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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 Putin Ends Self-Isolation with Siberian Fishing Trip

Putin Ends Self-Isolation with Siberian Fishing Trip

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent several days on holiday in Siberia where he was hiking and fishing, the Kremlin said on Sunday, following a short…

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Varieties Saudi Masters 'Live Art' of Python Crossbreeding in Palace Home

Saudi Masters 'Live Art' of Python Crossbreeding in Palace Home

Saudi Faisal Malaikah's love for non-venomous snakes has evolved from having just one when he was five to ultimately crossbreeding dozens to produce "live art"…

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Varieties Tunisian Wins Contest to Supply Elysée with Baguettes for a Year

Tunisian Wins Contest to Supply Elysée with Baguettes for a Year

Makram Akrout, a Tunisian-born baker who has lived in France for 19 years, has won the contest of the Best Baguette of Paris in which 170 contestants…

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Varieties Jewel of Roman Empire Lies Neglected in Libya Chaos

Jewel of Roman Empire Lies Neglected in Libya Chaos

Once among the Roman Empire's most beautiful cities, Leptis Magna lies neglected and shunned by tourists after a decade of war, but some see its potential for…

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Varieties Harry and Meghan Visit UN During World Leaders’ Meeting

Harry and Meghan Visit UN During World Leaders’ Meeting

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, met Saturday with a top UN official amid the world body’s biggest gathering of the year. The…

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Varieties Switzerland's Art Basel Reopens to Public

Switzerland's Art Basel Reopens to Public

After over one year of closure, Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair, reopened its doors on September 22, featuring over 270 galleries from 33…

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Varieties Earless Worms Listen Through Their Skin, New Study Finds

Earless Worms Listen Through Their Skin, New Study Finds

A species of roundworm that is widely used in biological research can sense and respond to sound, despite having no ear-like organs, according to a new study…

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Varieties Scientists Use AI to Create Drug Regime for Brain Cancer in Children

Scientists Use AI to Create Drug Regime for Brain Cancer in Children

Scientists have successfully used artificial intelligence to create a new drug regime for children with a deadly form of brain cancer that has not seen…

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Varieties Damascus’ Iconic Nobel Bookstore Closes its Doors

Damascus’ Iconic Nobel Bookstore Closes its Doors

The news that Damascus’ iconic Nobel bookstore was shutting its doors has shocked the residents of the Syrian capital as the store has been a staple since the…

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Varieties Croatia Farm Offers 'Hotel' for Bees with Busy Owners

Croatia Farm Offers 'Hotel' for Bees with Busy Owners

A family in Croatia has opened a “bee hotel” offering productive beehives for sale to clients who’d like to keep bees but lack the time or space to care for…

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Varieties Somalia Screens First Film in 30 Years

Somalia Screens First Film in 30 Years

Somalia hosted its first screening of a movie in three decades under heavy security on Wednesday. Built by Chinese engineers as a gift from Mao Zedong in…

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Varieties Ancient Footprints Re-Write Humanity's History in the Americas

Ancient Footprints Re-Write Humanity's History in the Americas

Footprints dating back 23,000 years have been discovered in the United States, suggesting humans settled North America long before the end of the last Ice Age,…

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Varieties Linda Evangelista Files $50 mln Lawsuit over Disfiguring Cosmetic Treatment

Linda Evangelista Files $50 mln Lawsuit over Disfiguring Cosmetic Treatment

Former supermodel Linda Evangelista has filed a $50 million lawsuit over cosmetic procedures that she says left her "brutally disfigured" and turned her into a…

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Varieties Cairo’s Antique Elevators, Glorious and Glitchy, Are Scenes of Love and Fear

Cairo’s Antique Elevators, Glorious and Glitchy, Are Scenes of Love and Fear

When you live in downtown Cairo, a neighborhood of European-meets-Egyptian facades in various states of faded grandeur, roundabouts whizzing with traffic and…

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Varieties Lake Maracaibo, Lightning Capital of the World

Lake Maracaibo, Lightning Capital of the World

One firebolt after another illuminates a stilt-house settlement where the Catatumbo river flows into Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo, the lightning capital of the…

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Varieties Gas Pipe Workers Find 800-Year-Old Bodies in Peru

Gas Pipe Workers Find 800-Year-Old Bodies in Peru

Peruvian workers laying gas pipes found the remains of eight people buried in a common tomb with food and musical instruments some 800 years ago, an…

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Varieties NASA Splits Human Spaceflight Unit in Two, Reflecting New Orbital Economy

NASA Splits Human Spaceflight Unit in Two, Reflecting New Orbital Economy

NASA is splitting its human spaceflight department into two separate bodies - one centered on big, future-oriented missions to the moon and Mars, the other on…

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Varieties Soaring High: Pentagon's Space Force Gets New Uniform

Soaring High: Pentagon's Space Force Gets New Uniform

The US Space Force unveiled its new dress uniform design Tuesday, aiming to make a future-forward mark for the Pentagon's newest uniformed service. The…

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Varieties Japanese Scientists Create 'Third Hand' to Help People Perform Daily Tasks

Japanese Scientists Create 'Third Hand' to Help People Perform Daily Tasks

Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and University of Tokyo recently developed an artificial limb that serves as a "third hand"…

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Varieties France Receives Nine Picasso Paintings

France Receives Nine Picasso Paintings

Nine works by Picasso have been donated to France by his daughter Maya and will enter the national collections at the Picasso Museum in 2022, French Culture…

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Varieties McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys to Go Green Globally by 2025

McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys to Go Green Globally by 2025

McDonald’s Corp said on Tuesday it will drastically cut the use of plastic in the more than 1 billion children’s toys it sells globally each year by the end of…

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Varieties Australia Has Lost One-Third of its Koalas in the Past Three Years

Australia Has Lost One-Third of its Koalas in the Past Three Years

Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas over the past three years, hit by drought, bushfires and developers cutting down trees, the Australian Koala…

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Varieties Palestinian Artist Mixes Beauty With Pain in Her Ballet Paintings

Palestinian Artist Mixes Beauty With Pain in Her Ballet Paintings

Palestinian artist Abeer Jebril's dark-colored paintings show ballerinas chained in barbed wire, dancing on rocks, or facing barricades to mirror what she…

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Varieties US to Hand Over 3,500-year-old 'Gilgamesh' Tablet to Iraq

US to Hand Over 3,500-year-old 'Gilgamesh' Tablet to Iraq

The United States will formally return an illegally imported 3,500-year-old tablet recounting the epic of Gilgamesh to Iraq this week, the United Nations'…

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