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Submersibles revealing mysteries of the deep sea
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
Bear freed from plastic jar after week-long rescue effort
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2025
» WISCONSIN — A young female bear that wandered nearly 50 miles (80 kilometres) across three Wisconsin counties with a plastic jar stuck on her head has been successfully rescued by wildlife officials.
Cold baths, climate shelters as Southern Europe heatwave intensifies
AFP, Published on 29/06/2025
» ROME - Authorities across Southern Europe urged people to seek shelter Sunday and protect the most vulnerable as punishing temperatures from Spain to Portugal, Italy and France climbed higher in the summer's first major heatwave.
Israel emerges stronger from Iran war, but risks blowback
Bloomberg, Published on 29/06/2025
» Over the past two years, Israel has become more militarily dominant in the Middle East than at any time in its history. But its success has also laid the groundwork for future risks.
UK MPs vote in favour of assisted dying bill in historic step
AFP, Published on 21/06/2025
» LONDON - Britain's parliament took a historic step towards allowing euthanasia on Friday when MPs backed contentious legislation that would introduce assisted dying for terminally ill people.
For gay Malaysian refugee in UK 'you have to live authentically - you're saving yourself'
South China Morning Post, Published on 05/06/2025
» LONDON — "Growing up in a Muslim family, I was told that liking another person of the same sex was haram," said Warren Hallett of how Islam forbids homosexuality, considering it sinful. "My religion teacher said [gay people] were going to hell.
After 2 months, 40 witnesses, Maradona trial declared null
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» SAN ISIDRO (ARGENTINA) - An Argentine court on Thursday nullified the trial of late football legend Diego Maradona's medical team after a judge stepped down over her role in an unauthorized documentary about the case.
Insults and acceptance: being trans in rural France
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» CLERMONT-FERRAND — Valerie Montchalin found out who her friends were when she transitioned to being a transgender woman in her village high in the Massif Central of central France.
Oldest human genomes reveal how a small group burst out of Africa
By Carl Zimmer of the New York Times, Published on 16/12/2024
» NEW YORK - About 45,000 years ago, a tiny group of people - fewer than 1,000 - wandered the icy northern fringes of Europe. Across thousands of miles of tundra, they hunted woolly rhinoceros and other big game. Their skin was most likely dark.
Hong Kong shoplifting up by almost 12%
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/07/2024
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police have logged a nearly 12% increase in shoplifting offences and said that some offenders could afford to pay but had acted on impulse as a way to deal with psychological problems.