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New species of Viola found in China's Guangdong
Xinhua, Published on 07/05/2023
» GUANGZHOU: Chinese researchers have discovered a new Viola species, V. heyuanensis in south China's Guangdong Province. The findings were published in the international academic journal Nordic Journal of Botany on Wednesday.
New research claims Leonardo da Vinci was son of a slave
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» FLORENCE (ITALY) - Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of the "Mona Lisa" and a symbol of the Renaissance, was only half-Italian, his mother a slave from the Caucasus, new research revealed on Tuesday.
Sydney beaches close after first fatal shark attack in 60 years
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2022
» SYDNEY: Several Sydney beaches, including the iconic Bondi and Bronte, were shut down on Thursday after a swimmer was killed in a shark attack, the first such fatality at the city's beaches in nearly six decades.
Canada teen murder suspects died in 'suicides by gunfire': police
AFP, Published on 13/08/2019
» OTTAWA - Autopsies confirmed that two bodies discovered in the Canadian wilds were those of teen murder suspects who apparently took their own lives after weeks on the run, police said Monday.
Two bodies found in Canada, believed to be teen murder suspects: police
AFP, Published on 08/08/2019
» MONTREAL - Canadian police said Wednesday they had discovered the bodies of two men believed to be fugitive teens who allegedly murdered three people last month -- ending a nearly three-week nationwide manhunt.
Massive manhunt in Canadian wilderness for teen murder suspects
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» MONTREAL - Two teen triple murder suspects on the run in the central Canadian wilderness -- perhaps holed up in thick, insect-infested forest inhabited by wolves and bears,-- were staying one step ahead of a massive police manhunt Friday.
Which came first: the people or the sweet potatoes?
AFP, Published on 13/04/2018
» TAMPA - The bulbous, colorful sweet potato has long been seen as an artifact of mankind's first ocean voyages, ferried from its home in South America all the way to Polynesia centuries ago.