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European Parliament expects June return to Strasbourg chamber
The European Parliament is expected to return to its official seat in Strasbourg for a June plenary after an absence of more than a year due to Covid-19 restrictions, officials…
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Volunteers go beyond religion to carry out COVID-19 relief work
‘We have been providing free services with the aim of keeping humanitarian spirit alive,’ they say Pune district has been the worst-hit in not only the State but also the…
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Critically Endangered Iconic Great Apes in Borneo Lost Muscle During Fruit Shortages
A male orangutan eating non-fruit vegetation instead of the fruit orangutans prefer on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Credit: Kristana Parinters Makur/Tuanan Orangutan Research Project Highlights Need to…
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Largest-Ever Effort to Artificially Inseminate Sharks – And the Occasional “Virgin Birth”
A baby bamboo shark born via artificial insemination. Credit: Photo by Jay Harvey, Aquarium of the Pacific It’s a tough time to be a shark. Pollution, industrialized fishing, and climate…
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Republican Party of Armenia vice-president: European Parliament will consider and vote for resolution on Armenian POWs
My colleagues from the European Union tell me that the European Parliament will consider and vote for a special resolution on Armenian prisoners of war next week. This is what…
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First Person: ‘God save us from famine’
The conflict in Yemen forced Asia El-Sayeed Ali and her family from her home in Aden’s Al Tawahi district, where there was active fighting, in 2015. Today, she works at…
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Hear the Eerie Sounds of Interstellar Space Captured by NASA’s Voyager
An illustration depicting one of NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. Both Voyagers have entered interstellar space, or the space outside our Sun’s heliosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech As NASA’s Voyager 1 Surveys Interstellar…
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DNA Analysis Identifies First Member of Ill-Fated 1845 Franklin Expedition
Facial reconstruction of individual identified through DNA analysis as John Gregory, HMS Erebus. Credit: Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo With a living descendant’s DNA sample, a team of researchers have…
Europe
Amazon wins $303 million tax case in European Union
Brussels:Europe's second-top court on Thursday annulled an EU order to Amazon.com Inc. to pay about €250 million ($303.28 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg, part of an EU crackdown against…
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Religion plays a role in the renewed conflict in Israel, but it may not be what you think
(RNS) — Violence between Gaza and Israel intensified this week to levels not seen for years, with Hamas shooting hundreds of rockets toward the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and Israel…