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Indian tunnel rescue bid enters fifth day
Published on 16/11/2023
» UTTARKASHI, India - Rescue workers renewed efforts on Thursday to reach 40 men trapped inside a collapsed highway tunnel in India for the fifth day, making slow progress as they began drilling through rock and soil debris.
India's headhunter warriors sever past, fret over future
AFP, Published on 05/07/2023
» MON (INDIA) - Once, the way to get ahead among India's Konyak warriors was by chopping off an enemy's skull. Today, the last survivors of a past age mourn the changing times -- and a new generation they see as soft.
Poland fencing border with Russian enclave
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» ZERDZINY, Poland: On the count of three, Polish soldiers use long spears to lift razor wire and attach it to posts at the Russian border, in a bid to prevent illegal crossings.
Wild boar bites picture-taking Hong Kong hiker
Published on 26/07/2021
» A Hong Kong hiker was bitten by a wild boar on Monday while taking photos in one of the city's country parks on Monday.
Croatian farmers say wolf attacks on livestock at plague level
AFP, Published on 24/06/2021
» UDBINA, Croatia: The wolf corpse hanging from a road sign outside a small Croatian town warned that farmers had been pushed too far -- attacks on their livestock were driving them to desperation.
China bans German pork over swine fever
Published on 12/09/2020
» SHANGHAI: China on Saturday announced a ban on the import of pork and pig products from Germany after the latter confirmed its first case of African swine fever in a wild boar last week.
Boar that stole nudist's laptop 'may be culled'
AFP, Published on 14/08/2020
» BERLIN: A wild boar that went viral after stealing a nudist's laptop by a lake in German capital Berlin last week could be caught up in a local cull, an official said Friday.
Torrential rains unleash havoc in South Asia
AFP, Published on 17/07/2020
» GUWAHATI (INDIA) - Torrential monsoon rains swept across South Asia on Thursday, having killed more than 100 people in recent days and almost entirely flooding a massive park reserve, officials said.
Singapore otters' lockdown antics spark backlash
AFP, Published on 30/05/2020
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's otters, long adored by the city-state's nature lovers, are popping up in unexpected places during the coronavirus lockdown but their antics have angered some and even sparked calls for a cull.
Jury: Elon Musk did not defame British caver in tweet
Published on 07/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him "pedo guy" in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found on Friday.