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82-year-old Dies after Beach Fight in Greece over Sun Lounger

Varieties Tourists from a nearby hotel watch military helicopters fly overhead during Medusa 15, a joint military exercise led by Greece and Egypt, at Maleme on the Greek island of Crete, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

82-year-old Dies after Beach Fight in Greece over Sun Lounger

An 82-year-old man died Sunday after he got into a fight over a sun lounger on a beach in Greece near Athens, local media reported. The octogenarian had a…

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Varieties Lions are seen in their counpound at the Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands in this handout photo released to media on January 28, 2021. Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo/Handout via REUTERS

10 Lions Die in Suspected Poisoning at Tanzania Wildlife Reserve

Ten lions were found dead in Tanzania's Ngorongoro wildlife reserve this week and preliminary findings suggest they may have been poisoned, the area's…

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Varieties FILED - 13 February 2018, United Kingdom, Edinburgh: FILE PHOTO - Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attend a reception for young people at Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/dpa

Diana's Brother Compares Media Treatment of Harry, Meghan to Late Princess' Ordeal

The media's treatment of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan is on a par with that faced by his mother Diana, the late princess' brother said in an interview…

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Varieties This photograph shows details of a preview exhibition of personal belongings once owned by late French actress Brigitte Bardot at Maison Drouot in Paris on September 15, 2026, ahead of an auction of her memorabilia and clothing. (Photo by Charlotte SIEMON / AFP)

Brigitte Bardot Widower Slams Sale of Star's Belongings

The widower of French screen icon Brigitte Bardot on Saturday slammed as a "joke" the planned auction of hundreds of the late star's personal belongings…

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Varieties A Leopardus tilcayo cat, a newly identified species through research led by National Geographic Explorer Paola Nogales Ascarrunz, walks at the Senda Verde animal refuge in the Yungas region, Bolivia, September 1, 2026. (Fernando Faciole/National Geographic/Handout via Reuters)

Meet Earth’s Newest Wild Cat Species, the First Named in Over a Century

A previously unknown cat species has been identified in plain sight: at a wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, where the small, spotted feline had been living for…


Varieties Three people were injured when a wall collapsed at the port of Roda de Bera. (AFP file)

Heavy Rain Lashes Northeast Spain, Injuring 11

Heavy rain battered northeast Spain, flooding streets, trapping people in cars, forcing the evacuation of a campsite and injuring 11 people, officials said…

Varieties A young Mexican gestures towards his opponent in an "aura battle" replete with social media memes in Mexico City on August 20, 2026. Yuri CORTEZ / AFP

'Aura' Battles Leap from Social Media to Latin America Streets

In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle. Staring at each other intently, they look as if they could come…

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Varieties A member of Metz' mine-clearing center, Civil Protection Mine Clearance Task Force (Groupement d’Intervention du Déminage / GID) recovers a WWI German 22cm shell reported by the ONF (Office National des Forêts) in the area of Douaumont, northeastern France on July 8, 2026. (AFP)

European Wildfires Reveal a Hidden Danger: Buried Bombs and Mines from WWI and WWII

The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from…

Varieties FILE - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave after a service of thanksgiving for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Friday, June 3, 2022 on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Prince Harry and Others Ordered to Pay Initial £9.54 million over Failed Lawsuit

Prince Harry and other high-profile claimants must make an interim payment of £9.54 million towards the legal costs of the Daily Mail publisher after losing…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: The London skyline is seen with the financial district in the background, in London, Britain, March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes./File Photo

UK Met Office: El Nino to be 'Biggest for Over a Century’

This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century, warming sea surface temperatures to an "unheard-of" level, Britain's national…

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Varieties A drone view of the Sicilian town of Floridia where five years ago a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature officially registered in continental Europe, was recorded, Italy, August 19, 2026. (Reuters)

Europe’s Hottest Town Says Climate Change Is Reshaping Daily Life

Five years after Floridia registered Europe's highest-ever temperature, residents say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily…

Varieties Britain's Prince William and Britain's Prince Harry walk beside each other after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Sept. 10, 2022. (AP)

A Question Looms Over Harry’s Return to the UK. Can He Rebuild His Relationship with Prince William?

