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Europe’s Hera Spacecraft Begins Close Inspections of an Asteroid Rammed by NASA in a 2022 Test

Varieties This undated image provided by the European Space Agency on Nov. 5, 2026 and taken by the Hera spacecraft, shows asteroid Didymos. (European Space Agency via AP)

Europe’s Hera Spacecraft Begins Close Inspections of an Asteroid Rammed by NASA in a 2022 Test

A European spacecraft has begun close inspections of an asteroid rammed by NASA four years ago in a planetary defense test. The European Space Agency…

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Varieties Looking across vast distances means peering into the past because of the time needed for light from distant objects to reach us (Reuters)

Euclid Mission Data Release Spans More than 900 Million Galaxies

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale…

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Varieties The program also provides specialized training in organic farming, pest control, modern irrigation, and coffee cultivation - SPA

Saudi Reef: Coffee Production Reaches 7,400 Tons in 2026

The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program (Saudi Reef) reported that Saudi coffee production rose from 800 tons annually in 2020 to approximately…

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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 Comet C/2020 or "Neowise" is seen in the sky behind a tree in Mies near Lausanne, Switzerland, July 19, 2020. (Reuters)

Meteor Flashes across Sky over Wellington, New Zealand

A burning meteor flashed across the sky over the New Zealand capital of Wellington on Thursday, with dozens of witnesses saying they saw a bright light and…

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Varieties Scientists work at a laboratory south of Cambridge, Britain, March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Scientists Create New Promising Drug for Toxoplasmosis

A new University of Kentucky study may lead to a new treatment against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis. Millions of people carry…

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Varieties Kellogg's Corn Flakes owned by Kellogg Company is seen for sale in a store in Queens, New York City, US, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Kellogg’s Loses Court Battle, Right to Promote Sugary Cereals

Kellogg's will not be allowed to promote sugary cereals in supermarket special offers, a court has ruled. In-store promotions on food and drink high in fat,…

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Varieties Victor Ho Jon Cho (2nd L) and Adelina Yoon Woo Kim from South Korea, who are representing the city of Seoul, dance during the Salon style final round at the Tango World Championship in Buenos Aires August 26, 2015. (Photo by Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)

Tango Gives Dialysis Patients New Hope in Uruguay

At the age of 85, Uruguayan Olga Diaz's kidneys are failing, and she was beginning to despair at her bleak future. But at the clinic where she receives her…

Varieties Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab World Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary Nasser al-Qahtani, and UN Sec-Gen representative during the handover ceremony (KUNA)

Iraq Returns Sword of Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber Era to Kuwait

Kuwait received from the Iraqi government a shipment of property items that had been seized by the former Iraqi regime, consisting of 738 boxes containing an…

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Varieties Sarcophagi found in a cache dating to the Egyptian Late Period
(around the fifth century B.C.) are displayed after their discovery by
a mission headed by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, at the
Bubastian cemetery at the Saqqara necropolis, Cairo, Egypt, May 30,
2022. (AFP Photo)

Ancient Egyptians Used Leg Crutches to Help Rehabilitate Stroke Patients, New Discovery Shows

Doctors usually recommend several measures for stroke survivors, including exercising that require a walker or a cane, in addition to a leg crutch that…

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Varieties This picture taken on June 22, 2022 shows a student reciting the Koran using sign language at an Islamic boarding school for deaf children in Sleman. (AFP)

Indonesia School Helps Students Recite Koran in Sign Language

Concerned about how Indonesian students with hearing impairments often miss out on religious education, cleric Abdul Kahfi founded an Islamic boarding school…

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Varieties From the 13th century, Egyptian artisans made the kiswa, the giant black cloth that covers the Kaaba in Makkah's Grand Mosque Khaled DESOUKI AFP

Egypt Family Keeps Alive Tradition Behind Hajj Centerpiece

Under the steady hum of a ceiling fan, Ahmed Othman weaves golden threads through black fabric, creating Koranic verses, a century after his grandfather's work…

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Varieties This picture taken on June 1, 2022 shows the Eiffel Tower with La Defense business district in the background in Paris. (AFP)

Rusting Eiffel Tower in Need of Full Repairs, Reports Say

The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris,…

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Varieties The International Space Station -- seen here on August 26, 2020 -- performed a maneuver on September 22, 2020 to ensure it gets out of the way of a piece of space debris | AFP

