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'Alpha predator' sharks and humans clash on an Israeli beach
AFP, Published on 18/05/2025
» HADERA (ISRAEL) - With its golden sand and blue waters, the beach front in central Israel looks much like any other stretch of Mediterranean coast, but a closer look reveals something unusual peeking through the rippling surf: black shark fins.
Syrians abandon babies at mosques, under trees as war grinds on
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» HAZANO (SYRIA) - One cold winter night, Syrian Ibrahim Othman went out to pray and came home cradling a baby girl, abandoned at the doorstep of the village mosque just hours after she was born.
Albanians strive to save world's rarest seal
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» VLORA, Albania: A team of Albanian marine biologists scan the azure waters of the Ionian Sea for a sign of one of the rarest marine mammals in the world.
Shark kills teen in Western Australia
Published on 04/02/2023
» A 16-year-old girl was killed on Saturday after being mauled by a shark as she swam in a river in Western Australia, officials said.
Prince Harry book gets critical mauling in UK
Published on 06/01/2023
» LONDON: Prince Harry’s memoir “Spare” has been mauled by British media and commentators who called it “vengeful” and “calculated”, as Buckingham Palace kept silent on the widely leaked contents.
Ukrainian forces collect Russian dead left behind
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» KYIV: After combing the forests and meadows west of Kyiv, a special Ukrainian unit finally found what they were searching for —- the body of a Russian "occupier".
Dangerous stray dogs pose culling dilemma in N.Africa
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» ARIANA (TUNISIA) - Packs of stray dogs, a common sight in North African cities, are in the crosshairs after the deaths of two schoolchildren, but animal rights groups urge more humane solutions than mass culling.
No animal left behind: Kenya holds first national wildlife census
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» ISIOLO (KENYA) - The flimsy planes tethered to metal drums to prevent them from accidentally becoming airborne are unlikely weapons in Kenya's fight to protect threatened species as it conducts its first national wildlife census.
First US recipient of partial face transplant dead at 57
AFP, Published on 02/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - Connie Culp, the first US recipient of a partial face transplant, has died at age 57, according to Ohio's Cleveland Clinic, where she underwent the delicate operation nearly 12 years ago.
Lion tamers live-stream shows from Cairo living room
AFP, Published on 13/05/2020
» GIZA, Egypt: In his Cairo living room, Egyptian Ashraf al-Helw reprimanded his lioness Joumana for not obeying him after bringing her home for live-streamed performances during the coronavirus pandemic.