The royal family’s long-running American soap opera is returning to Britain. The question is whether it will blossom into a happy reunion or descend into anger…

Varieties A follower of the Python Temple attends the annual Mask Festival in Porto-Novo, Benin, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou

UK Zoo: Pioneering Cancer Treatment Saves Python Named Jodie Foster

A UK zoo on Friday hailed curing a cancer-stricken python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, who became the first snake to receive an innovative…

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Varieties A bird perches on a solar panel at the Jingneng Helan 30-megawatt photovoltaic power station in Yinchuan, in northwestern China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on August 20, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / China OUT

Study: China's Rapid Solar Expansion Hurt Bird Diversity

The global push for solar energy expansion could carry hidden biodiversity costs, according to a study across China published in the journal Science on…

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Varieties This photo shows the very low flow of the Arpenaz Waterfall, in Sallanches, central-eastern France, on August 12, 2026. (Photo by Alex MARTIN / AFP)

Scientist: Scorching Summer Triggers Record Rockfalls in Alps

The exceptionally hot summer in the Alps has been marked by a record number of rockfalls, some of them fatal, with "a large majority attributable to the…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive at Rushcutters Bay following a sail on Sydney Harbour with veterans from the Invictus Australia community, in Sydney, Australia, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Prince Harry and Meghan to Move Back to Britain

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they stepped down from their royal duties and relocated to the US, a…

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Varieties This handout photo taken on August 13, 2024 and released by Phillip Island Nature Parks on August 20, 2026 shows tourists watching the "Penguin Parade" at Phillip Island Nature Parks in Victoria. (Photo by Handout / Phillip Island Nature Parks / AFP)

Australia Races to Shield Little Penguins from H5N1 Bird Flu

Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian…

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Varieties Black holes are extremely dense objects with such strong gravity that light cannot escape them (Reuters)

Fastest-known Star Zooms Under Milky Way Black Hole's Influence

Scientists have detected the fastest-known star, a stellar speedster that is zooming around the supermassive black hole residing at the center of our galaxy…

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Varieties King Charles and Queen Camilla alongside their Coronation State Portraits at the National Gallery in London on May 6, 2025. (AFP)

Queen Camilla Says it Was Difficult to Keep King Charles' Cancer Diagnosis Private

Britain's Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about how hard it was to keep her husband King Charles' cancer diagnosis initially private. …

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Varieties Researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), Kellie Gerardi, experiences weightlessness on a Zero Gravity plane. (AFP)

Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?

New York - Stefano Montali In 2001, Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur, paid a reported $20 million for a voyage to the International Space Station aboard…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: Students walk past Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo

Harvard Agrees to Pay $53 Mn after Morgue Manager Sold Body Parts

Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement after its former morgue manager stole and sold body parts donated for scientific research, with a…

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Varieties Commuters ride past the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on August 18, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Chinese Space Program Pioneer Liu Jiyuan Dies at 93

A pioneer of China's aerospace program, Liu Jiyuan, died in Beijing aged 93 after an illness, the main space contractor said on Wednesday. In a career of…

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Varieties Live blue crabs harvested by local fishermen in the Po river are seen in a waste bucket at Scardovari, Italy, northeast Italy, on June 26, 2026. (AFP)

Italian Scientists Bet on Octopus to Fight Crab Invasion

From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting an invasive crab species that has…

Varieties A Japanese sea nettle is displayed at the Jellyfish Museum, a facility that is home to about 20 unique species of jellyfish found in Florida and other parts of the world, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Pompano Beach, Fla. (AP)

Mesmerizing Jellyfish Take Center Stage at 1st US Museum Dedicated Solely to the Floating Predators

The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on the walls and the glowing…

Varieties This combo made with photos provided by NASA on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows before, left, and after images of a fresh crater on the moon created by a collision with a SpaceX rocket. (NASA via AP)

NASA Images Show Crater Carved by SpaceX Rocket that Slammed Into the Moon

A NASA spacecraft circling the moon is providing the sharpest views yet of the crater carved by a crashing SpaceX rocket. The space agency released before…

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Varieties Veterinary officers from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) attend to a male elephant lying on the ground after falling ill at Kitenden B Community Conservancy in Amboseli, Kajiado County, on August 12, 2026. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

'How Many Will Die?': The Mysterious Ailment Killing Kenyan Elephants

Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious…

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Varieties The collision about 11.8 billion years ago, when a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with the Milky Way and merged with it, appears in an artist's concept released on August 17, 2026.  NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/Handout via REUTERS

The Milky Way Devoured Smaller Galaxy About 11.8 Billion Years Ago

The Milky Way, a large and spiral-shaped galaxy that is home to hundreds of billions of stars including our sun, has taken a long and complicated path to…

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Varieties American Airlines flight 718, the first US Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding in November, lands at LaGuardia airport in New York, US, December 29, 2020. (Reuters)

Flight Attendants and Pilots Have Highest Risk of Dying from Radiation-Linked Cancers, Study Says

Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive materials,…

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Misk Foundation and UN Youth Office Announce Establishment of Global Network for Youth

The Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (Misk), in collaboration with the United Nations Youth Office, announced on Tuesday the establishment of the Global Network…

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