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KAUST Unveils Landmark Coral Facility on Red Sea, Advancing Saudi Scientific Expertise and Marine Conservation

Varieties KCRI is designed to restore the Red Sea reefscape and offer a framework that coral restoration programs worldwide can adopt. (SPA)

KAUST Unveils Landmark Coral Facility on Red Sea, Advancing Saudi Scientific Expertise and Marine Conservation

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) launched the KAUST Coral Restoration Initiative’s large-scale coral facility, restoring and…

Varieties Heavy machinery clears the debris from a landslide along the Marocos road in Machico municipality, on the Portuguese island of Madeira, due to severe weather caused by the passage of Storm Charles, 11 November 2026. (EPA)

Portugal Closes All Schools and Non-Essential Services Ahead of a Major Atlantic Storm

Portugal closed all schools and shuttered non-essential public services on Wednesday as a major Atlantic storm headed for the country's mainland. Streets…

Varieties The S.S. United States crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times. (Getty Images)

Once the World's Fastest, Ocean Liner Will Become Largest Artificial Reef

An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's…

Varieties Celine Dion. (AFP)

Medical Breakthrough for People with Same Disorder as Celine Dion

People suffering from stiff person syndrome (SPS), which affects Celine Dion, the singer, could soon benefit from a new medicine which improves symptoms. …

Varieties View of a flooded area after storm Leo passed by Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, February 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Portugal Storm Alert Closes Schools

Portugal will shut schools and non-essential public services on Wednesday, with the government urging people to shelter from winds potentially reaching 140…


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Film Commission Launches 2nd Edition of 'Saudi Film Nights' in 5 Countries

The Film Commission has launched the second edition of “Saudi Film Nights” in five countries, starting with Morocco this April, moving on to Australia, China,…

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Varieties Members of motorcycle club Hope Bikers Syria help distribute "iftar" fast breaking meals during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Damascus on March 25, 2024. (AFP)

Born to Help: Syria Bikers Deliver Ramadan Meals 

Every evening during Ramadan, members of a motorbike club zip down the streets of Damascus to deliver meals to those in need during the Muslim holy month. …

Varieties People visit to cherry blossom viewing at Chidorigafuchi, one of the moats around the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 4, 2024. (AFP)

Tokyo Crowds Revel as Cherry Blossoms Reach Full Bloom

Tourists and residents packed Tokyo's top cherry blossom spots on Thursday to enjoy the full bloom that has arrived in the Japanese capital later than usual…

Varieties Reindeer that belong to Sami reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara, 65, eat supplementary feed pellets near Geadgebarjavri, up on the Finnmark plateau, Norway, March 13, 2024. (Reuters)

As Climate Changes, Sami Herders Need to Feed Reindeer as Rain Creates Ice Layer 

Driving slowly on his snowmobile, reindeer herder Nils Mathis Sara spreads animal feed for hundreds of his reindeer gathered in the Finnmark mountain plateau…

Varieties The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023, according to new data by the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland. Michael Dantas / AFP

Report: Despite Gains in Brazil, Forest Destruction Still 'Stubbornly' High

The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is…

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Varieties Fireworks lit up the skies of Saudi Arabia on the 93rd National Day. SPA file photo

Saudi Arabia: Entertainment Events Organized to Celebrate Eid

The Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA) has issued the Eid Al-Fitr Events 2024 Booklet, featuring a wide range of activities such as fireworks displays…

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Varieties FILE -  Monkeys eat fruit during a monkey feast festival in Lopburi province, Thailand. Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Chalida EKvitthayavechnukul, File)

Officials Have a Plan to End Years of Monkey Mayhem in Thai City

Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict. The macaques that…

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Varieties A convoy carrying giant panda Fu Bao leaves after a farewell ceremony at Everland amusement park in Yongin on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

South Korean Fans Bid Farewell to Internet-famous Panda

Thousands of well-wishers gathered Wednesday to bid farewell to the first giant panda born in South Korea, Fu Bao, who left for China in a high-tech non…

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Varieties This image made with the Iseult Magneton 11.7 T MRI shows a brain during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam simulation at the Neurospin facilities in the Paris-Saclay Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA - Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives) centre in Gif-sur-Yvette, on March 22, 2024. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

World’s Most Powerful MRI Scans 1st Images of Human Brain

The world’s most powerful MRI scanner has delivered its first images of human brains, reaching a new level of precision that is hoped will shed more light on…

