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Great White Shark Caught on Underwater Footage During Mediterranean Clean-up

Varieties People fish at sunset near the Corniche Al-Manara seafront promenade on the Mediterranean coast in Beirut, Lebanon, 05 June 2026. (EPA)

Great White Shark Caught on Underwater Footage During Mediterranean Clean-up

Divers removing abandoned ‌fishing nets from the central Mediterranean, between Italy and North Africa, have captured what they believe is the first-ever…

Varieties People walk along the Seine river in Paris on June 2, 2026 with in the background "La Caverne du Pont Neuf" ("The Pont Neuf Cave") artwork by French street artist and photographer JR on the Pont-Neuf bridge after it was damaged and torn by the wind. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)

Aging France to See Population Fall After 2037 Peak

France's population is expected to peak in 2037, seven years earlier than previously estimated, before shrinking back to around its 2014 level in the following…

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Varieties An old car drives past the Gran Hotel Bristol in Havana on June 3, 2026. (AFP)

Cuba’s Iconic Antique Cars Sit Idle as US Energy Blockade Deepens Fuel Crisis

A worsening fuel crisis across Cuba is testing the island's famed “almendrones," the vintage American cars that serve as vital shared taxis and embody the…

Varieties A buried message from 1964 helped four lucky punters scoop £2,500 by picking the winner of the Epsom Derby (Crystal Palace)

Note in Time Capsule Helps Punters Win £2,500

A 'time capsule' letter buried 62 years ago which urged the finder to back any runner whose name could be linked to Santa Claus, helped four lucky punters…

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Varieties This image made from the security camera footage provided by the Fukushima Steel Works, shows a bear, right, chasing a person, second right, on its premises in Fukushima, Japan, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (FUKUSHIMA STEEL WORKS  via AP)

Japanese City Suspends 94 Schools after First-ever Bear Sighting

The Japanese city of Utsunomiya has suspended all 94 of the primary and middle schools that it operates on Monday after its first-ever bear sighting, a…

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Varieties In one province, delivery riders have been roped in to whistleblow on ‘ghost kitchens’ (Getty)

China Goes After ‘Ghost Kitchens’ on Food Delivery Apps

Chinese authorities have taken aim at a new target as they rein in the country's cut-throat food delivery industry: “ghost kitchens,” or restaurants that don't…

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Varieties Red Sea Global (RSG) has successfully avoided 117,879 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO₂e) emissions during 2024. (SPA)

Renewable Energy Helps Red Sea Global Avoid 118,000 Tons of Carbon Emissions

Red Sea Global (RSG) announced on Tuesday a major sustainability milestone, revealing that it successfully avoided 117,879 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent …

Varieties In this Feb. 25, 1964, file photo, Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay at the time, strikes a familiar pose as he shouts "I am the greatest," as he leaves the ring, arms raised, following his defeat of former heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP file)

Muhammad Ali’s Family Reflects on the Champion Boxer’s Legacy 10 Years After His Death

Muhammad Ali's legacy extends beyond his stinging right jab, world titles and Olympic gold medal, to the heart and compassion he showed long after he left the…

Varieties A woman walks a dog past Drax power station during the sunset in Drax, North Yorkshire, Britain, November 27, 2020. (Reuters)

UK Sets Target to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 87% by 2040

The UK government on Tuesday set a legal target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 87 percent by 2040, an additional intermediate goal. The country has…

Varieties A bear walks on the premises of an office in Fukushima, Japan, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

Bear Goes on Rampage in Japan, Injuring Four People

A bear attack left four people injured in two factories and a residential area in northern Japan's Fukushima on Tuesday, police and media reports said. A…

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Varieties This image released by the United States Geological Survey shows lava fountains from Kīlauea volcano on Monday, June 1, 2026, in Hawaii. (L. Gallant/USGS via AP)

Hawaii’s Kilauea Sets Record for Lava Fountaining Episodes in Any 1 Eruption for the Volcano

The on-and-off eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano broke a record Monday with the number of periods it has produced fountains of lava since it began erupting…

Varieties As the drought spreads and forecasts for the El Nino phenomenon grow increasingly bleak, a fear of hunger grips the residents of the Indigenous village of Cunen in northern Guatemala. Johan ORDONEZ / AFP

Fears of Hunger Overwhelm Guatemalan Village as El Nino Approaches

While drought expands through Cunen as the specter of El Nino climate instability approaches, one fear has seized this indigenous Guatemalan village: death by…

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Varieties  Steampunk NZ Festival chair Lea Campbell, dressed as her steampunk persona Dusty Traveller, poses for a portrait during the annual event in Ōamaru, New Zealand, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP)

Steampunk Festival Creates an Unlikely Capital for Victorian Style and Sci-Fi Oddity in New Zealand

The woman in the pink frock coat announced herself as steam curled from a strange brass contraption on her back. “I am Lady Sarsaparilla Ovabyte, of the…

Varieties  A new female is currently undergoing quarantine before joining the herd later this year from Jordan - SPA

