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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 ‘You Have to Bear Sounds of Roosters, Donkeys,’ Spanish Village Tells Complaining Tourists

‘You Have to Bear Sounds of Roosters, Donkeys,’ Spanish Village Tells Complaining Tourists

Some called in to complain about braying donkeys. Other tourists dialed up officials in the northern Spanish village of Ribadesella, population 5,700, to…

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Varieties Queen Looking for 'Calm' Security Expert

Queen Looking for 'Calm' Security Expert

The Queen is looking to hire a security expert at Buckingham Palace. It will be a £25,000-a-year, five-day-a-week job - doing 37 and a half hours - for a…

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Varieties Japan Aims to Bring Back Soil Samples from Mars Moon by 2029

Japan Aims to Bring Back Soil Samples from Mars Moon by 2029

Japan's space agency plans to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the US and Chinese missions now operating on Mars, in hopes of finding…

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Varieties Hurricane Grace Makes a Mess of Mexico's Mayan Riviera

Hurricane Grace Makes a Mess of Mexico's Mayan Riviera

Hurricane Grace struck Mexico's Caribbean coast just south of the ancient Mayan temples of Tulum on Thursday, tearing the roofs off some homes, knocking out…

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Varieties Some Baby Bats Babble Like Human Infants, Scientists Find

Some Baby Bats Babble Like Human Infants, Scientists Find

Human babies are not the only babblers, said a study published Thursday, some bats are also very talkative in their infancy and even make sounds that recall…

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Varieties Tokyo Robot Cafe Offers New Spin on Disability Inclusion

Tokyo Robot Cafe Offers New Spin on Disability Inclusion

At a Tokyo café, Michio Imai greets a customer, but not in person. He's hundreds of kilometers away, operating a robot waiter as part of an experiment in…

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Varieties China Pushes Adoption of Language, Cultural Symbols in Tibet

China Pushes Adoption of Language, Cultural Symbols in Tibet

A top Chinese official said Thursday that “all-round efforts” are needed to ensure Tibetans speak standard spoken and written Chinese and share the “cultural…

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Varieties Jimmy Carter, Trounced in 1980, Gets Fresh Look from History

Jimmy Carter, Trounced in 1980, Gets Fresh Look from History

Jimmy Carter is sometimes called a better former president than he was president. Nodding to Carter's decades of work as a globe-trotting humanitarian but…

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Varieties ‘Qatt XR’ Project Aims to Bring Saudi Asiri Heritage to Digital Era

‘Qatt XR’ Project Aims to Bring Saudi Asiri Heritage to Digital Era

The al-Qatt al-Asiri, an art used to embellish walls of houses in Asir province in southwestern Saudi Arabia has jumped from the physical to the virtual world…

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Varieties Angry Bees Produce Venom that Could Treat Parkinson, Osteoarthritis

Angry Bees Produce Venom that Could Treat Parkinson, Osteoarthritis

Researchers at Curtin University revealed that angry bees produce higher quality venom than calm ones. Bee venom is a product widely known for its…

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Varieties Flying Solo, 19-Year-Old Woman Takes off on Round-the-World Record Bid

Flying Solo, 19-Year-Old Woman Takes off on Round-the-World Record Bid

Pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, took off on Wednesday at the start of a three-month bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo round the world. Rutherford…

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Varieties 5 Ways to Prepare and Pack for COVID-era Travel

5 Ways to Prepare and Pack for COVID-era Travel

A lot has changed in the travel world since the pre-pandemic days of 2019. Should you bring your vaccine card? Do you need additional travel insurance? Here…

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Varieties Singers in the Dark: Syria ‘Power Cut Video’ Goes Viral

Singers in the Dark: Syria ‘Power Cut Video’ Goes Viral

It's a typical Arabic song of forlorn love and heartache but it was power cuts that added low-lit romance to the music video of Syria's latest hit. In…

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Varieties Sweden's Once-Highest Peak Loses 2 Meters Height in Year as Glacier Melts

Sweden's Once-Highest Peak Loses 2 Meters Height in Year as Glacier Melts

Sweden's only remaining mountaintop glacier, which until 2019 was also its highest peak, lost another two meters (6.6 feet) in height in the past year due to…

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Varieties Susan B. Anthony Photo, Found in Attic, Now Going to Auction

Susan B. Anthony Photo, Found in Attic, Now Going to Auction

A rare framed photograph of Susan B. Anthony is being auctioned with a starting price of $5,000. The 20-by-16-inch (51-by-41-centimeter) photo was found in…

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Varieties Egypt to Launch First Satellite by University Students Next Year

Egypt to Launch First Satellite by University Students Next Year

Head of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) Mohamed El Qousi said a new satellite of type Cube-Sat will be launched as part of a training program to manufacture …

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Varieties UAE to Host Global Media Congress in November

UAE to Host Global Media Congress in November

The first edition of the Global Media Congress will be held in Abu Dhabi from November 15 to 17, 2022, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential…

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Varieties Lava Streams from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in New Eruption

Lava Streams from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in New Eruption

Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Monday with its biggest lava flow in months, sending a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 3.5 kilometers …

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Varieties Study: German Emissions to Grow by Largest Amount Since 1990

Study: German Emissions to Grow by Largest Amount Since 1990

Germany is forecast to slip back below the threshold it had set for cutting greenhouse gases by 2020, amid a post-pandemic recovery and unfavorable conditions…

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Varieties Singapore Zoo Breeds First Panda Cub

Singapore Zoo Breeds First Panda Cub

A panda bred via artificial insemination was born in Singapore's zoo on Saturday, the first cub to be born in the city-state. Jia Jia, the zoo's 12-year-old…

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Varieties Final Chord: Royal Piano Restorer Sells Lifetime's Collection

Final Chord: Royal Piano Restorer Sells Lifetime's Collection

There's little to distinguish the farm building in Kent, southeast England, from others nearby, except for one thing: the royal warrant over the door. "By…

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Varieties Spurrier Uses Memorabilia to Create One-of-a-Kind Restaurant

Spurrier Uses Memorabilia to Create One-of-a-Kind Restaurant

Steve Spurrier stashed six decades worth of memorabilia in closets and cabinets, scattered between his office, his home and his nearby beach house. Jerseys and…

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Varieties Going, Going... Gone? Europe's Fast-vanishing Glaciers

Going, Going... Gone? Europe's Fast-vanishing Glaciers

The Calderone ice formation in central Italy once laid claim to being the southernmost glacier in Europe -- before it shrank and split into much-diminished…

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Varieties World-first Footage Reveals Secret Life of a Dingo

World-first Footage Reveals Secret Life of a Dingo

A camera fitted to a dingo in Australia captured the wild dog's life on Fraser Island for the first time, as authorities work to protect the animal and people…

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