDP leader calls for all residential schools to be examined for mass graves

An Autonomous Weaponized Drone "Hunted Down" Humans Without Command For First Time

Iran fails to explain uranium traces found at several sites -IAEA report

Kremlin critic Navalny implores court to halt 'torture' checks in prison

Belarus enacts new rules restricting Citizens from leaving

Canada won't rush reopening border with United States, Trudeau says

Air France cancels flights as Russia withholds clearance

Vote on Texas bill to make voting tougher blocked by no quorum

Argentina stripped of Copa America tournament

China's millennial couples decry ‘unaffordable’ childcare & rising living costs as fertility rate falls

92 earthquakes and tremors recorded in past 24 hours around Mount Nyiragongo volcano

Four more Oath Keepers indicted in Jan. 6 federal conspiracy case: court filing

Hundreds more Afghans and their families to be allowed to settle in UK

Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials said, the latest in a string of such incidents plaguing the populous African nation. Some 200 children were at the school in Niger state on Sunday during the attack

US tyre maker Goodyear faces allegations of labour abuse in Malaysia, documents show

Ho Chi Minh: Vietnam tests entire city amid new variant fears

Figures discussed at a heated Knesset meeting reveal that of the 1,892 people arrested this month for involvement in riots, only 183 are Jewish

ABC bans use of the word ‘apartheid’ for Israel

Hundreds more Afghans and their families to be allowed to settle in UK

Belarusian editor arrested amid crackdown on journalists

Belfast to Liverpool airship proposal floated - Airlander airships could take 90 passengers while emitting 90% less carbon dioxide than jets

Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel: report

Denmark's secret service has helped the United States spy on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European politicians.

Israel coalition government a threat to security, warns Netanyahu

Israel Deprives East Jerusalem Political Activists of State Insurance, Stipends. Suspending medical benefits and halting social benefit payments are common procedures inflicted on East Jerusalem Palestinians

Asteroid as big as the Eiffel Tower to pass near the earth on June 1

Worst Sandstorms In A Decade Engulf Mongolia And China

Bennett announces plan to form gov't with Lapid that will oust Netanyahu

U.S. blocks seafood imports from Chinese fleet over alleged crew mistreatment, forced labor

Tens of thousands of Brazilians march to demand Bolsonaro’s impeachment

Vietnam Detects New Highly Transmissible Coronavirus Variant

A leading medical professor said on Sunday that many Hong Kong people should be "ashamed of themselves" for not getting inoculated against Covid-19, when people around the world were dying because of a shortage of vaccines.

Israel politics: Lapid nears coalition after Netanyahu fell short

France manhunt for armed ex-soldier who fired on police

British spies say Wuhan lab leak is 'feasible'

Brits protest outside BAE Systems over weapons sales to Israel

Coronavirus: Shocking Video Shows Covid Patient's Body Being Thrown In River In UP, India

Japan: More municipalities cancelling pre-Tokyo Games training camps for foreign athletes

Nashville hat shop faces backlash for selling anti-vaccine Nazi Jewish star

Macron threatens to withdraw French troops from Mali

Partner of Tory peer's son held over Belize death

A petition is circulating pushing for American-born French dancer Joséphine Baker to be buried in the Panthéon, an honour reserved for France’s national heroes. The move would highlight the “acts of courage” of a free and committed artist, who was a feminist and aided the Resistance during WWII

US Sends 200,000 Doses of Black Fungus Drug to India Amid Shortage

NASA Is Launching Glowing Baby Squid And 5,000 Tardigrades Into Space

'I’m fine, really': Finding hope as Covid sweeps India

British-born former Islamic extremist, 29, reports his parents to the police

Australia defies UN pleas over atrocities in Yemen, escalates weapons exports to Saudis

Tens of thousands protest in Brazil demanding Bolsonaro's impeachment and better vaccine access

World's Tiniest Pig at 10-Inches Tall, Once Thought Extinct, Is Returning to the Wild

“Pony,” a tree-sitter, dangled on a seven-by-four platform suspended in the canopy of two ancient Douglas fir trees, 100 feet from the ground, as 14 RCMP officers surrounded her below.

U.S. monitoring Iranian warships that may be headed to Venezuela - Tehran's intent in sending the vessels in the direction of the Western Hemisphere remains a mystery, as does their cargo.

