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Reuters 2021-03-25 11:01:31
They may not be meeting the real Lionel Messi, but Islam Battah’s resemblance to the Barcelona footballer is so uncanny, that the children at an orphanage in the Egyptian city of Zagazig swarm a...
-- 2021-03-24 11:08:41
In a room crammed from ceiling to floor with boxes, cabinets and drawers of Lego bricks, Hoang Dang intently builds a bright blue, yellow and red fishing boat with a Vietnamese flag and eyes at its pr...
-- 2021-03-24 10:58:04
As cheering children and men frantically paddle their inflatable surfboard through the frothy Pacific waves onto the beach, one passenger placidly sits in the bow taking it all in - a large, white goa...
-- 2021-03-23 14:53:14
A 3,000-year-old ceremonial gold mask has become an unexpected social media sensation in China after its recent discovery in Sichuan province. The artefact was one of 500 Bronze-Age relics found at t...
Reuters 2021-03-22 10:35:17
Barcelona ravers have found a way to get round Covid-19 curbs on clubs by holding outdoor silent discos in some of the city’s best-known locations. On Sunday, people welcomed the first day of s...
-- 2021-03-20 13:00:38
About 4.0 billion people experience severe water shortages for at least one month a year and around 1.6 billion people- almost a quarter of the world's population- have problems accessing a clean, saf...
Reuters 2021-03-20 12:12:23
Greek archaeologists have unearthed by chance a more than 2,500-year-old bronze bull idol at the archaeological site of Olympia, the culture ministry said on Friday. An observant archaeologist came a...
-- 2021-03-20 11:31:25
Once considered crazy by fellow villagers, Indonesian eco-warrior Sadiman has turned barren hills green after 24 years of effort, making water resources available in the drought-prone mountainous regi...
Reuters 2021-03-20 08:17:39
Neydi, a Bolivian primary school student, logs on to virtual classes like many kids around the world during the pandemic. The only difference is the setting: surrounded by tombstones in a public cemet...
-- 2021-03-16 10:39:18
Switzerland’s former soccer captain Stephan Lichtsteiner may have called time on his glittering sports career, but he has now started a new venture - training to become a watchmaker. Lichtstein...
-- 2021-03-15 11:46:14
Drones have captured how fin whales have returned to the same part of the Spanish coast in an annual ritual to feast on krill. The common fin whale lives in oceans around the world, including the Arc...
Reuters 2021-03-14 10:31:33
More twins are being born now than ever before, largely due to rising use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted reproduction techniques, the first global study of human twinning has found...
Reuters 2021-03-13 12:49:23
Dancer Ilmira Bagautdinova traded one of Russia’s most prestigious stages for the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in an artful protest against a construction project locals say threatens a...
-- 2021-03-12 14:17:42
A Ukrainian couple who grew tired of arguing are trying to mend their on-off relationship by handcuffing their hands together for three months and documenting their experiences on social media. Onlin...
-- 2021-03-12 12:49:12
A lion had a vasectomy on Thursday after his Dutch keepers decided he had sired enough cubs. Thor, 11, had fathered five cubs with two lionesses in the past year, the staff at Burgers’ Zoo in A...
REUTERS 2021-03-11 10:35:01
A livestream camera at a New Zealand nature reserve has caught a Royal Albatross making an awkward landing, with the video of the faceplanting now propelling the bird to fame. The video, shot at the...
-- 2021-03-04 15:14:21
The majestic sight of elephants roaming beneath Mount Kilimanjaro has long lured throngs of wildlife-lovers to Amboseli National Park on Kenya’s border with Tanzania. Yet the free movement of s...
-- 2021-03-04 11:01:22
Ana Estrada, who is confined to her bed, says she feels “happy and content” about a historic decision by Peruvian officials to allow her an assisted death, a remarkable ruling in this most...
-- 2021-03-03 12:26:18
In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation on another Arctic island he had found he called it “the green land.” Today, it’s Green...
Reuters 2021-02-28 12:46:12
As New York City restaurants reopened indoor dining rooms at 35 per cent capacity on Friday, the Peter Luger Steak House and Madame Tussauds New York wax museum joined forces to welcome diners back in...
REUTERS 2021-02-28 10:23:16
Archaeologists have unearthed a unique ancient-Roman ceremonial carriage from a villa just outside Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The almost perfectly preserved four-wheele...
Reuters 2021-02-27 10:10:15
Some Christians in Cyprus are in a lather over the country’s offering this year to the annual Eurovision song contest, saying it has scandalised the faithful with its references to the devil. &...
-- 2021-02-25 14:27:31
In light of the global Black Lives Matter movement, a month-long virtual interactive exhibition titled ‘The Black Story’ will begin on Thursday. The exhibition at www.theblackstory.com wi...
Reuters 2021-02-25 11:16:58
The reality has not yet sunk in for Pepe Diaz that the beloved deli he ran with his brother for more than 30 years is permanently shut. “The camaraderie with all the students and the regular cu...
REUTERS 2021-02-25 10:44:19
A wild and ailing sheep found in a forest in Australia, named Baarack by rescuers, has yielded a fleece weighing more than 35 kilogrammes - nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo - after being sh...
REUTERS 2021-02-25 10:16:02
When Germany went into lockdown following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, Erika Rischko, now 81 years old, posted her first 12-second video on TikTok in which she danced the popu...
-- 2021-02-24 14:20:40
A Beijing divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his wife for the housework she did during their marriage, in a landmark ruling. The woman will receive 50,000 yuan ($7,700; £5,460) for f...
-- 2021-02-24 11:43:18
Egyptian Mansour Tarek hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a professional rally driver when he’s older. Aged just five, he is already on the track. At an amateur rally i...
-- 2021-02-23 13:23:02
Kenya is battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades, but start-up The Bug Picture hopes to transform the pests into profits and bring “hope to the hopeless” whose crops and livel...
REUTERS 2021-02-23 13:11:39
Triumph, a male koala born without a foot, has been climbing and running since he was fitted with a prosthetic one made by a neighbourhood dentist, an Australian wildlife carer said on Monday. Veteri...
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