Saudi Arabia Marks First Birth of One of World’s Rarest Animals in over 100 Years

Wildlife conservation efforts have successfully recorded the birth of the first onager (Equus hemionus) on Saudi soil in more than 100 years at Prince Mohammed…

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Varieties Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a TikTok logo in this illustration created on September 11, 2025. (Reuters)

Malaysia Enforces Ban on Social Media Accounts for Children Younger Than 16

Malaysia on Monday began enforcing rules barring millions of children younger than 16 from having social media accounts, joining a global effort to tighten…

Varieties Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's conceptual work 'Comedian' has sold for millions. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP/File

French Museum Reports Theft of Arty Banana

A museum in eastern France on Sunday reported to police the theft of a banana that forms a core part of a multimillion-dollar artwork by Italian visual artist…

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Varieties  Patients with mental health conditions participate in a therapy session involving donkeys at a psychiatric hospital in Neuilly-sur-Marne, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP)

Patients Find Help with Therapy Donkeys at Psychiatric Hospital Near Paris

Therapy donkeys are helping patients with mental health conditions recover in a psychiatric hospital unit outside Paris that's unique to France. The 19th…

Varieties  A crested Ibis marked with painted wings flies as it was released into wild during an event in Hakui, Japan, Sunday, May 31, 2026. (Kazushi Kurihara/Kyodo News via AP)

8 Crested Ibises Released in Japan Decades After Extinction

Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. Eight of the…

Varieties As the machine printed their work on newsprint paper, five technicians in uniform quickly flipped through the pages to check the quality. Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP

'AI Simply Can't Replicate It': Japan Embraces Zine Trend

Through the noise of rushing papers and whirring belts at a print factory in Kyoto, two creators watch their photo essay come to life in broadsheet form --…

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Varieties A Johnson & Johnson banner is displayed on the front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, in New York City, US, December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

J&J Prostate Cancer Drug Reduces Risk of Cancer Spread and Death in Late-stage Study

Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer drug Erleada used with hormone-blocking therapy six months before and after prostate surgery improved the chances of…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Grand Canal, in Venice, Italy, June 23, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Venice’s Growing Flamingo Population Finds Refuge in Recovering Wetlands

Perhaps nothing better illustrates the flamingo’s status as a newcomer to the Venetian Lagoon than the fact that the local dialect has no word for them. …

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Varieties This image taken from video shows a suspected meteor falling through the sky in the greater Pittsburgh, Pa., area on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Jared Rackley via AP)

Meteor Explodes over US with Blast Equivalent to 300 Tons of TNT

A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the northeastern United States on Saturday, NASA said, setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast…

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Varieties In this photo taken on May 5, 2026, senior scientific specialist Kwaku Dad Abu Bonsrah pipettes nutrients onto neurons on Micro Electrode Array (MEA) chips at Cortical Labs' Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) laboratory in Melbourne. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Australian Researchers Teach Brain Cells to Play 'Doom'

Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter game "Doom" and say they are just scratching…

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Varieties 30 May 2026, Denmark, Anholt: The dead whale is being pulled ashore on the Danish island of Anholt. (dpa)

Dead Humpback Whale Brought to Shore in Denmark with Autopsy Set Next Week

The carcass of a humpback whale, whose life and death captivated Germans for months as the mammal became repeatedly stranded in the Baltic Sea, was dragged…

Varieties People demonstrate against transit traffic near the A13 Brenner Highway in the direction of Italy during the blockade of the Brenner Base Tunnel on May 30, 2026, on the Tyrolean Brenner Highway. (AFP)

Austrian Protesters Shut Vital Motorway Connecting Germany to Italy

Thousands of local residents shut down Austria's Brenner motorway on Saturday, a vital north-south corridor through the Alps between Germany and Italy, in…

Varieties Video of the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion showed the spacecraft combusting into a massive fireball. JohnCn (@JConcilus) on X / UGC/AFP

Blue Origin Rocket Explosion is Bad News for Both Bezos and NASA

Space exploration is filled with setbacks, but the spectacular explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Thursday night marked a significant blow to not…

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Varieties  Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 29, 2026 A spectator uses a tap outside the courts during the matches. (Reuters)

Half of France Hits New Monthly Records in Heatwave

Towns and villages in more than half of France have smashed temperature records for the month of May over the past week during an unusually early heatwave, a…

Varieties Palestinian girl Ilan, 4, feeds pigeons at the Flag Square in the coastal city of Tyre, southern Lebanon, 20 May 2026. (EPA)

Pigeons May Be Navigating with Their Liver, Study Suggests

A surprising gut feeling may help pigeons find their way home. Animals use various techniques to navigate including following the stars and remembering key…

Varieties This photograph taken on May 20, 2026, shows mountaineers climbing a slope lined up during their ascent from the Hillary Step to summit Mount Everest in Nepal. (Furte Sherpa / AFP)

Legacy of Himalaya’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Lives on in Digital

In a crowded Kathmandu restaurant far from Nepal's famed icy peaks, Billi Bierling questions climbers about their ascents, preserving each triumph in the…