Risk of brain-eating amoeba, flesh-eating bacteria may increase due to climate change: Experts

Taipei mayor snaps at US for balking at vaccine aid and its apparent lack of urgency in sending vaccines to Taiwan.

Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school

Over 600 musicians sign letter pledging to boycott Israel over occupation

Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant

White House announces sanctions over Belarus' passenger plane interception

Rich Nations Could 'Make Enough Vaccine for the World' With Just $25 Billion: Analysis

Mali names coup leader Col Assimi Goïta as transitional president

Mount Nyiragongo: Why DR Congo fears the explosive power of a lake

Remains of 215 children found buried at B.C. Residential school, First Nations sais.

The bodies of 215 children have been found buried at a former Canadian school for Indigenous people

Swiss bank admits to laundering $36 million in bribes to soccer officials

Joe Biden Believes China Hiding COVID-19 Origin Info, China Warns 'Political Virus' Spreading

Canadian RCMP continue to repress journalists from accessing protests at the sight of continued old growth logging.

Footage shows US flight attendant being attacked by passenger

Brazil on drought alert, faces worst dry spell in 91 years

Don't take on China alone, says ex-Australia PM Kevin Rudd

The Rohingya refugees trapped on a remote island miles from land

George Floyd: After a flood of donations, what next?

Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Warnings of genocide and famine

Kashmir: A father digging up the ground to find his missing son

Covid: How the pandemic is affecting your dreams

Germany's quiet Catholic rebellion on gay blessings and women preachers

Could my mum’s toaster help me care for her?

Israel now holding 13 Palestinian journalists, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Israel’s misuse of administrative detention to hound Palestinian reporters

Germany says it committed genocide in Namibia during colonial rule - offers $1.34 billion reparations

Number of smokers has reached all-time high of 1.1 billion, study finds

Iran's presidential election: Who the candidates are

Germany agrees to pay Namibia €1.1bn over historical Herero-Nama genocide

Germany officially recognises colonial-era Namibia genocide

US says it will not rejoin Open Skies treaty with Russia

Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency | Microsoft reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible.

Microsoft says group behind SolarWinds hack now targetting government agencies, NGOs

Open Skies Treaty: US tells Russia it will not rejoin key arms control deal

Germany for the first time recognized it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation. German settlers killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people

U.S. intel report identified 3 Wuhan lab researchers who fell ill in November 2019

Jewish mob suspected of beating Arab driver with glass bottles in Binyamina

Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai jailed again for pro-democracy protests

Friends reunion: BTS, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber censored in China

US 'rapidly' planning to evacuate Afghan interpreters

Patrisse Cullors: Black Lives Matter co-founder resigns

Taiwan must choose between virus and politics

The looming battle over abortion in the US

In Tarun Tejpal acquittal, judge questions 'appropriate' behaviour for rape victims

Drones and live-streams: How tech is changing conservation

Mystery plans to redraw Balkan borders alarm leaders

Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes

School of Rock drummer Kevin Clark dies aged 32

Belarus: I'm ready to beg for help, says mother of detained woman

A cannabis empire that caused chaos on Native land

‘Bomb Threat' That Justified Belarus Hijacking Came 24 Minutes After Hijacking

Mali coup: Col Goïta seizes power - again

Biden’s Top Man in Asia Says the Era of Engagement With China Is Over

Cop found guilty of assaulting Sydney woman, falsifying evidence

Irish senator calls for sanctions on Israel

Only 'Armageddon' can stop Tokyo Olympics taking place this summer, senior official declares

Revealed: Nestlé's 'floating supermarket' sent into heart of the Amazon and packed with ultra-processed junk food is blamed for shocking obesity crisis hitting children as young as seven

Tigrayans told, 'We'll see if America will save you now,' as hundreds rounded up by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers from refugee camp.

North Korea bans skinny jeans as symbol of ‘capitalistic lifestyle’

Australian court finds government has duty to protect young people from climate crisis, a world first

Climate: World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon "A major study says by 2025 there's a 40% chance of at least one year being 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial level"

New bill could end Hong Kong’s days as an illegal wildlife trade hub: perpetrators would be prosecuted via the more powerful Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance

Ohio announces winner of first vaccination lottery

'Landslide Victory for Climate Justice': Court Rules Shell Must Cut CO2 Emissions 45% by 2030

Tim Hortons threatened by living-wage and union campaigns, company documents show

Scientists partially restore blind man's vision using breakthrough gene therapy

Eric Carle: Very Hungry Caterpillar author dies aged 91

Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on

'Fortress Australia': Why calls to open up borders are meeting resistance

Tokyo Olympic Games: When are they and will they go ahead?

