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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 Daily Readings at Tomb Honor Dante 700 Years after his Death

Daily Readings at Tomb Honor Dante 700 Years after his Death

As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” as the last of 13 peels of a church…

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Varieties Fingerprint Helps Determine Whether Someone Touched or Ingested Drugs

Fingerprint Helps Determine Whether Someone Touched or Ingested Drugs

A team of researchers at the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the National Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry Imaging at the National…

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Varieties Indiana Jones' Hat to be Auctioned in Hollywood

Indiana Jones' Hat to be Auctioned in Hollywood

An Indiana Jones hat is set to be auctioned next month, in Hollywood, before the launch of the sequel's last movie expected this summer. The customized hat…

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Varieties Artist Publishes 100 Drawings from Peru's COVID-19 Pandemic

Artist Publishes 100 Drawings from Peru's COVID-19 Pandemic

With a pencil and a notebook, artist Edilberto Jiménez walks the streets of Lima and cities in the Andes mountains collecting stories and images about the…

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Varieties New Type of Coronavirus Originating in Dogs Found, Finds Study

New Type of Coronavirus Originating in Dogs Found, Finds Study

A new type of coronavirus believed to have originated in dogs was detected among patients hospitalized with pneumonia in 2017-2018, and may be the eighth…

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Varieties From Gaza to Chile, Biennale Asks: How Can We Live Together?

From Gaza to Chile, Biennale Asks: How Can We Live Together?

In the time it has taken to prepare for the Venice Biennale, violence in the Middle East has overtaken a Palestinian family farm in Gaza featured in one of the…

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Varieties Young British People Want to Ditch the Monarchy, Poll Suggests

Young British People Want to Ditch the Monarchy, Poll Suggests

Young people in Britain no longer think the country should keep the monarchy and more now want an elected head of state, with their mood souring over the last…

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Varieties World's Largest Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

World's Largest Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

A giant slab of ice bigger than the Spanish island of Majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest…

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Varieties Two Wrongfully Convicted US Brothers to Receive $84Mn

Two Wrongfully Convicted US Brothers to Receive $84Mn

Two African-American half-brothers who spent 31 years in prison in the southern US state of North Carolina for a crime they did not commit have been awarded …

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Varieties Hugs Improve Health, Help Overcome Tough Times

Hugs Improve Health, Help Overcome Tough Times

Lowri Dowthwaite, a senior lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, explains that it's in our biological make-up to seek out social contact – which…

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Varieties Saudi Arabia Establishes Cultural Cooperation with Greece

Saudi Arabia Establishes Cultural Cooperation with Greece

Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdallah bin Farhan arrived in Athens on Wednesday on an official visit to boost cultural cooperation. Prince Badr…

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Varieties New Suspect Detained in Germany's Green Vault Jewel Heist

New Suspect Detained in Germany's Green Vault Jewel Heist

German police on Monday evening detained a man on suspicion of involvement in a 2019 jewel heist at a museum housing one of Europe's greatest collections of…

Varieties Nominations Open for ICESCO ‘Bayan’ Award for Creative Expression in Arabic 2021

Nominations Open for ICESCO ‘Bayan’ Award for Creative Expression in Arabic 2021

The Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ICESCO) announced the opening of applications for the “Bayan” Award for Creative Expression…

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Varieties Queen Elizabeth Reportedly 'Devastated' by Puppy's Death

Queen Elizabeth Reportedly 'Devastated' by Puppy's Death

Queen Elizabeth II is grieving the death of one of two puppies that she was given shortly before her husband Prince Philip died, according to a report…

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Varieties Darwin's Arch Collapses, Famed Galapagos Island Rock Formation

Darwin's Arch Collapses, Famed Galapagos Island Rock Formation

Darwin's Arch, a famed natural rock formation in the Galapagos Islands that is popular with divers, photographers and cruise-ship tourists, has collapsed from…

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Varieties Scientists Develop New Obesity Medication that Burns Fats of Energy Supply

Scientists Develop New Obesity Medication that Burns Fats of Energy Supply

Most current treatments prescribed for obesity are aimed at reducing food intake by targeting the central nervous system. However, these can have significant…

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Varieties French Billionaire Opens New Museum in Paris to Exhibit Own Memorabilia

French Billionaire Opens New Museum in Paris to Exhibit Own Memorabilia

The reopening of Paris museums this week finally gives billionaire tycoon Francois Pinault the chance to showcase his vast contemporary art collection in the…

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Varieties Monet's Gardens Reopening, a Picture-Perfect Pandemic Tonic

Monet's Gardens Reopening, a Picture-Perfect Pandemic Tonic

Beneath the scudding clouds and amid the luscious blooms, the gardeners tend the flowerbeds that were the pride and joy of impressionist painter Claude Monet,…

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Varieties Two Stars Clash in Space, Forming Nebula Necklace

Two Stars Clash in Space, Forming Nebula Necklace

Two stars, bound together in orbital matrimony, are slowly ripping each other apart. And, like many relationship squabbles, this stellar spat ends with jewelry…

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Varieties Guatemala Serves Pizza Cooked on Volcano Lava

Guatemala Serves Pizza Cooked on Volcano Lava

Guatemala's Pacaya volcano has been erupting since February, keeping local communities and authorities on high alert. But for David Garcia, the streams of…

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Varieties Poland Plans to Buy Marie Curie's Vacation House in France

Poland Plans to Buy Marie Curie's Vacation House in France

Poland’s prime minister said he’s given instructions for the government to buy a house in France where the Nobel-winning scientist couple Marie Sklodowska…

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Varieties Iraqis Find Escape, Success on a Virtual Battleground

Iraqis Find Escape, Success on a Virtual Battleground

Bashar Abo Khalil's PUBG character dashes around a wall in a pink dress and samurai helmet, thwacking an enemy with a frying pan -- standard fare in the mobile…

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Varieties At Miss Universe Pageant, Myanmar's Contestant Pleads 'Our People Are Dying'

At Miss Universe Pageant, Myanmar's Contestant Pleads 'Our People Are Dying'

Myanmar's Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security…

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Varieties Long Working Hours Are a Killer, WHO Study Shows

Long Working Hours Are a Killer, WHO Study Shows

Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World…

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