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Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from universities amid condemnation
The Taliban has banned women from universities in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and despair among young people in…
World’s longest-serving president starts sixth term
The world’s longest-serving head of state, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has been sworn in for a sixth…
Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, celebrates his 190th birthday
The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s oldest living land animal…
Equatorial Guinea: World’s longest-serving president to continue 43-year-rule
The world’s longest-serving president has won re-election in Equatorial Guinea to continue presiding over his authoritarian regime. Teodoro…
How ‘seafloor detectives’ uncovered the secrets of the world’s biggest underwater volcano
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted in Tonga in January 2022, it became the largest eruption ever…
The world’s biggest green ammonia plant is planned for South Africa
In Nelson Mandela Bay, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, thousands of hectares of land could one…
Cheetah: World’s fastest cat returns to India after 70 years
Cheetahs are set to roam in India for the first time since they were declared officially extinct in…
World’s largest ice sheet crumbling faster than previously thought, satellite imagery shows
Los AngelesAntarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous…
How Joe Biden and his team decided to kill the world’s most wanted terrorist
(CNN)Before he gave the order to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri, President Joe Biden wanted to intimately understand where the…
Yosemite’s giant sequoias: Wildfire threatens world’s largest trees
A growing wildfire in California is threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park. The…