WhatsApp sues India govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy - sources

India: Radical Hindu mob wielding swords, kills father of Christian pastor in an attack on that family.

Italy cable car fall: Three arrested over fatal accident

Samuel E Wright: Tributes paid to actor who voiced crab in The Little Mermaid

'I thought I was too old to be on TikTok'

Germany pulls out of track cycling championships in Belarus

Ireland Urges Israel to End 'De Facto Annexation' of Palestinian Land

World's first graphene-enhanced concrete slab poured in England

China tells Europe: You know what a genocide looks like

Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich's colleagues fear for their lives

Mast Upgrade: UK experiment could sweep aside fusion hurdle

Edward Snowden Hails EU Court Ruling as Progress on Acknowledging 'Devastation' of Mass Surveillance

The Turkish government has reacted furiously to corruption allegations made by a fugitive gang boss whose YouTube videos have been watched by millions of Turks.

Uefa opens proceedings against Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid over European Super League plan

Grand jury to consider Donald Trump charges

Marilyn Manson active arrest warrant issued on assault charges

US joins calls for transparent, science-based investigation into Covid origins | Several countries tell the WHO annual meeting that a new inquiry with new terms of reference must be launched

UN poised to approve war crimes probe into Israel on Gaza, Jerusalem

Ireland rejects President Biden's global corporate tax plans and will keep 12.5% rate

France puzzled by mystery anti-Pfizer campaign offer

‘A huge surprise’ as giant river otter feared extinct in Argentina pops up

Italy orders four Egyptian security officials to stand trial for alleged kidnap, torture and murder of student

Canadian soldier faces mutiny charges for trying to block vaccine distribution

Rocco Morabito: Italian fugitive arrested in Brazil

Covid: How the pandemic is affecting your dreams

EU locks out Belarus from international aviation

EU agrees new Belarus sanctions after plane arrest

Florida governor signs bill to ban Big Tech 'deplatforming'

Tata Steel has said it will compensate the families of its workers in India that die of Covid-19. The firm said it will pay deceased employees' salaries, housing and medical benefits until what would have been their retirement at the age of 60.

Associated Press employees want answers after reporter's firing - More than 100 employees at the Associated Press have signed an open letter calling for more information about the recent firing of 22-year-old journalist Emily Wilder.

Australia power station explosion leaves thousands without electricity

Peloton to build first US factory after supply problems

Australia to shut embassy in Afghanistan over violence fears

US issues Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics

Indian police visit Twitter's office after 'manipulated media' label

Greenland’s ice sheet is releasing huge amounts of mercury into rivers

Samoa swears in first female leader in a tent after she's locked out of Parliament amid power struggle

Belarusian journalist reportedly pleaded with crew before being detained in Minsk: 'Don't do this. They will kill me.'

Tata Steel to continue salaries for Covid victims' families in India

EU agrees new Belarus sanctions after plane arrest

Tesla Fined $16K Per Owner for Throttling Battery Capacity, Charging Speed in Norway

A mobster’s online confessions are shaking Erdogan’s government. Turkey is riveted.

Belarus journalist who was dragged off hijacked Ryanair plane with his girlfriend appears on state TV to say he's 'confessing' to crimes - after colleagues said he was almost certainly being tortured

European Union leaders on Monday agreed on a set of sanctions against Belarus, including a ban on the use of the 27-nation bloc’s airspace and airports amid fury over the forced diversion of a passenger jet flying between two EU countries in order to arrest an opposition journalist.

Customers call out banks for increasing fees during pandemic while profits are up

Belarus points to Hamas bomb threat in plane diversion, Hamas rejects claim

Global aviation stunned by Belarus jetliner diversion

Mexico reports lowest daily coronavirus death toll in over a year

Chernobyl's nuclear fuel is smoldering. To prevent another accident, researchers are studying the site's radioactive lava.

