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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 Gazan Engineer Behind Mars Helicopter Says Visiting Home Is No Small Step

Gazan Engineer Behind Mars Helicopter Says Visiting Home Is No Small Step

An electronics engineer from Gaza, Loay Elbasyouni, had worked with the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental helicopter from the…

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Varieties Extinct 'Horned' Crocodile Gets New Place in the Tree of Life

Extinct 'Horned' Crocodile Gets New Place in the Tree of Life

New research has resolved a long-standing controversy about an extinct 'horned' crocodile that likely lived among humans in Madagascar. Based on ancient…

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Varieties First Woman of Color to Chair Royal Shakespeare Company

First Woman of Color to Chair Royal Shakespeare Company

Shriti Vadera has become the first female and person of color to chair Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the prestigious theater firm announced…

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Varieties Health Crisis as Jordanians Smoke More in Lockdown

Health Crisis as Jordanians Smoke More in Lockdown

Already saddled with one of the world's highest rates of smoking, Jordan has seen the numbers lighting up soar since coronavirus restrictions began last year,…

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Varieties AlUla: Home to One of the World’s Oldest Monumental Structures

AlUla: Home to One of the World’s Oldest Monumental Structures

The Kingdoms Institute in AlUla has announced the discovery of one of the oldest monumental stone structures in the world, called mustatils, in northwestern…

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Varieties Hail Collapses Roof over Mexico City's Main Aztec Temple

Hail Collapses Roof over Mexico City's Main Aztec Temple

The pre-Hispanic ruins of Mexico City’s Templo Mayor archaeological site suffered minor but reparable damage when large sections of a corrugated roof structure…

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Varieties In Damascus, Crispy Pastry Sweetens Frugal Ramadan

In Damascus, Crispy Pastry Sweetens Frugal Ramadan

Year after year Ramadan meals become more frugal in war-torn Syria as the economy worsens, but Damascus dwellers say a traditional wafer-thin crispy pancake…

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Varieties Lebanon’s Qaraoun Lake Spews Out Tons of Dead Fish

Lebanon’s Qaraoun Lake Spews Out Tons of Dead Fish

Tons of dead fish have washed up on the shore of the highly polluted lake of Qaraoun in eastern Lebanon in the past few days, an official said Thursday. It…

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Varieties Ancient Egypt Martial Art Enthusiasts Eye Olympic Status

Ancient Egypt Martial Art Enthusiasts Eye Olympic Status

Egypt's tradition of tahtib (stick fighting), popular at festivities and dating back at least 5,000 years, has become a modern martial art that enthusiasts…

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Varieties Scientists Find First Evidence on Dental Surgeries in Ancient Egypt

Scientists Find First Evidence on Dental Surgeries in Ancient Egypt

A virtual autopsy of the Osirmose's mummy, the doorkeeper of the Temple of Re, revealed several medical interventions in the mouth area that likely took place…

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Varieties Italian Robinson Crusoe Forced to Leave Beloved Island

Italian Robinson Crusoe Forced to Leave Beloved Island

A man known as Italy's Robinson Crusoe who has lived alone on a Mediterranean island for more than 30 years after running into difficulties in the sea, has…

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Varieties Your Guide to Cup Noodles Museum

Your Guide to Cup Noodles Museum

Get ready to learn everything you've ever wanted to know about instant ramen at Osaka's Cup Noodles Museum. The museum, just north of Osaka city in Ikeda,…

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Varieties Egypt Archeologists Unearth 110 Ancient Tombs in Nile Delta

Egypt Archeologists Unearth 110 Ancient Tombs in Nile Delta

Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs at an ancient site in a Nile Delta province, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday. The graves…

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Varieties Climate Risk Drives Push to Save Australia's Weird, Elusive Platypuses

Climate Risk Drives Push to Save Australia's Weird, Elusive Platypuses

It only takes a rustle and splash of an orange buoy floating on the Thone River for two Australian scientists to know they've found what they're looking for:…

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Varieties Archeologists Unearth 700,000-Year Stone Tools in Sudan

Archeologists Unearth 700,000-Year Stone Tools in Sudan

Archaeologists announced the discovery of hundreds of stone tools dating to the era of Homo erectus, who lived in northern Sudan over 700,000 years ago. The…

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Varieties Pink Moon to Brighten UK Night Sky

Pink Moon to Brighten UK Night Sky

A pink supermoon is set to brighten the night skies over the UK next week, though there will not be any noticeable difference in color, as the name might…

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Varieties Unsealed Soviet Archives Reveal Cover-ups at Chernobyl Plant Before Disaster

Unsealed Soviet Archives Reveal Cover-ups at Chernobyl Plant Before Disaster

The Soviet Union knew the Chernobyl nuclear plant was dangerous and covered up emergencies there before the 1986 disaster, the Ukrainian authorities said as…

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Varieties Charity Art Auction in Dubai Raises $9.9 Million for ‘100 Million Meals’

Charity Art Auction in Dubai Raises $9.9 Million for ‘100 Million Meals’

A ‘100 Million Meals’ live charity art auction held in Dubai has raised AED 36,673,000 ($9.9 million) to provide food parcels for disadvantaged individuals and…

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Varieties Lebanon Battles Swarms of Locusts after Wind Changes Direction

Lebanon Battles Swarms of Locusts after Wind Changes Direction

Army helicopters are spraying agricultural land in northeast Lebanon to help farmers battle swarms of locusts that flew to the country in what a UN agency said…

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Varieties Roshan the Camel Brings Books to Homeschooling Children in Rural Pakistan

Roshan the Camel Brings Books to Homeschooling Children in Rural Pakistan

Plodding his way through the desert in remote southwest Pakistan, Roshan the camel carries priceless cargo: books for children who can no longer go to school…

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Varieties In Iraqi Kurdistan, Book Clubs and Science Fiction Offer 'Escape'

In Iraqi Kurdistan, Book Clubs and Science Fiction Offer 'Escape'

Huda Kathem waits anxiously for feedback on her first novel, scrutinized by a book club in Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil, where young authors are breathing new life…

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Varieties ISESCO, US Space Foundation Agree to Develop Cooperation

ISESCO, US Space Foundation Agree to Develop Cooperation

The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) held a meeting with the Space Foundation USA to define a framework of action and…

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Varieties NASA Extracts Breathable Oxygen on March

NASA Extracts Breathable Oxygen on March

NASA's Perseverance rover has logged another extraterrestrial first on its latest mission to Mars: converting carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into…

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Varieties Unicorn … Small Black Hole Discovered near Earth

Unicorn … Small Black Hole Discovered near Earth

Since a research team released the image of a newly discovered black hole on April 10, 2019, the study of this cosmic body gained much momentum, as it is the…

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