Facing a crowd of journalists, inventor Thomas Midgley Jr. poured a lead additive over his hands and then proceeded to inhale its…
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Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State has a unique opportunity to emerge as a beacon of progress, replacing hopelessness with hope, according to former…
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The air at the Ukrainian military recruitment office where a 30-year-old hairdresser is being interviewed is filled with anxiety. The man has…
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The United Nations’ top court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its controversial military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah,…
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American who carried ammunition in Turks and Caicos gets suspended sentence and heads home. Fate of others charged is unclear
The first of several Americans recently charged with possession of ammunition in Turks and Caicos was heading home Friday after getting a…
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Perhaps “birdbrained” isn’t such an insult after all –– crows, the ubiquitous urban bird, can vocally count up to four, the latest…
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Genetically engineered mosquitoes have been released in the tiny East African country of Djibouti to combat a surge in malaria infections caused…
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Kenyan mountaineer dead and Nepali sherpa missing after trying to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen
An experienced Kenyan mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team…
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Italian teenager nicknamed ‘God’s influencer’ set to become Catholic Church’s first millennial saint
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager and computer prodigy who earned the nickname “God’s influencer,” is set to become the Catholic Church’s first…
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Rescue workers are scrambling to reach a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea after it was hit by a major landslide,…