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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 The Feeding of the One Thousand: Idlib Sanctuary Offers Cats a Refuge From War

The Feeding of the One Thousand: Idlib Sanctuary Offers Cats a Refuge From War

When Syria’s war forced Alaa al-Jaleel to close his cat sanctuary in Aleppo in 2015 and head north to the opposition stronghold of Idlib, he took around 100…

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Varieties Zebra Building in Riyadh Reacts to Thunderstorms

Zebra Building in Riyadh Reacts to Thunderstorms

Daniel Canogar’s Bifurcation, which is part of the Noor Riyad festival, has drawn many visitors to the Zebra Building who flock to see its facade Connected…

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Varieties March of the Mummies: Egypt Readies for Pharaohs' Parade

March of the Mummies: Egypt Readies for Pharaohs' Parade

The mummified remains of 22 ancient Egyptian kings and queens will be paraded through the streets of Cairo Saturday, in an eye-catching royal procession to a…

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Varieties In Dubai, an Art Show's Return Reflects City's New Normal

In Dubai, an Art Show's Return Reflects City's New Normal

It was a scene reminiscent of pre-pandemic Dubai: Art lovers dressed in designer clothes or alternative fashion, walking around in one of the city's many…

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Varieties Hired by the Empress of Art at Tehran’s Hidden Museum

Hired by the Empress of Art at Tehran’s Hidden Museum

On the edge of a vast park in Tehran sits a Neo-Brutalist structure the color of sand. Inside is one of the finest collections of modern Western art in the…

Varieties Pianists Recompose Beethoven's Works to Mark His 250th Birthday

Pianists Recompose Beethoven's Works to Mark His 250th Birthday

Twelve modern pianists are celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary with new twists on the composer's masterpieces. World famous pianists like Chilly…

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Varieties Human Saliva Has Potential to Evolve Into Venom

Human Saliva Has Potential to Evolve Into Venom

Humans have the potential to become venomous due the genetic similarities between our saliva glands and a snake's venom glands, say scientists. A joint…

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Varieties In Tunis, Flamingos Wade Past Waste in Key Africa Wetlands

In Tunis, Flamingos Wade Past Waste in Key Africa Wetlands

Hundreds of flamingos wade past waste in the murky waters of the vast Sijoumi lagoon, a critical wetland in the heart of Tunisia's capital threatened by…

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Varieties Carnivorous Dinosaur with Short Snout and Strong Bite Menaced Patagonia

Carnivorous Dinosaur with Short Snout and Strong Bite Menaced Patagonia

Scientists in Argentina have unearthed the well-preserved skull of a meat-eating dinosaur that roamed northern Patagonia about 85 million years ago - a beast…

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Varieties French Court Slaps 2.7 Mln Euro Fine on Maker of ‘Death Drug’

French Court Slaps 2.7 Mln Euro Fine on Maker of ‘Death Drug’

A decade after the so-called “Mediator scandal”, a court in Paris announced its final verdict against the Servier Laboratoires and the French National Agency…

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Varieties New Museum to Exhibit Waste from Everest

New Museum to Exhibit Waste from Everest

Everest is not only the highest summit in the world, but also the largest mountainous landfill where adventurers have left around 140 tons of garbage in the…

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Varieties Belgium Wants UNESCO to Add its Local Fries to Heritage List

Belgium Wants UNESCO to Add its Local Fries to Heritage List

Only people who tasted Belgian fries can understand their great appeal. Belgian fries shops want the future generations to enjoy this experience, so they have…

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Varieties Cristiano Ronaldo's Armband up for Auction in Serbia

Cristiano Ronaldo's Armband up for Auction in Serbia

The Portugal captain’s armband which Cristiano Ronaldo slammed into the ground after his apparent winning goal was disallowed in a World Cup qualifier against…

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Varieties Scientists Creates New Model to Predict Severity of Allergy Season

Scientists Creates New Model to Predict Severity of Allergy Season

People are concerned that allergy season this year could be worse than the past years. For the first time, researchers have developed a model that can predict…

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Varieties Child Finds 488-Million-Year-Old Fossil in Home Garden

Child Finds 488-Million-Year-Old Fossil in Home Garden

A six-year-old boy has found a fossil dating back millions of years in his garden after receiving a fossil-hunting kit for Christmas, according to BBC. …

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Varieties Rhizome Connects Riyadh and Bruges

Rhizome Connects Riyadh and Bruges

Rhizome is an artwork that links the Saudi capital Riyadh with the Belgian city of Bruges and sheds light on the link between light and the trees of the Palm…

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Varieties Obama's Kenyan 'Granny' Dies Aged 99

Obama's Kenyan 'Granny' Dies Aged 99

Sarah Obama, the grandmother of former US President Barack Obama, has died aged 99 in western Kenya, her daughter told AFP Monday. "It is true she has gone…

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Varieties WHO-China Study: Animals Likely Source of COVID

WHO-China Study: Animals Likely Source of COVID

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario…

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Varieties In Troubled Sahel, Memories of a Cinematic Golden Age

In Troubled Sahel, Memories of a Cinematic Golden Age

The wall of a house in Torokorobougou, a district in the Malian capital Bamako, suddenly lights up as a black-and-white film starts to roll. The audience…

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Varieties Longest-Serving Bookseller Among 25,000 Czech Virus Victims

Longest-Serving Bookseller Among 25,000 Czech Virus Victims

A year after the Czech Republic recorded its first death from the coronavirus, the central European nation paused to remember all the citizens who lost their…

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Varieties 'Pain Into Beauty': Argentine Sculptor Turns Pandemic Waste Into Art

'Pain Into Beauty': Argentine Sculptor Turns Pandemic Waste Into Art

Marcelo Toledo usually creates sculptures and jewelry out of metal. Now the Argentine artist is working with a new material: waste masks and syringes from the…

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Varieties Some Alaska Costco Shoppers Say Ravens Steal their Groceries

Some Alaska Costco Shoppers Say Ravens Steal their Groceries

Some Alaska Costco shoppers said they've had their groceries stolen by ravens in the store parking lot. Matt Lewallen said he was packing his groceries into…

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Varieties Libya Couscous Dish Eyes Guinness Book of World Records

Libya Couscous Dish Eyes Guinness Book of World Records

More than 15 Libyan chefs and several of their assistants came together on Friday to prepare the largest plate of couscous in the hope of entering the Guinness…

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Varieties UNESCO: 100 Mln More Children under Minimum Reading Proficiency Level due to COVID-19

UNESCO: 100 Mln More Children under Minimum Reading Proficiency Level due to COVID-19

A new UNESCO study showed that over 100 million children will fall below the minimum proficiency level in reading due to the impact of COVID-19 on school…

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