G20 Health Ministers sign The Rome Declaration including Europe, US, India, China and Russia, announcing that they will share 1.3 billion doses of vaccines to the world, which "marks the beginning of a new chapter in global health policy"

Ryanair plane: Western powers voice outrage at plane 'hijacking'

India records 300,000 Covid deaths as pandemic rages

France fears ‘apartheid’ in Israel if Palestinians don’t get their own state

Israeli officials 'regret' bombing Gaza AP bureau as post-ceasefire clean up begins

Discrimination against Indigenous Australians has risen dramatically, survey finds

No one's safe anymore: Japan's Osaka city crumples under COVID-19 onslaught

Phil Mickelson becomes oldest major winner as he wins enthralling PGA Championship

Ryanair plane Athens-Vilnius hijacked with an MiG-29 fighter, diverted to Minsk in Belarus

ISIS won’t get $7 million bounty placed on Boko Haram leader Shekau, says US

Children speak of sickness and neglect in US asylum camps

US PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson becomes oldest major winner with sixth title

Germany's quiet Catholic rebellion on gay blessings and women preachers

Eritrea viewpoint: I fought for independence but I'm still waiting for freedom

The diversion of a flight between two EU countries to Belarus, and the arrest of an opposition activist who had been onboard, has prompted a torrent of outrage from European leaders.

Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before COVID-19 Outbreak Disclosed: WSJ

Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed

EU blasts Belarus for ‘hijack’ of airliner and arrest of activist

Corpse discovered inside a statue of a dinosaur in Barcelona

Report: Wuhan Lab Staff Hospitalized With Covid-Like Symptoms Before Confirmed Outbreak, New Intelligence Finds

Israel-Gaza: A conflict on pause as both sides claim victory

Damiano David: Eurovision winner denies taking drugs

No 10 ‘tried to block’ data on spread of new Covid variant in English schools

China's construction boom is sending CO2 emissions through the roof

Korea to become global vaccine hub in partnership with US

India has reported more than 8,800 cases of deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease. Following the rise in cases, India's 29 states have been told to declare the disease an epidemic.

Congo volcano erupts for first time in years, sending people fleeing from major city.

Mount Nyiragongo: Lava destroys houses after DR Congo volcano erupts

Extreme cold weather hits China ultramarathon, kills 21 runners

Virgin Galactic rocket plane soars to edge of space

Black fungus: India reports nearly 9,000 cases of rare infection

China race: Severe weather kills cross-country runners

Atletico edge Real Madrid to Spanish title

Anti-Netanyahu protesters gathered outside the Prime Minister's Residence: "Netanyahu dragged the State of Israel into a pointless war against public interest and security interests and caused great damage to Israel's security and image in the world"

Scientists shot tardigrades out of a gun at more than 2,000 mph to see if the critters could survive

Climbing guide says Covid outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100

Yesh Atid to expedite legislation to curtail Netanyahu’s premiership

Bolsonaro fined for breaking Covid-19 restrictions in Brazil

Does a $75m settlement make up for three decades in prison?

Koori Mail: Thirty years of reporting on Aboriginal Australia

Indian tribal area had oxygen while cities gasped

Forgotten Cyprus hero who eradicated island's malaria

Italy wins Eurovision: 'Rock and roll never dies'

Hundreds of Kurdish villagers flee Turkish bombs as jihadists take their homes

Coronavirus: How Covid-19 crushed India's healthcare systems

Pentagon chief unable to talk to Chinese military leaders despite repeated attempts

Air India cyber-attack: Data of millions of customers compromised

Richest nations agree to end support for coal production overseas

Canada's percentage of people with 1 COVID-19 vaccine dose now higher than U.S. Canada now ranks 5th in the world for share of population with 1 dose

Hamas' Haniyeh vows to destabilize Jerusalem, thanks Iran for support

Einstein handwritten letter with E=mc2 equation auctioned

At Least 10 Workers Die In Russia From Sewage Plant Fumes

Prison guards spared jail time in Epstein suicide plea deal

Myanmar: The small embattled town that stood up to the army

Brazilian ex-presidents and longtime rivals Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Fernando Henrique Cardoso said Friday they had met to discuss their shared opposition to current far-right President Jair Bolsonaro L

'Running out of time': Tibetan president-elect warns of cultural genocide from China

Tennessee cops mocked dying man's plea: 'I can't breathe'

George Floyd death: How US police are trying to win back trust

Champion horse mystery in the Gulf angers Poles

'A meme that almost made me quit my family WhatsApp group'

A Japanese composer, a Burkina Faso story-teller and a Congolese rapper make an opera

Amazon in pictures: Sebastião Salgado's last frontier

Owner of AP tower destroyed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza says he saw no evidence of Hamas in the building

Toronto activists paint Israeli consulate steps with 'river of blood' after more than 200 Palestinians killed, 66 children

Ethnic Cleansing in Western Tigray: “Do African lives not matter?” asked Linda, United States ambassador to the United Nations, in a United Nations Security Council meeting.

