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EU downgrades protection of wolves
AFP, Published on 08/05/2025
» STRASBOURG, France - European Union lawmakers on Thursday gave the green light to downgrading wolf protections in the bloc, which will allow hunting to resume under strict criteria.
Chinese scientists clone first rhesus monkey to live into adulthood
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/01/2024
» BEIJING - Researchers affiliated to China's premier science academy have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey to survive into adulthood.
From Berlusconi to Prigozhin and Tina Turner: notable deaths of 2023
AFP, Published on 28/11/2023
» PARIS - From Italy's ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi to rock queen Tina Turner and Wagner warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, here are some of 2023's most notable deaths.
EU chief warns wolf packs 'real danger' in Europe
AFP, Published on 04/09/2023
» BRUSSELS - Brussels launched a review Monday of laws protecting wolves from hunters and farmers, as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen argued that packs threaten livestock and perhaps even people.
'Revolutionary': Scientists create mice with two fathers
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» PARIS - Scientists have created eggs using the cells of male mice for the first time, leading to the birth of seven mice with two fathers, according to research Wednesday hailed as "revolutionary".
Hip-hop dream thrives in India's largest slum
AFP, Published on 07/08/2021
» MUMBAI - After India's largest slum defeated the pandemic, some of its young residents pulled out their phones to write, shoot and release a triumphant rap video.
9 to 5: Dolly Parton isn't slowing down
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - Dolly Parton may have twice turned down Donald Trump's Presidential Medal of Freedom, but the ageless queen of country has multiple irons in the fire including an ad appearance during Sunday's Super Bowl.
At least 24 killed in Indonesian bus ravine plunge
AFP, Published on 24/12/2019
» PALEMBANG, Indonesia: At least two dozen people died and 13 others were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine on the island of Sumatra, police said.
Chinese firm creates first cloned kitten
AFP, Published on 05/09/2019
» BEIJING: Seven months after Huang Yu's pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life.
Rappers, women aiming big at Grammys
AFP, Published on 09/02/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Music's biggest stars will gather in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Grammy Awards, and this year observers are hoping the hip-hop and women artists leading the pack will get their due.