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Varieties Namibia's Etosha Park has been particularly hard hit by the new wave of killings. AFP

Namibia Heightens Poaching Alert After 28 Rhinos Killed

Namibian authorities have stepped up an anti-poaching alert after announcing that 28 rhinoceros had been killed by poachers since the start of the year,…

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Varieties Formula One paper model made with Ise Katagami by Kenji Tanaka is pictured at his house in Suzuka, Japan March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Irene Wang Purchase Licensing Rights

In Japan Grand Prix town, Artist Hopes F1 can Revive Ancient Craft

Across town from Japan's Suzuka Circuit, host to this week's Grand Prix, Kenji Tanaka has been perfecting his latest Formula One paper model that he hopes…

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New Horned Toad Species Discovered in South China's Guangdong

Chinese researchers have discovered a new horned toad species in the Lianhua Mountains located in south China's Guangdong Province. The research findings were…

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Varieties Burial Crypt Near Marilyn Monroe Sells for Over $150000

Burial Crypt Near Marilyn Monroe Sells for Over $150000

A burial crypt close to the final resting place of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe has sold for $195,000 (£154,443) at auction. Beverley Hills tech investor…

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Varieties Puppets are seen at the Royal Toone Theatre, in Brussels, Belgium, March 28, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Brussels Seeks UNESCO Heritage Mark for Puppetry, Flower Carpet

Brussels is looking to protect two of its historical traditions: rod puppetry and a 1,680-square-meter flower carpet rolled out every second year in front of…

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Varieties Hundreds of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dangerous levels of heat. JAM STA ROSA / AFP

Hundreds of Philippine Schools Suspend Classes over Heat Danger

Hundreds of schools in the Philippines, including dozens in the capital Manila, suspended in-person classes on Tuesday due to dangerous levels of heat,…

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Varieties  Japan's Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, poses for the media at the Japanese Red Cross Society as she begins to work on April 1, 2024. (AFP)

Japan’s Royal Family Makes Instagram Debut

Japan's royal family is now on Instagram -- but don't expect any candid selfies from its official account, which went live Monday in a cautious social media…

Varieties Tourists are seen outside Buckingham Palace in London, Britain. Reuters

E-bike Bursts Into Flames Outside Buckingham Palace

An electric-powered tricycle has burst into flames while parked outside Buckingham Palace, Britain’s The Independent reported. Video posted on social media…

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Varieties  Palestinian children fly a kite in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 30, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Gaza Children Fly Kites to Escape Horrors of War

Meters away from the concrete and steel fence separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt, 11-year-old Malak Ayad flies a paper kite high in the sky -- a welcome…

Varieties Worshipers perform prayers at the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah during Ramadan. (SPA)

Minister of Islamic Affairs Directs Mosques in Saudi Arabia to Prepare for Eid Al-Fitr Prayer

Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh instructed on Sunday the ministry's branches all over the Kingdom to…

Varieties File photo: Britain's King Charles leaves the London Clinic after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate, in London, Britain January 29, 2024. (Reuters)

King Charles Shakes Hands, Chats with Crowd at Most Significant Public Outing Since Cancer Diagnosis

King Charles III shook hands and chatted with onlookers after attending an Easter service at Windsor Castle on Sunday in his most significant public outing…

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Varieties A view of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, is shown, Friday, March 29, 2024, as seen from Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Niagara Region in State of Emergency Over Influx of Eclipse Viewers

Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April, The…

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Varieties Air Force One. AFP

Sticky-fingered Journalists on Air Force One Put on Notice

Normally they're the ones grilling Washington power players. But the tables have been turned on the White House press corps. A news report made waves Friday…

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Varieties Members of the Cambridge rowing team practice in the Thames ahead of The Gemini Boat Race  against Oxford rowing team, in London, on March 27, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Egyptian Businessman Mohamed Mansour Given Knighthood

Mohamed Mansour, a businessman and former Egyptian government minister, has been given a knighthood in the United Kingdom for his business, charity and…

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Varieties The senators said a change in the classification would confuse consumers, retailers, restaurateurs and growers. AFP

When is a Vegetable Not a Vegetable?

When is a vegetable not a vegetable? When it's a potato, according to a new US government proposal to reclassify the starchy staple that has infuriated…

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