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Missing Teen Found Alive After 6 Days in Australian Woodlands

Varieties In this image made from video and provided by the Victoria State Police 17-year-old William, center right, is embraced by his mother Elizabeth, only first names were provided by police, while in a helicopter in Cowwarr, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, after William spent six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. (Victoria Police via AP)

Missing Teen Found Alive After 6 Days in Australian Woodlands

A 17-year-old boy with autism was found alive Thursday after six days lost in eastern Australian woodlands. The boy, whom police identified only as William…

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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 Indonesia’s Semeru Volcano Spews Ash Into Sky

Indonesia’s Semeru Volcano Spews Ash Into Sky

Indonesia's Semeru volcano on the east of Java island erupted on Saturday, spewing out clouds of smoke and ash and sending residents running in some nearby…

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Varieties In Iraq, Little People Football Team Dreams Big

In Iraq, Little People Football Team Dreams Big

Twice a week, a small football pitch in Iraq offers the 25-member national squad of little people a chance to fulfill dreams and tackle prejudice. Omar…

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Varieties Jordanian Flies the World from Homemade Basement Cockpit

Jordanian Flies the World from Homemade Basement Cockpit

Jordanian Muhammad Malhas has long harbored dreams of being a pilot. Now at 76 years old, he's soaring above the clouds in a cockpit he built in his basement. …

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Varieties Famously Soggy Seattle Sees its Wettest Fall on Record

Famously Soggy Seattle Sees its Wettest Fall on Record

Seattle, a city known for soggy weather, has seen its wettest fall on record. The National Weather Service says 19.04 inches (48.4 centimeters) of rain fell…

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Varieties NASA Awards $415 MN to Fund Three Commercial Space Stations

NASA Awards $415 MN to Fund Three Commercial Space Stations

NASA on Thursday awarded three companies hundreds of millions of dollars to develop commercial space stations it hopes will eventually replace the…

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Varieties Sun Might be Responsible for Sourcing Water on Earth, New Study Finds

Sun Might be Responsible for Sourcing Water on Earth, New Study Finds

An international team including researchers from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and Curtin University, Australia, managed to unravel the enduring mystery…

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Varieties Dinosaur Tail Found in Chile Stuns Scientists

Dinosaur Tail Found in Chile Stuns Scientists

Chilean paleontologists on Wednesday presented their findings on a dinosaur discovered three years ago in Patagonia which they said had a highly unusual tail…

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Varieties Four Decades Since Aids Epidemic Began, but Still No Vaccine

Four Decades Since Aids Epidemic Began, but Still No Vaccine

Covid vaccines began to show promise just months after the novel coronavirus started spreading across the globe. So why have decades of HIV/AIDS research…

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Varieties Archaeologists Uncover Post-conquest Aztec Altar in Mexico City

Archaeologists Uncover Post-conquest Aztec Altar in Mexico City

Sometime after Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in modern-day Mexico City in 1521, an indigenous household that survived the bloody…

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Varieties Tel Aviv Ranked World’s Priciest City for First Time

Tel Aviv Ranked World’s Priciest City for First Time

Tel Aviv is the world's most expensive city to live in as soaring inflation has pushed up living costs globally, according to a survey published on Wednesday …

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Varieties Endangered Gazelles Spring Back in Jerusalem Park

Endangered Gazelles Spring Back in Jerusalem Park

A few years ago, only three mountain gazelles were left in Jerusalem's shrinking green spaces, the rest having fallen victim to predators, road kills and urban…

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Varieties Iceland's Journey to the Center of the Earth

Iceland's Journey to the Center of the Earth

With its large crater lake of turquoise water, plumes of smoke and sulphurous bubbling of mud and gases, the Krafla volcano is one of Iceland's most awe…

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Varieties Japan’s Crown Prince Criticises Media Coverage of Daughter’s Engagement

Japan’s Crown Prince Criticises Media Coverage of Daughter’s Engagement

Japan's crown prince criticized the media on Tuesday for falsities and "terrible things" in its coverage of the engagement of his daughter, former princess…

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Varieties ‘Gifts from the Heart’ Is Biden White House Christmas Theme

‘Gifts from the Heart’ Is Biden White House Christmas Theme

“Gifts from the Heart” is the theme of President Joe Biden's first White House Christmas. First lady Jill Biden was scheduled on Monday to unveil…

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Varieties Researchers Try Producing Potato Resistant to Climate Change

Researchers Try Producing Potato Resistant to Climate Change

University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes. Warming temperatures…

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Varieties Prince Charles Rejects Claim He Queried Skin Tone of Harry and Meghan’s Child

Prince Charles Rejects Claim He Queried Skin Tone of Harry and Meghan’s Child

Prince Charles's spokesman on Monday rejected a claim made in a book that the heir to the British throne had questioned what the skin tone of Prince Harry and…

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Varieties Merriam-Webster Chooses Vaccine as the 2021 Word of the Year

Merriam-Webster Chooses Vaccine as the 2021 Word of the Year

With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine. “This was a word…

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Varieties Saudi Arabian Dunes to Host Dakar Rally 2022

Saudi Arabian Dunes to Host Dakar Rally 2022

The Dakar rally will be raced across the daunting deserts of Saudi Arabia again in 2022 with organizers on Sunday revealing the full route that exploits the…

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Varieties Israel Says Will Host Miss Universe Contest Next Month Despite Omicron

Israel Says Will Host Miss Universe Contest Next Month Despite Omicron

Israel will host the Miss Universe beauty pageant on Dec 12 despite imposing travel restrictions in a bid to stave off the Omicron strain of the coronavirus,…

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Varieties Bob Dylan Artwork Show Opens in Miami

Bob Dylan Artwork Show Opens in Miami

Bob Dylan has been telling stories through songs for 60 years. But recently America´s master lyricist has also captured moments in a new series of paintings…

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Varieties Jokha al-Harthi Awarded Lagardere’s ‘Prix de La Littérature Arabe’

Jokha al-Harthi Awarded Lagardere’s ‘Prix de La Littérature Arabe’

The French Lagardere Foundation awarded Jokha al-Harthi, a Omani writer and academic, its 2021 Prix de La Littérature Arabe, a French prize that celebrates…

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Varieties Pantheon: Resting Place of France's Great and Good

Pantheon: Resting Place of France's Great and Good

Josephine Baker, the French-American dancer and singer who fought in the French Resistance and later battled racism, will become the first black woman to enter…

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Varieties Archaeologists Find 800-year Old Mummy in Peru

Archaeologists Find 800-year Old Mummy in Peru

A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru's central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the…

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Varieties Mohammed Al-Issa Receives Bridge Builder Award

Mohammed Al-Issa Receives Bridge Builder Award

Dr. Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and chairman of the Muslim Scholars Association, has received the…

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