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Portugal Closes All Schools and Non-Essential Services Ahead of a Major Atlantic Storm

Varieties Heavy machinery clears the debris from a landslide along the Marocos road in Machico municipality, on the Portuguese island of Madeira, due to severe weather caused by the passage of Storm Charles, 11 November 2026. (EPA)

Portugal Closes All Schools and Non-Essential Services Ahead of a Major Atlantic Storm

Portugal closed all schools and shuttered non-essential public services on Wednesday as a major Atlantic storm headed for the country's mainland. Streets…

Varieties The S.S. United States crossed the Atlantic more than 800 times. (Getty Images)

Once the World's Fastest, Ocean Liner Will Become Largest Artificial Reef

An ocean liner that is longer than the Titanic and was once the fastest on the seas is headed to a final home on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as the world's…

Varieties Celine Dion. (AFP)

Medical Breakthrough for People with Same Disorder as Celine Dion

People suffering from stiff person syndrome (SPS), which affects Celine Dion, the singer, could soon benefit from a new medicine which improves symptoms. …

Varieties View of a flooded area after storm Leo passed by Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, February 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Portugal Storm Alert Closes Schools

Portugal will shut schools and non-essential public services on Wednesday, with the government urging people to shelter from winds potentially reaching 140…

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 Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful during his weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City, 06 August 2025. (EPA)

Pope Leo Criticizes Nuclear Deterrence on 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing 

Pope Leo on Wednesday criticized the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th anniversary of the United States…

Varieties Rescuers open a manhole to drain water on a flooded road in Duanzhou District of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, China, 05 August 2025. (EPA/ Xinhua) 

Monsoon Peaks in South China, Unleashing Landslides, Disease 

Rescue crews raced on Wednesday to clear debris and flooded roads as southern China braced for more extreme rainfall and spreading infection after some of the…

Varieties Smoke from wildfires raging in the Aude department is seen from the Mediterranean coast in Banyuls-sur-Mer, southwestern France, on August 5, 2025. (AFP)

Spreading Wildfire in Southern France Kills 1, Injures Several 

Smoke from wildfires raging in the Aude department is seen from the Mediterranean coast in Banyuls-sur-Mer, southwestern France, on August 5, 2025. (AFP) A…

Varieties The winners with their medals. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Wins Bronze at Int’l Nuclear Science Olympiad 2025 

Saudi Arabia's national team secured the bronze medal in its second participation at the International Nuclear Science Olympiad (INSO2025), held in the…

Varieties 21 July 2025, Iran, Tehran: Two cab drivers cool off during a heatwave in the Iranian capital. (dpa)

Scorching Heat in Iran Forces Closure of Public Buildings, Banks 

A heatwave in Iran is straining the country's water and power supplies, prompting local authorities to order the closure of public buildings and banks in the…

Varieties This aerial photograph shows a section of the old Izmir-Cesme highway emerging after the water level dropped at the Alacati Kutlu Aktas Dam in Izmir, on July 30, 2025. (AFP)

Water Shortages Spell Trouble on Türkiye's Tourist Coast 

Ali Alyanak and his neighbors in Türkiye's tourist hub Izmir now have to draw water from a shrinking aquifer 170 meters underground even as hotel pools remain…

Varieties Archaeology students actively participate in archaeological excavations within a marked square inside Youmbidi Cave in Lastourville, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Nao Mukadi / AFP)

Gabon Forest Cave Reveals Clues About Prehistoric Central Africa

In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans lived and interacted in the changing…

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Varieties Northern Vietnam is sweltering under a blistering heatwave, with 17 places across seven provinces reporting record highs for the month of August. Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

Record Heatwave Blasts Northern Vietnam

Northern Vietnam is sweltering under a blistering heatwave, with 17 places across seven provinces reporting record highs for the month of August and…

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Varieties Screen grab taken from a handout video released by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and recorded by the ROV SuBastian while being commanded from the oceanographic research vessel RV Falkor (too) on July 30, 2025, displaying a squid at 2530 meters of depth at the Mar del Plata Canyon in the Argentine Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean about 300 Km off Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. (Handout / Schmidt Ocean Institute / ROV SuBastian / AFP)

Livestream of Deep Sea Creatures Transfixes Argentina and Sparks Calls for Refunding Science 

Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snowlike flecks of dead plants sift down from the world above. Soft sponges peek through the soot of the…

