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British Writer John Harrison Wins 2026 Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’

Varieties British author John Harrison poses after winning the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel "The End of Everything" at the awards ceremony in London, Britain, 09 November 2026. (EPA)

British Writer John Harrison Wins 2026 Booker Prize for ‘The End of Everything’

British author ‌John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel, "The End of Everything," a dystopian satire that the prize says probes the…

Varieties Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, November 9, 2026. (Reuters)

Fossil Fuel Emissions Fall Due to Iran War, Renewables, Research Finds

Global fossil fuel emissions are projected to fall slightly in 2026 due to the expansion of renewable energy and the oil price shock sparked by the Iran war,…

Varieties Around 11 million deaths a year are linked to unhealthy diets, according to the agency, based on data from a global study. (Getty Images)

Food Industry Pushes Back on WHO Guidance for Products with Added Color, Sweeteners

Governments should consider regulating foods that include added colors, flavors or sweeteners designed to make the product more appealing to consumers,…

Varieties Dozens of Pakistani farmers are suing German firms RWE and Heidelberg Materials in a rare bid to make big polluters pay damages for climate impacts. Aamir QURESHI / AFP

Pakistan Farmers in Long Fight to Make German Firms Pay for Flood Damage

In a Pakistani village nestled in rice fields, Abdul Hafeez Khoso remembers the vast industrial zones he saw in Germany when he visited to file a pioneering…

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Varieties A tourist holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun while walking on a hot day in Tokyo on July 15, 2026. (AFP)

This Year Set to Be One of Four Hottest on Record, UN Report Says

This year is ‌on track to be one of the four hottest on record, driven by a powerful El Niño and perpetuating a warming streak of more than a decade, a UN…


Varieties The rat "Plume" sits on the shoulder of Gregory Moreau, the deputy mayor of Paris's 11th district, as he strolls through a market in the Belleville neighborhood in Paris on September 16, 2025. (AFP) 

Tails of the City: Paris Rats Find Unlikely Political Ally 

It has black button eyes and long, thin whiskers that tremble when it looks around curiously. Unlike most rats, this one has a name, Plume, and gets to…

Varieties A kārearea or New Zealand falcon is pictured in Fiordland National Park in New Zealand, on Jan. 4, 2011. (Craig McKenzie via AP)

A Raptor with No Qualms About Eating Its Opponents Wins New Zealand’s Annual Bird Election 

New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that…

Varieties A man carries a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition prior to the exhibition of giant vegetables at The Moscow State University Apothecaries Garden in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

Man Grows Giant Pumpkins to Manage his Mental Health

A UK man, who is living with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, says he grows giant pumpkins to help him manage his mental health. Matt Peskett, from Dorking, was…

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Varieties The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the world’s highest, is seen in China’s southwest Guizhou province on September 27, 2025. (AFP)

World's Highest Bridge Opens to Traffic in China

The world's highest bridge opened to traffic in China on Sunday, state media said, capping an engineering feat three years in the making and snatching the…

Varieties Misinformation and conspiracy theories plagued the first rollout of a vaccine to protect Pakistani girls against cervical cancer. Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP

Pakistani Parents Rebuff HPV Vaccine over Infertility Fears

Misinformation plagued the first rollout of a vaccine to protect Pakistani girls against cervical cancer, with parents slamming their doors on healthcare…

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Varieties Xin Xin, a 35-year-old Mexican-born panda, eats bamboo stalks in her enclosure at Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP)

Mexican Zookeeper Reflects on Caring for Latin America’s Last Panda

After a decade of caring for camels, lions, lynxes and lemurs, Joel Frías joined the team handling the Chapultepec Zoo’s star attraction: the giant pandas. …

Varieties Britain’s Prince William, left, and Kate, Princess of Wales visit Churchtown Primary School, Southport, England, Tuesday Sept. 23, 2025. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)

Prince William Says 2024 was the Hardest Year of His Life

Prince William has told “Schitt's Creek” star Eugene Levy that 2024 was the hardest year of his life. The royal made an appearance on Levy's show “The…

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Varieties A shaft of light shines into a bedroom in Belle, W.Va., on Nov. 11, 2013. (Craig Cunningham/The Daily Mail via AP, File)

Some People Tape Their Mouths Shut at Night. Doctors Wish they Wouldn't

Having your mouth taped shut is the stuff of nightmares — but some people are doing just that to themselves. And in an attempt to sleep better, no less. …

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Varieties The Kingdom has prioritized the tourism sector within the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 - SPA

Saudi Arabia Marks World Tourism Day

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is joining countries worldwide in celebrating World Tourism Day, observed annually on September 27. The day is celebrated to…

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Varieties One of the mountainous areas located in the south of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia to Host FAO's Near East Forestry, Range Commission Session

