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Peru Police Disguised as World Cup Mascots Arrest a Suspected Drug Dealer in Lima

Varieties  Mascots of the World Cup, Maple the Moose (L), Zayu the Jaguar (C) and Clutch the Bald Eagle pose for a picture ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group A football match between South Korea and the Czech Republic at the Guadalajara Stadium in Zapopan on June 11, 2026. (AFP)

Peru Police Disguised as World Cup Mascots Arrest a Suspected Drug Dealer in Lima

Two Peruvian police officers disguised as World Cup mascots Clutch and Maple helped to arrest a suspected drug dealer in Lima. Colonel Carlos Alcántara, head…

Varieties Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - England Training - Gardens North County District Park, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US - June 9, 2026 England's Jude Bellingham, Reece James and Kobbie Mainoo during training. (Reuters)

England Hit by Training Kit Theft Ahead of Kansas City Arrival

England have ‌suffered a theft of training equipment ahead of their arrival in Kansas City, local police said, after a vehicle transporting the gear to…

Varieties  Lifeguards erect a sign that says "Beach Closed" following a shark attack at Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia, June 13, 2026. (Reuters)

Woman Critically Injured in Shark Attack off Sydney’s Coogee Beach

A woman was critically injured off a popular Sydney beach on Saturday in the latest in a spate of shark attacks in Australia. The woman, believed to be in…

Varieties A USA fan holds a sign as she arrives at Los Angeles Stadium (SoFi Stadium) to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup match between USA and Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12, 2026. ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP

World Cup Underway in United States and the Winner is Freddy

The World Cup is officially underway in the United States and the biggest breakout star is...Freddy. The young German fan, roadtripping with two pals from…

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Varieties An Indian fisherman washes his hands in the waters of Ennore Creek covered with an oil spill after Cyclone Michaung, in Chennai, India, 11 December 2023. (EPA)

Venezuela Says Oil Spill from Trinidad and Tobago Could Hurt Fishing, Environment

Venezuela's government said on Friday that an oil spill originating from Trinidad and Tobago is putting at risk fishing in the region, ‌as well ‌as…


Varieties  A customer shops at the Audible Story House in New York, on April 30, 2026. The pop-up store labeled as a "bookless bookstore" is dedicated to audiobooks. (AFP)

‘Bookless Bookstore’: Audio-Only Book Shop Opens in New York

Audiobook giant Audible opened what it billed as the first "bookless bookstore" in New York on Friday as industry statistics show more American consumers…

Varieties A French firefighter douses burning vegetation during a bushfire in Budel, Netherlands May 1, 2026. (Reuters)

France, Germany Send Firefighters to Help Battle Dutch Blazes

France and Germany sent firefighting units to the Netherlands on Friday to help battle woodland blazes flaring in several areas. Many of the fires, which…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Pavel Talankin arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party after the 98th Academy Awards, in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo/File Photo

Oscar Statuette for 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' Goes Missing on Flight

The Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, the Russian director who won best documentary this year for "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," has gone missing after…

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Varieties The ⁠new rocket is ‌capable of ‌carrying payloads of up to ‌17 metric tons. (AP file)

Russia Successfully Test Launches New Soyuz-5 Rocket from Kazakhstan, Space Agency Says

Russia has test launched its new Soyuz-5 rocket for the first time, the country's space agency said late on Thursday, saying it had lifted off from the…

Varieties This photograph taken on April 24, 2026 shows Afghan men taking a selfie as they stand among the common poppy flowers on a hillside in the Jalayer Valley of Northern Afghanistan’s Shirin Tagab district. (AFP)

Afghans Celebrate Spring in Bright Red Poppy Fields

In the middle of a field filled with bright red poppies, Afghans frolic among the spring flowers in a tradition deeply rooted in the country's north. …

Varieties A staff member of a conservation organization carries a kiwi bird during an event at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

A Citizen Campaign Returns Iconic Kiwi Birds to New Zealand's Capital after a Century-long Absence

The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital's residents are waging an…

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Varieties This handout photo by Jonathan Irish for Conservation International taken on March 19, 2023 and released on April 29, 2026 shows a whale shark in the waters off Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua, Indonesia. (Photo by Jonathan Irish / Conservation International / AFP)

Decade-long Study Reveals Whale Shark Indonesia Hotspots

A decade-long study tracking dozens of whale sharks off Indonesia's coast has revealed the secrets of their migrations and two hotspots where they gather year…

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Varieties  A common merganser (Mergus merganser) mother nicknamed Janina leads her ducklings from Lazienkowski Park in central Warsaw towards the Vistula River under the watchful eyes of volunteers and city parks department employees on April 28, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. (AFP)

Warsaw’s Celebrity Birds on Perilous Urban Quest

Waddling across a Warsaw expressway, a brood of wild sea ducks brought traffic to a halt as volunteers held motorists at bay -- an annual ritual to protect the…

Varieties This photograph shows a screen displaying live footage of the CAMARA 4 wreck and its cargo, transmitted by the “ROV C 4000”, a remotely operated vehicle manufactured by the French company LD Travocean and designed for seabed exploration, during an archaeological mission on the CAMARA 4 wreck from the bridge of the (BSAA) Jason, off the coast of Ramatuel, in southeastern France on April 7, 2026.  (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

