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Cicadas re-emerge in US after 17 years
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - The last time these thrumming, red-eyed bugs burrowed out of the ground across America’s suburbs and woodlands was the early summer of 2008.
Ten killed when two Malaysian navy helicopters collide
Reuters, Published on 23/04/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Ten people were killed on Tuesday when two helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade, the navy said in a statement.
Takanakuy, the Andean 'fight club' that clears the air for a new year
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» LIMA - The fighting begins and ends with a hug, part of a singular ritual that has residents of the Peruvian Andes punching and kicking in a year-end fight competition known as Takanakuy.
Saboteurs try to outfox hunters in England's countryside
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» THURLOW (UNITED KINGDOM) - Emerging from woods in a quiet corner of rural England, a small band of anti-foxhunting campaigners have just one goal: to confuse the pack of dogs chasing a fox and prevent its death.
Lethal bat-borne virus sparks new pandemic fears
Reuters, Published on 30/10/2023
» MARUTHONKARA, India: It was more than two weeks before doctors even realised what they were treating, the fourth outbreak in five years of the lethal, brain-swelling Nipah virus in India’s Kerala region. By then, hundreds of people had been exposed to the bat pathogen.
Polish opposition stages major anti-government protest
AFP, Published on 04/06/2023
» WARSAW - Half a million protesters packed the streets of central Warsaw on Sunday, Poland's opposition organisers said, claiming one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in the 30 years since the end of communism.
'Mini kangaroos' hop back in South Australia
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» SYDNEY - The brush-tailed bettong -- a rare, very cute marsupial resembling a rabbit-sized kangaroo -- is bouncing back on the South Australian mainland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the region.
Everton, Forest rise out of relegation zone, Leicester slide in 21-goal Monday
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» LONDON - Everton moved out of the Premier League relegation zone with a ruthless 5-1 win at Brighton on Monday, while Leicester's hopes of survival are hanging by a thread after a 5-3 defeat at Fulham.
Villa up to fifth in Premier League as Leicester hold Leeds
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» LONDON - Aston Villa moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Fulham on Tuesday, as Leeds and Leicester played out a 1-1 draw in the battle to beat the drop.
Chelsea held by Liverpool in first game after Potter's sacking
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» LONDON - Chelsea wasted a host of chances to beat Liverpool as the troubled Blues were held to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday in their first Premier League match since Graham Potter's sacking.