NASA Satellite Breaks from Orbit around Earth, Heads to Moon

A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's…

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Varieties Two black rhinos graze before sunset in Lewa Conservancy, Kenya on May 9, 2022. (AFP)

After 40 Years of Extinction, Rhinos Return to Mozambique

Over four decades after they became extinct locally, rhinos are roaming again the wilds of Mozambique, which is bringing the endangered species from South…

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Varieties A health care worker fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine at a community vaccination event in Los Angeles, US, Aug. 11, 2021. (AFP)

Covid-19 Misinformation Bolsters Anti-vaccine Movement

More parents are questioning the necessity of routine vaccinations for young children. Adults are skipping shots as well, even for vaccines with a long safety…

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Varieties Head gardener Petra Putova, at the Liberec Botanical Garden in the Czech Republic, shows the smallest water lily in the world, Nymphaea thermarum, next to the largest, the giant Amazonian water lily (Victoria amazonica). PHOTOGRAPH BY RADEK PETRASEK, CTK/AP IMAGES

Kew Gardens Announces New Giant Waterlily Species

Experts at London's Kew Gardens on Monday revealed they have discovered the first new giant waterlily species since the mid-19th century -- after it was…

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Varieties Visionary British Theater Director Peter Brook Dies Aged 97

Visionary British Theater Director Peter Brook Dies Aged 97

Peter Brook, one of the world's most innovative theater directors who perfected the art of staging powerful drama in bizarre venues, has died aged 97, his…

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Varieties This Sept. 22, 2018 file photo shows the Baishui Glacier No.1 on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the southern province of Yunnan in China. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Alpine Glacier Chunk Detaches, Killing Hikers

A large chunk of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a…

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Varieties Tourists enjoy a day by the beach during a low tide in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh. Reuters file photo

2nd Woman Killed in Shark Attack in Egypt's Red Sea

Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea, south of the city of Hurghada, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Two sources…

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Varieties The fossils belong to the now-extinct ancient relative of the panda called an Ailurarcto that lived in China six to eight million years ago. Reuters

Fossil Discovery Solves Mystery of How Pandas Became Vegetarian

The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only…

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Varieties Ukraine considers borshch a national dish, though it is also widely consumed in Russia, other ex-Soviet countries and Poland Sergei SUPINSKY AFP/File

Beet This: Ukraine Wins Fight to Protect Borshch Soup

The UN's cultural agency on Friday inscribed the culture surrounding beetroot soup known as borshch in Ukraine on its list of endangered cultural heritage, a…

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Varieties In this photo released by Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab's Electron rocket sits on the launch pad on the Mahia peninsula in New Zealand on May 17, 2022. (Rocket Lab via AP)

Astronaut Study Reveals Effects of Space Travel on Human Bones

A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station is providing a fuller understanding of the effects of space travel on the…

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Varieties This photo taken on Oct.28 shows pulling weeds from a bed of plants at a park in Baguio City, north of Manila. (AFP)

Scientists Identify New Carnivorous Plant that Traps Prey Underground

During a several-day trip with Indonesian colleagues to the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, botanist Martin Dančák of Czech’s…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a syringe and vaccine vial against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cairo, Egypt March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

Covid Air War Being Lost, Experts Warn, Urging Mass Ventilation

The world is still not using one of its most effective weapons against Covid -- properly ventilating public spaces -- more than two years into the pandemic,…

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Varieties Saudi Announces Grants to Encourage Research on the Founding of the Saudi State

Saudi Announces Grants to Encourage Research on the Founding of the Saudi State

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture announced research grants for historians and researchers seeking to conduct research focused on the founding of the first…

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Varieties CEO of the Saudi Cultural Development Fund Mohammed bin Dayel, (Asharq Al-Awsat)

20 Projects to Boost Saudi Arabia’s Cultural Creative Scene

Saudi Arabia’s cultural and creative scene is bracing for 20 new projects and initiatives widening its horizons. The Cultural Development Fund had approved the…

Varieties 05 March 2022, Berlin: A coin bearing the logo of the bitcoin cryptocurrency lies on a table. (dpa)

Crypto Lending World Sways under Risk and Turmoil

Starting with the lofty goal of competing with traditional banks, cryptocurrency lending giants and their clients now face financial ruin due to their appetite…

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