Robot Recovers Artifacts From 500-Year-Old Shipwreck

Deep in the Mediterranean Sea off the French coast, the pincer of a remotely guided underwater robot closed around a centuries-old jug resting near the wreck…

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Varieties An artist's rendering of the extinct African antelope species called the Bluebuck, released on April 30, 2026. Colossal Biosciences/Handout via REUTERS

US Company Aims to Resurrect Bluebuck Antelope that was Hunted to Extinction

The bluebuck, an antelope with a silvery slate-blue coat and striking horns, inhabited the coastal grasslands of South Africa's southwestern Cape region until…

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Varieties This undated photo provided by Dickerson Park Zoo on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, shows an emu named Adam at the zoo in Springfield, Mo. (Samantha Marshall/Dickerson Park Zoo via AP)

Hailstorm Kills Emu at Missouri Zoo, Damages Hundreds of Vehicles

Glass shards flew everywhere as Eric Gockel waited out one of the worst hailstorms to hit the US State of Missouri. One of the softball-size hunks of…

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Varieties This picture taken on April 27, 2026 shows tourists visiting a street in Gerringong, about a two-hour drive south of Sydney. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)

Australia's 'Most Beautiful' Street Fed Up with Viral Fame

Viral posts of an Australian street dubbed the country's "most beautiful" have enticed coachloads of visitors to a picturesque seaside town -- and locals have…

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Varieties Aerial photo taken on April 29, 2026 shows the rescued humpback whale in a special barge along the Danish coastline enroute back to the North Sea after it beached on a sandbank near the city of Luebeck, in late March. (Photo by Philip Dulian / dpa / AFP)

Boat Carrying Stranded Whale 'Timmy' Reaches Denmark

A special barge carrying a humpback whale that was stranded in Germany had entered Danish waters by Wednesday afternoon and is expected to reach the North Sea…

Varieties A delegation from Japan's iZoo inspects the Komodo dragon enclosure at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya on April 29, 2026. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)

Dragon Diplomacy: Indonesia Lends Komodo Lizard Pair to Japan Zoo

Indonesia will lend a breeding pair of endangered Komodo dragons to Japan under an agreement signed Wednesday between zoos from the two countries that…

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Varieties French teenager Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien arrives for an application to leave jurisdiction, for the court's permission to leave Singapore, at the State Courts in Singapore on April 29, 2026. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)

French Teen in Straw Licking Case Allowed to Leave Singapore

A French teen facing criminal charges in Singapore for a straw licking stunt was granted permission on Wednesday to leave the country for three weeks on…

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Varieties Vehicles drive on a fully paved section of BR-156 highway that connects the state capital Macapa with the city of Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Researchers: Tropical Forest Loss Eases After Record Year

The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per…

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Varieties (FILES) This photograph shows the scientific ice-going "Kronprins Haakon" sailing through the sea ice in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

Europe Climate Report Signals Rising Extremes

Europe endured a historic heatwave across Nordic countries, shrinking glaciers and record sea temperatures in 2025 as the fast-warming continent faces more…

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Varieties A member of expedition team stands at Khumbu Icefall in Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha

Australian Climber on Record Sea-to-Summit Everest Bid

Among the hundreds of climbers hoping to scale Everest this season, 27-year-old Australian Oliver Foran began his journey far away, cycling and then walking…

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Varieties People stand close to a stranded humpback whale in the Wismarer Bucht bay of the Baltic Sea off the island of Poel, northern Germany, close to the village of Faehrdorf-Hof, on April 28, 2026. (AFP)

Germany Approves New Rescue Bid for Stranded Whale

German officials Tuesday gave the green light for a fresh rescue attempt for a humpback whale which has been stranded off the country's Baltic Sea coast for…

Varieties Researchers have developed a new targeted cancer therapy that can precisely seek out and destroy tumor cells. (UBC)

New Treatment Brings Hope to Children with Cancer

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Medicine in Canada have developed a new targeted cancer therapy that can precisely seek out…

Varieties The event was hosted at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the presence of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Borisenko Georgy Evgenievich and Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the Russian Federation Sami Al-Sadhan. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia, Russia Mark 100 Years of Diplomatic Ties with Historical Photo Exhibition in Moscow

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives (Darah), held an exhibition of historical…

Varieties Mount Pumori, center left, looms in the background as a mountaineer negotiates Khumbu Icefall to descend to Everest Base Camp, in Nepal, May 4, 2025. (AP)

Sherpas Cross Icefall, Open Route for Climbers to Move up on Everest

A group of Sherpa climbers have opened the route to Mount Everest that had been blocked for two weeks by chunks of ice and a giant serac, allowing mountaineers…

Varieties This screengrab from a handout video taken on December 14, 2025, and released by the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) on April 26, 2026, shows a Sumatran orangutan using a canopy bridge constructed by conservation NGO Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa (TaHuKah) in collaboration with government partners and UK-based charity SOS to cross a road in Pakpak Bharat district, North Sumatra. (Handout / Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) / AFP)

Camera Shows Sumatra Orangutan Using a Canopy Bridge to Cross a Road in Indonesia

A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra,…

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Saudi Arabia Participates in 65th Session of Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Represented by a delegation from the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) and the Saudi Space Agency (SSA), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia…

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