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Planting giant cactus to stave off desertification...
Giant spiky cacti tower over farmer Alcides Peixinho Nascimento, 70, one of the residents of Brazil's unique Caatinga biome who is...
US Supreme Court ruling curbs power of federal age...
The conservative-majority US Supreme Court struck down 40 years of legal precedent Friday, curbing the power of federal agencies t...
France cinema boss gets 3-year jail term in sexual...
The head of France's top cinema institution, Dominique Boutonnat, was on Friday given a three-year prison sentence, two of them su...
French court to rule whether 'Bolero' was Ravel's...
A French court was set to rule Friday on whether "Bolero", one of the best-known classical music pieces in the world, was written...
Palestinian brewery persists as Israeli curbs bite...
Even before the Gaza war broke out, the Taybeh brewery's pale ales and lagers had to carve a rocky path to make their way out of t...
Former Uvalde school police chief charged over mas...
A former school district police chief in the US state of Texas has been charged and arrested over the response to a 2022 elementar...
US Supreme Court rejects opioid settlement that sh...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family that control...
Vienna 'most liveable' city, Tel Aviv's rating fal...
Vienna is still the world's most liveable city for a third year in a row, while the rating of Tel Aviv in Israel slumped, accordin...
Thousands mourn Buddhist abbot killed by Myanmar s...
Thousands of mourners on Thursday attended the funeral of a popular Buddhist abbot shot dead by Myanmar security forces in an inci...
Tunisia town shuttered after Libya closes smuggler...
Months into the closure of Tunisia's main border crossing with Libya, a haven for smugglers, shops are shuttered and unemployment...
Taiwan raises China travel alert over death penalt...
Taiwan's government on Thursday urged the public to avoid "unnecessary travel" to China after Beijing announced "diehard" supporte...
Boeing aims to lift MAX quality control at Renton...
At its plane factory near Seattle, Boeing has increased employee training, appointed mentors for new recruits, brought back retire...
Death toll from Indian toxic alcohol rises to 63:...
The death toll from a batch of illegal alcohol that devastated a town in southern India last week has risen to 63, police said Thu...
Divers turn conservationists as corals bleach worl...
A diver glides over an expanse of bone-white coral branches, recording the fish that dart between the ghostly arms extending from...
Iconic sites hosting Paris Olympics events
The Paris Olympics have been designed to showcase the City of Light in all its splendour, with many events set to take place at so...
Canada business tycoon Frank Stronach charged with...
Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach is facing 13 charges for alleged sexual assaults of several women from 1980 to 2023, po...
US jails Honduran ex-president for 45 years on dru...
A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was con...
Princess Anne 'recovering slowly' after horse acci...
King Charles III's sister Princess Anne is "recovering slowly" in hospital, her husband said Wednesday, after she suffered a concu...
US top court declines to curb govt contact with so...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led bid to curb government contact with social media companies to moderate...
Trial starts into shock bid to murder Argentina's...
A man went on trial in Argentina on Wednesday two years after he held a gun just centimeters from the face of then-vice president...
ICC convicts Timbuktu jihad police chief of war cr...
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted a jihadist police chief of war crimes and crimes against humanity committe...
'Forgotten' women Impressionists rediscovered at I...
Four women Impressionist painters largely overlooked by history are coming under a rare spotlight at an exhibition in Ireland mark...
S. Korea administrative robot defunct after appare...
A city council in South Korea said Wednesday their first administrative officer robot was defunct after throwing itself down some...
Spurs star Son's dad denies 'corporal punishment'...
The father of Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min on Wednesday denied allegations of physical and verbal abuse at his South Korea...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Russian...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Russian court for the start of his closed-door trial for espionage on Wednesday, 15 m...
The highs and lows of chemsex's drug-driven orgy s...
David is a psychologist and has been taking part in drug-fuelled gay orgies for the past 15 years.
How the US and Assange reached a plea deal - and w...
After more than thirteen years in England, including five years spent in prison, Julian Assange pleaded guilty in the Northern Mar...
Russia puts US journalist Evan Gershkovich on tria...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich will face the start of a closed-door trial on espionage charges in Russia on Wednesday, more than a...
WikiLeaks founder Assange freed in US plea deal
A US judge freed Julian Assange on Wednesday in a plea deal that ended years of legal drama for the WikiLeaks founder, long wanted...
Brazil's top court votes to decriminalize personal...
Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday a majority of judges had voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, afte...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Russia army chief,...
The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it had issued arrest warrants for Russia's top army chief and ex defence minister ov...
WikiLeaks founder Assange leaves Britain after US...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released from prison in Britain and is set to face a final court hearing after reaching...