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King Abdullah II of Jordan was rewarded for his efforts in hosting more than 600,000 Syrian refugees with an acquisition befitting a monarch by one of the world’s richest nations. Official figures from Jordan…
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It’s the first ever Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, and this year’s theme is “Encounters with nature”. But that’s not the only thing that’s “encountering” at the British Ecological Society’s Photographic Club –…
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Image copyright PA Image caption Cecilia Rallo ran the clock six minutes faster than her previous record time A 105-year-old woman has set a new world record in the sport of senior athletics in…
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Written by Staff Writer CNN (CNN) — Soy milk, water and a saline solution in six fluid mixtures. Then, motorized train balls tossed into dozens of squirming volunteers. This is the concoction — loosely…
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Image copyright AP Image caption The Dubai Metro passes the vast Zabeel Square underpass under the Jebel Ali Sea The latest rail car to be unveiled in the country of Dubai is an aluminium-framed…
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By Eduardo Rosal Astronomy in the early 21st century will be focused more on the search for extraterrestrial life than any other scientific activity, a study published Thursday shows. People will read, people will…
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Sri Lanka announced Saturday that it was reopening its borders to international travelers. Restrictions that had been placed on the country by the Colombo high court last week were removed as of midnight, foreign…
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The death toll from the tanker explosion in Liberia has now climbed to 115, while dozens more were left critically injured, CNN reports. President George Weah announced on Monday that the death toll would…
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Written by Staff Writer (CNN) — For a race which only has 21 drivers, the Monaco Grand Prix remains one of the most high-profile events on the Formula One calendar. But it might lose…
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In a written statement to the Guardian, one of the refugees, Iman Ghalib, says she saw Taliban helpers holding her five-year-old daughter Muntasir and chasing away other children How a ‘ragtag group’ helped 86…
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