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Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists

Varieties This photo provided by the Suaq foundation shows Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, on Aug. 25, 2022, after his facial wound was barely visible. (Safruddin/Suaq foundation via AP)

Orangutan’s Use of Medicinal Plant to Treat Wound Intrigues Scientists

In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the…

Varieties A firefighter sprays water on smoke grenades during a disaster risk training exercise to effectively deal with wildfires, in Athens, Greece, April 4, 2024. (Reuters)

Greek Summer Wildfire Threat Nears, Outpacing Plans to Contain it 

When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky…

Varieties In Sweden and Finland, some unusual saunas have been built in recent years. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP

Unique Venues Heat Up Sauna Scene in Sweden and Finland

Deep underground in a disused iron mine and under the bluish glow of a flashlight, a small crowd emerges from a sauna, steam rising off their bodies as they…

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Varieties A 102-pound, female loggerhead sea turtle that was caught off the Galveston Fishing Pier earlier in the summer makes her way into the Gulf of Mexico after being rehabilitated at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's sea turtle facility in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 16, 2015. (AP)

Over 500 Baby Sea Turtles Washed Ashore in a Big Storm off South Africa

An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and…

Varieties  In this photo provided by Carrie Clark of Lehi, Utah, is Galena, a 6-year-old house cat. Clark says Galena went missing after jumping into a box being returned to Amazon without its owners noticing. (Carrie Clark via AP Photo)

Utah Cat with a Fondness for Cardboard Takes Surprise Trip to California in an Amazon Box

Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard. Earlier this month, the combination of the two made for a stressful trip…


Varieties Roses and candles sit on chairs for each of the shooting victims during a 25th Year Remembrance ceremony on April 19, 2024 at First Baptist Church of Denver in Denver, Colorado. (Getty Images/AFP)

12 Students and Teacher Killed in Columbine School Shooting Remembered at 25th Anniversary Vigil

A girl who wrote in her diaries, a boy with learning disabilities who was just learning to like who he was and a teen who would spend every free minute fishing…

Varieties  Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, plays a chess game in Times Square, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York. (AP)

Nigerian Chess Champion Plays Royal Game for 58 Hours, Sets New Global Record

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record…

Varieties The Saudi Electronic University (SEU) is participating in 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG). (SPA)

SEU Participates in the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions

The Saudi Electronic University (SEU) is participating in 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva (IEIG), held from April 17 to 21, 2024, the Saudi…

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Varieties Mount Ruang volcano erupts in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on April 19, 2024. (AFP)

More than 2,100 People Are Evacuated as an Indonesian Volcano Spews Clouds of Ash

More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks,…

Varieties Search and rescue boat is docked on the port of Tagulandang as Mount Ruang volcano spews volcanic ash in Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi province, Indonesia, April 19, 2024. (Reuters)

More People Are Evacuated After the Dramatic Eruption of an Indonesian Volcano 

More people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot…

Varieties Parisian landmark The Eiffel Tower has lost its lustre for many who live near it due to crime and grime © Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP

Eiffel Tower Loses Sparkle for Parisians ahead of Olympics

The Eiffel Tower is set for a starring role during the Paris Olympics this year, but the landmark and its park have become symbols of the capital's struggles…

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Varieties Gulf countries continue to survey the damage and compensate those affected from the record rainfall. (Oman News Agency)

Gulf Countries Assess Damage from Record Rainfall, Compensates those Affected

The Al-Matir depression, which swept the Gulf region over the past two days, has caused human losses and massive material damage. The Sultanate of Oman, the…

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Varieties This picture taken on April 16, 2024 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on April 17, 2024 shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) taking part in a ceremony to mark the completion of the second phase of a 10,000-unit housing development in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

North Korea Releases Song Praising Leader Kim as ‘Friendly Father’ 

North Korea has released a new song praising leader Kim Jong Un for being a "friendly father" and a "great leader", in a move that appears to be part of a…

Varieties Soumaila Traoré, a 30-year-old welder, cools off with water under a blazing sun in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, April, 18, 2024. (AP)

Laborers and Street Vendors in Mali Find No Respite as Deadly Heat Wave Surges Through West Africa 