Report: "Israeli Missiles Damaged 16800 Residential Units In Gaza"

US no longer wants to buy Greenland, Blinken confirms

Thousands of Australian children are walking out of school to attend protests, calling for action on climate change. Up to 50,000 students are expected at School Strike for Climate rallies across the country

Japan bullet train driver leaves cockpit for loo break

Bernie Sanders introduces resolution blocking $735m weapons sale to Israel

Ancient Roman Baths in Spain Discovered in Pristine Condition

School Strike 4 Climate: Thousands join Australia protest

WeWork reports loss of nearly $2.1bn ahead of stock market debut

Biden commends Netanyahu after Israel-Hamas cease-fire is reached

Modi is one of the worst pandemic leaders in the world, say academics. Who are the others?

An interview with Emily Wilder, recent Stanford grad fired from AP job over criticisms of Israel

Two new species of “ancient plants” have just been discovered in Australia. They're in the path of a new highway.

Canadian soldier charged with feeding cannabis cupcakes to artillery unit during live-fire exercise

Apple employees call for company to support Palestinians in internal letter

Biden signs law to tackle anti-Asian hate crimes

Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire comes into effect

Covid: Why has Seychelles seen rising case numbers?

Covid: Australia's vaccine hesitancy worries medical experts

Sri Lanka: Covid increases China influence in India's backyard

Eurovision: TIX, Tourettes and mental health

France's top court rejects move to restrict images of police

Japan ready to freeze all Myanmar development aid: Motegi

Spain passes climate bill banning new oil, gas exploration

Israel and Palestinian militants agree ceasefire

Queensland offers cash bonus to attract tourism workers

Gaza: Israeli airstrike kills disabled man, pregnant wife, child

Gaza doctors mourn specialist killed in air strike

Kentaro Miura dead – Creator of Berserk manga series dies from heart problems, aged 54

Tensions emerge between US, France at the United Nations over Gaza conflict

Unnamed Likud officials: Netanyahu drawing out Gaza conflict to stop Lapid forming gov’t

Antarctica gives birth to world’s largest iceberg - it's bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca

New Zealand Bill to increase sick leave from five days to 10 days passes

Israeli TV reporters face attacks and threats from Jewish extremists | Israel

ByteDance: TikTok's co-founder to step down as chief executive

CBS host confronts Israel's Netanyahu: Are you killing Palestinians as a plot 'to stay in power'?

Samoa to shelve China-backed port project under new leader.

Four beheaded in Guatemala prison riot, police say

Qantas accelerates cost cuts as $1.5bn loss looms

Colonial Pipeline confirms it paid $4.4M to hackers

Israel-Gaza: Hamas official predicts ceasefire 'within a day or two'

Republicans defy Trump to back Capitol riot probe

Breast implant scandal compensation ruling due

US v Canada: Who won the vaccine rollout?

Russia flexes muscles in challenge for Arctic control

'His death is a catastrophe': Gaza doctors mourn specialist killed in air strike

Covid-19: What went wrong in Singapore and Taiwan?

The Israeli military has tried to kill the military commander of Hamas, Mohammed Deif, at least twice since Operation Guardian of the Walls began 10 days ago. While it is not known when the strikes took place but both times he got away at the last minute

Somerton man: Body exhumed in bid to solve Australian mystery

Gaza children bearing the brunt in Israel-Hamas conflict

He told his terrified daughters not to be scared. Then an airstrike killed him. Ahmed AlMansi had a popular YouTube channel with his daughters Sarah & Hala about their life in Gaza.

Source: U.S. helped avert Israeli ground invasion of Gaza, hopes rise conflict could end soon

India's holiest river is swollen with Covid victims

New York prosecutor says Trump inquiry now 'criminal'

Google AI tool can help patients identify skin conditions

Mouse plague crisis in Australia: PETA cops backlash for telling farmers not to kill the rodents

EU, minus Hungary, calls for Israel-Palestine ceasefire

The coronavirus variant that first emerged in India could become the dominant strain of the virus in the U.K. in a matter of days and could pose unknown dangers, scientists have warned.

Galapagos rock formation Darwin's Arch has collapsed