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 27th session of the Near East Forestry and Range Commission in Jeddah from September 29 to October 1. The event…

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Varieties A golden lion tamarin is fed by Devin Clarke inside its new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo Conservation Society on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

Golden Lion Tamarins, Sloths Become Unlikely Roommates at Palm Beach Zoo

Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman's two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society in…

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Varieties A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch complex-40 carrying the European Space Agency Hera spacecraft on a mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, October 7, 2024. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo

European Space Agency Warns against Monopolies as Satellite Merger Looms

A senior official from the European Space Agency said mergers could be needed to reach the scale to compete with US and Chinese rivals, but that too much…

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Varieties People gather as The Netherlands holds its annual World War II remembrance ceremony in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 4 2024. REMKO DE WAAL/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

The Netherlands Returns Major Fossil Collection, Including 'Java Man', to Indonesia

The Netherlands said it would give back a major fossil collection to Indonesia, granting its former colony's request to recover historical artefacts, including…

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Varieties An early stage of an icy body being torn apart by the intense gravity of a white dwarf -a highly compact stellar ember- leaving glowing trails of gas and dust, as its fragments spiral inward, is seen in this handout illustration released on September 24, 2025. Snehalata Sahu/University of Warwick/Handout via REUTERS

Astronomers Spot White Dwarf that Guzzled a Pluto-like World

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin…

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Varieties The Britain's national flag flies next to the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Britain, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/ File Photo

London Nurseries Hit by Hackers, Data on 8,000 Children Stolen

Cybercriminals have stolen data on over 8,000 children attending nurseries in London operated by childcare provider Kido International, the hackers said on…

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Varieties This handout photograph provided by DeepSea Monitoring Group and taken on October 2024 with an unmanned submersible shows starfish (Asterias rubens) on top of a chunk of TNT, part of an unexploded Nazi-era cruise missile, at the bottom Luebeck Bay in the German waters of the Baltic Sea. (Photo by Andrey VEDENIN / DeepSea Monitoring Group / AFP)

Sea Life Thriving on Unexploded Nazi Bombs, Sub Discovers

Marine life is thriving on unexploded Nazi bombs sitting at the bottom of a German bay, a submersible has discovered, even capturing footage of starfishes…

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Varieties The crash site where Chinese architect Kongjian Yu died with three others. Handout / Mato Grosso do Sul Fire Department/AFP

Famed 'Sponge Cities' Chinese Architect Dead in Brazil Plane Crash

Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, known for his so-called nature-mimicking "sponge cities," has died in a small plane crash in Brazil with two…

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Varieties  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which is to study the boundary of the Sun's heliosphere, and other scientific payloads, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, September 24, 2025. (Reuters)

NASA Launches Mission to Study Space Weather

The United States launched three spacecraft on Wednesday in an effort to better monitor space weather such as solar storms, which can interfere with technology…

Varieties This aerial picture shows a view of the Euphrates river as water levels drop due to drought in the city of Al-Kifl, southwest of Iraq's Babil province on September 14, 2025. (AFP)

Bees, Once Buzzing in Honey-Producing Basra, Hit by Iraq’s Water Crisis 

Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shriveled the green trees…

Varieties Thai emergency service personnel and officials inspect a large hole where a vehicle is stuck following a road collapse in Bangkok, Thailand, 24 September 2025. (EPA)

Bangkok Road Collapse Creates Sinkhole, Disrupting Traffic and Prompting Evacuations 

A part of a road in Bangkok collapsed on Wednesday, leaving a large sinkhole that disrupted traffic, damaged infrastructure and prompted evacuations in the…

Varieties US President Donald Trump points to attendees after delivering remarks to the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025. (AFP)

After Mechanical Challenges, UN Says Trump’s Team to Blame for Nonworking Escalator and Teleprompter 

President Donald Trump broke from his prepared remarks at the United Nations on Tuesday to bemoan an inoperable escalator and a defective teleprompter, using…

Varieties French President Emmanuel Macron gives a thumb up during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2025. (Reuters)

‘Everything’s Frozen for You’: Stopped by New York Police, Macron Calls Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say he can get President Trump on the phone any time he wants. In New York, he proved it. Blocked on Monday night…

Varieties Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales and Kate, Princess of Wales ride in a carriage during a procession through Windsor Castle, in Windsor, Britain, September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Pool/File Photo

UK's Prince William, Princess Kate Visit Town Where Girls Were Murdered

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate visited Southport on Tuesday, in a show of support for the northern English community where three young girls were…

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Varieties US President Donald Trump, in front of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delivers remarks linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children, claims which are not backed by decades of science, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025. (Reuters)

WHO Says Evidence ‘Inconsistent’ of Link Between Autism and Paracetemol Use in Pregnancy 

A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday that evidence of a link between the use of paracetemol during pregnancy and autism remained…