Street vendors in Mali's capital of Bamako peddle water sachets, ubiquitous for this part of West Africa during the hottest months. This year, an unprecedented…

Varieties Britain's Prince William helps to load trays of food into vans during a visit to Surplus to Supper, a surplus food redistribution charity, in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, Britain, April 18, 2024. Alastair Grant/Pool via REUTERS

Prince William Returns to Public Duties for 1st Time Since Kate's Cancer Diagnosis

The UK’s Prince William returned to public duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife’s cancer diagnosis. William visited a surplus food…

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Varieties The Cannes Film Festival announced that the Saudi film "Norah" shas been chosen as part of the festival's Official Selection in the 'Un Certain Regard' section. SPA

Saudi Film 'Norah' Gets Cannes Film Festival Nomination

The Cannes Film Festival announced that the Saudi film "Norah," supported by the Saudi Film Commission through its 'Daou' initiative, has been chosen as part…

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Varieties A handout photo taken and released by Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) on April 18, 2024 shows Mount Ruang spewing smoke in Sitaro, North Sulawesi. (Photo by Handout / Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) / AFP)

Indonesia Volcano Eruption Forces Evacuations, Airport Closure

Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes of lava, rocks…

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‘Cinema Nights’ Back in Saudi Arabia with Exclusive Shows

The Red Sea Film Foundation has announced the return of the “Cinema Nights” series, which will be held on Thursday in partnership with Diriyah Biennale…

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Varieties Passengers get on a Kodama bullet train, or "shinkansen" service to the city of Nagoya at Tokyo station in central Tokyo on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

Snake on Train Delays Japanese Bullet Service

Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "shinkansen" services. On…

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Varieties A buoy is seen on the banks of the partially dry Lake Montbel at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains as France faces records winter dry spell raising fears of another summer of droughts and water restrictions, March 13, 2023. (Reuters)

New Study Calculates Climate Change’s Economic Bite Will Hit about $38 Trillion a Year by 2049

Climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that's not warming, with the poorest areas and…

Varieties Cast member Hugh Grant attends a premiere for the film Wonka in Los Angeles, California, US December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Hugh Grant Settles Privacy Lawsuit Against Publisher of the Sun

British actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun tabloid newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his…

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Varieties Emergency management work in the former Stock Exchange of Copenhagen, Boersen, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Copenhagen Fights Last Pockets of Fire that Destroyed 400-year-old Landmark

Danish firefighters were still at work extinguishing the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old Copenhagen landmark a day after the blaze began,…

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Varieties A handout photo made available by the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation shows smoke and lava erupting from Mount Ruang, as seen from Sitaro, Indonesia, 17 April 2024. EPA/PVMBG

Hundreds Evacuated after Indonesia Volcano Eruption

At least 800 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area's Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed…

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Varieties This underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Report: Coral Bleaching Afflicts Most of Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Some three-quarters of Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering from coral bleaching, authorities said in a report on Wednesday, days after climate…

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Varieties In this Monday, May 25, 2020 photo, medical staff in a dinghy leaves from the Aegean Sea island of Milos to Sikinos island, Greece. (AP)

EU Pledges 3.5 Bln Euros to Protect the Ocean

The European Union will spend 3.5 billion euros ($3.71 billion) to protect the ocean and promote sustainability through a series of initiatives this year, the…

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King Salman Science Oasis Marks World Quantum Day

The King Salman Science Oasis will participate in celebrating World Quantum Day. The event is organized by the Saudi Center for the Fourth Industrial…

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Varieties A general view shows Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt July 13, 2020. (Reuters)

Arab Group Concerned with International Environmental Agreements Holds Meeting in Cairo

The 22nd meeting of the Arab Group concerned with International Environmental Agreements to Combat Desertification and Biodiversity began at the headquarters…

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Tanomah Waterfalls Draw Nature Enthusiasts

Following heavy rainfalls, Tanomah Governorate's cascading waterfalls have become a magnet for nature lovers and photography enthusiasts. Captivated by the…

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Varieties Cars are parked at a flooded street during a rain storm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 16, 2024. (Reuters)

Heavy Storms Soak Gulf as Oman Toll Rises to 18

Torrential rains and high winds lashed parts of the Gulf on Tuesday as the death toll from storms in Oman rose to 18, many of them children. Flights were…

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