Varieties The A-Bomb Dome is reflected on the Motoyasu river at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, early 05 August 2025. (EPA)

Japan’s Aging Atomic Bomb Survivors Speak Out Against Nuclear Weapons 

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear…

Varieties Burglars on the island of Koh Phangan have regularly been spying on tourists with drones. Photo: Pexels

Thieves Use Drones to Steal Tourists in Thailand

Tourists on a Thai island whose “Full Moon Parties” gained global fame with the most recent season of the hit series White Lotus have become victims of…

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Varieties Starlings fly around Icelandic horses at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Denmark Zoo Asks People to Donate their Small Pets as Food for Captive Predators

A zoo in Denmark is asking for donations of small pets as food for its predators. The Aalborg Zoo said it is trying to mimic the natural food chain of the…

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Varieties People cross a street on a hot day in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. (AFP)

17 Heat Records Broken in Japan

Seventeen heat records were broken in Japan on Monday, the weather agency said, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June and July. …

Varieties Authorities hope the sprawling Gono Bhaban palace offers a message to the future. Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP

Bangladesh ex-PM Palace Becomes Revolution Museum

Once a heavily guarded palace, the former official residence of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina is being turned into a museum as a lasting…

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Varieties  Ninoshima, an island where thousands of the dead and dying were brought after the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago, is seen from a ferry on Monday, July 7, 2025, in Horishima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

8 Decades After Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima, Search for Missing Continues on Nearby Island

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south…

Varieties This handout taken on August 3, 2025 and released by the Kaohsiung Fire Department shows a landslide that swept away a section of road, which caused a car transporting five people to plunge into a ravine, in a mountainous area of Kaohsiung. (Handout / Kaohsiung Fire Department / AFP

Southern Taiwan Lashed by Torrential Rain, 4 Dead, More than 5,900 Evacuated

Four people died and more than 5,900 have been evacuated in southern Taiwan after the island recorded more than a year's rainfall over the past week which…

Varieties King Abdulaziz University, Microsoft Partner to Train Faculty on AI

King Abdulaziz University, Microsoft Partner to Train Faculty on AI

King Abdulaziz University, in partnership with Microsoft and with support from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has launched an AI…

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Varieties A humpback whale breaches the surface off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa February 13, 2007. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Whale Dies after Collision with Small Boat off New Jersey Shore

A minke whale died off the New Jersey shore after a collision that nearly tipped over a small boat and threw a person overboard. Social media video of the…

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Varieties Fourth Otaiqah Dates Season Opens in Riyadh, Celebrates Saudi Date Industry

Fourth Otaiqah Dates Season Opens in Riyadh, Celebrates Saudi Date Industry

The fourth edition of the Otaiqah Dates Season has launched, aiming to highlight the Kingdom’s leading position in the date industry, with Saudi dates exported…

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Varieties Armed police stand guard in Auckland, New Zealand July 20, 2023. (Reuters)

New Zealand Woman Arrested After Travelling with Child in Suitcase

A New Zealand woman was arrested on Sunday after travelling on a bus with a two-year-old girl trapped in her luggage. Detective Inspector Simon Harrison…

Varieties Group of volcanoes of Klyuchevskoy, Russia. (AFP)

Kamchatka Quake May Have Caused Volcano’s Eruption After 600 Years, Russia Says

The overnight eruption of the Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka, its first in 600 years, may be connected to the huge earthquake that rocked Russia's Far…

Varieties FILE - Charlie Surfs Up barks as he is pushed through the breakers by Jeff Nieboer in the second heat of very large dogs during the World Dog Surfing Championships, on Aug. 3, 2024, in Pacifica, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard, File)

Who's the Top Dog? Wave-riding Canines Compete in World Dog Surfing Championships

Charlie the yellow lab likes surfing so much he'll grab his surfboard and run toward the water, so much so that his humans sometimes have to hide his board if…

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Varieties This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows the docked SpaceX capsule to the International Space Station Saturday Aug. 2, 2025. (NASA and SpaceX via AP)

SpaceX Delivers Four Astronauts to the International Space Station Just 15 Hours after Launch

SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four US, Russian and Japanese…

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Varieties Crown Prince Camel Festival to kick off in September. (SPA)

Crown Prince Camel Festival to Kick Off in September with Prizes Exceeding SAR50 Million

The 7th edition of the Crown Prince Camel Festival is set to kick off on September 2 in Taif Governorate, bringing together a wide array of local and…

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