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World’s oldest captive white rhino dies in French zoo
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Indonesians quitting ‘rice addiction’ over diabetes fears
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South Korea’s model daughter in law
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New York exhibition details 10-year hunt for Bin Laden
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Ghostly Nazi-era motorway resurfaces in German forest
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The rediscovered memories of a Viennese Jewish family
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Hearts of gold: Motorcycle gang donates RM25k to Kelantanese dad with special needs kids
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Disputed Western Sahara becomes kitesurfing hotspot
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Chinese tourists say ‘I do’ to Serbia
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Top cosmologist’s lonely battle against ‘Big Bang’ theory
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Flooding drowns St Mark’s priceless mosaics in sewage
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Climate change poses ‘lifelong’ child health risk
PARIS, Nov 14 — Climate change will damage the health of an entire generation unless there are immediate cuts to fossil fuel emissions, from a rise in deadly infectious diseases...
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Whodunnit? US library baffled by mystery of vanishing ‘liberal’ books
LOS ANGELES, Nov 14 — For more than a year, books critiquing Donald Trump, advocating gun control or supporting gay rights have been vanishing from a US library — only to be...
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Philippine beauty Cyrille Payumo wins Miss Tourism International pageant
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Philippine beauty queen Cyrille Payumo was crowned Miss Tourism International 2019/2020, beating 38 other contestants at the pageant finals held at Sunway...
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From sci-fi to science lab: Holograms you can ‘feel’
PARIS, Nov 14 — Walking, talking holograms have been a staple of sci-fi films since Princess Leia was magically brought to life in Star Wars. Now scientists in Britain say they...
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Hair-raising truth behind pigeons’ lost toes
PARIS, Nov 14 — Next time you visit your hairdresser spare a thought for the pigeons. For a long time scientists thought the fact that pigeons in urban environments often lost...
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China's huge mysterious extinct ape 'Giganto' was an orangutan cousin
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 — Genetic material extracted from a 1.9 million-year-old fossil tooth from southern China shows that the world's largest-known ape — an extinct creature...
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17 South African black rhino relocated to Malawi
LIONGWE, Nov 14 — Malawi has received 17 black rhinos from South Africa under a programme to replenish the endangered species which has been extinct in the country since the...
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WHO launches initiative to boost insulin access for diabetics
GENEVA, Nov 14 — The World Health Organisation yesterday said it had begun an initiative that would cut prices and dramatically increase insulin access for diabetics. The UN...
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Faroe Islands 'closed for maintenance' in April 2020
PARIS, Nov 14 — The Danish archipelago has come up with a solution to the problem of mass tourism: closing access to visitors and only welcoming volunteers who take part in...
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Venetian anger after historic flood devastates city
VENICE, Nov 14 — Venetians woke yesterday to devastating scenes after the highest tide in 50 years washed through the historic Italian city, beaching gondolas, trashing hotels...
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Singaporean dad defeats life-threatening stroke to become bodybuilding champ
PETALING JAYA, Nov 13 — Life was never the same after Singaporean bodybuilder Kellvin Lim suffered a life-threatening stroke in 2014. His appearance back then was that of a...
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Malaysian social media influencer Harvinth Skin tweets about Singapore Grab driver with five screens while driving (VIDEO)
PETALING JAYA, Nov 13 — For most of us, a single screen on the dashboard would suffice to help navigate the roads. But for a Grab driver in Singapore, the more the merrier is...
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Swimming champ: Malaysian mother of three Cindy Ong can’t stop winning despite permanent shoulder damage
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — Whether it’s rain or shine, you will find former national swimmer Cindy Ong training hard early in the morning at her condominium’s swimming pool five...
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Helpful Malaysians come to the rescue of a victim of a double parked car
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 — The next time you find your car being blocked by an inconsiderate motorist, fret not. Everything can be solved with the help of your fellow...
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Greta Thunberg bound for Europe as new adventures await
HAMPTON, Nov 13 — “Extremely educational” is how Greta Thunberg sums up her North American sojourn as she prepares to cross the Atlantic once more, this time bound back for...
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Bats and broccoli: Exploring London’s ‘ghost stations’
LONDON, Nov 13 — From film sets to bat sanctuaries and vegetable gardens, London’s disused Underground stations host a subterranean world of surprises. Now a new exhibition at...
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Massive mural of Greta Thunberg to stare down at San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 13 — Greta Thunberg will gaze down at people from a building in downtown San Francisco from Tuesday night when an artist formally unveils a giant mural of the...
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Rare portrait of teenage Mozart to be auctioned in Paris
PARIS, Nov 13 — A rare portrait of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be sold by British auction house Christie’s on Nov. 27 in Paris at an estimated price of...
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Nasa renames faraway ice world after Nazi-link backlash
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 — Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or “sky” in the Native American Powhatan language,...