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Nigerian Navy discovers 99,000 litres of suspected stolen, illegally refined products as it intensifies anti-crude oil theft operations

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Alpine glacier was covered with sheep wool sheets to prevent melting. It worked

South Korea mulls deploying military assets to Strait of Hormuz

World's fifth-largest economy, British army can't afford to train

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BRICS 2026: $1 trillion sovereign capital set to converge in Delhi for first iBRICS Summit

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UN votes to correct world map that visually shrank Africa for 450 years

Former NewJeans member Danielle launches YouTube channel, hints at new solo journey

Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy creates history with 350 not out in South Africa

Brendan Fraser’s transformation fuels The Mummy 4 excitement as fans welcome back Rick O’Connell

Krishna Janmashtami 2026: From Dhaniya Panjiri to Makhana Kheer- 5 best sweet dishes perfect for celebrating Lord Krishna’s birth

Donald Trump plans to travel to Ireland on Qatari-donated jet amid security concerns

Nazi-looted art to return to Jewish heirs

Eight killed in Kerala’s Thrissur after car rams into lorry parked on highway

Why Russian fighter jets use bulky, low-pressure tyres compared to US jets

FBI-wanted fraud accused arrested in Jalandhar over $600,000 scam

Why US tanks weigh over 20 tons more than Russian tanks

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Killing the Himalayas slowly: Human urine is melting a glacier on Mount Everest

The Plastic Bag Store looks like a typical New York City grocery store in the heart of Times Square, but a closer look at the boxes of sushi rolls and cereal have labels like "plastic bagacado roll," "Yucky Shards," and "Caps N' Such." Beginning Monday (Oct. 19), all plastic carryout bags are banned throughout the entire state of New York, where according to the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, more than 23 billion plastic bags are used each year.

The Plastic Bag Store opens to coincide with NY's plastic bag ban

Specialised drones that disperse seeds will be trialled in Australia to help regenerate bushland and wildlife after the country's devastating summer bushfires. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia said that it plans to use drones that can plant around 40,000 seeds a day, including ones for Eucalyptus trees, which would help revive wildlife corridors across burnt out landscapes and inaccessible terrain.

WWF Australia use drones to regenerate wildlife after bushfire disaster

: If it's the Day of the Dead in Mexico you are certain to see the bright orange flowers of the Mexican marigold decorating streets, homes, cemeteries and the traditional altars that honor deceased loved ones. But, that color will be dimmer this year as restrictions imposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus will keep people inside and cemeteries where families go to visit the graves of their ancestors will remain closed.

Mexico's Day of the Dead flower growers wither as coronavirus stems

At her home in the western suburbs of Sydney, Tracey, a WIRES or Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service, volunteer looks after two rare koala joey twins and their mother Gladys, who were captured after urban development encroached on their habitat.

The fight for survival for New South Wales koalas

According to a US study published in the Innovation Journal, a dip in the air quality to a dangerous low can make the coronavirus more deadly for COVID-19 patients with underlying asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These patients are also more prone to COVID-19.

Know how urban air pollution can make COVID-19 more deadly

The company behind animatronics used for Hollywood blockbusters like "Free Willy," "Deep Blue Sea," and "The Abyss" is hoping its technology will transform marine parks for years to come by providing an alternative to live animals captured, bred, trained, and held in captivity. Design and engineering company Edge Innovations has been a film industry regular since the early 90s, but as moviemakers increasingly turn to computer-generated images, Edge has shifted focus to theme parks.

This robot dolphin could replace captive animals at theme parks

A total of 17 archaeological sites and museums opened their doors across Peru on Thursday, after more than seven months of closure as a measure to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus.

Peru starts reopening archaeological sites

As the #MeToo movement marks its third year since receiving global recognition, founder Tarana Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive. She also wants the movement to reclaim its original focus on marginalized voices and experiences.

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders focus on inequality

Some 5,000 indigenous people from southeast Colombia on Thursday (October 15) set out on foot and in buses to the capital Bogota to protest the government's economic and social policies and demand a meeting with President Ivan Duque.

Indigenous Colombians march to Bogota, demand meeting with president

A media tour organised by the Chinese government has offered a rare glimpse of life in Tibet. The tour which began on Wednesday (October 14) took journalists to a village in Nanshan city near Lhasa which was built to relocate those living in high altitude, approximately above 4300 meters above the sea level, to a lower area.

Government-sponsored trip offers a rare glimpse of Tibet

The coronavirus pandemic has turned one Japanese theme park into a new workplace for teleworkers. On Thursday (October 15), Yomiuriland, an amusement park in Tokyo, launched an "amusement workstation" package to include a business working area next to its pool, and a ride on its observation Ferris wheel with a portable WiFi router.

Office in a ferris wheel - Japanese amusement park offers rides as remote workspace

A group of Filipino teachers have found a creative way to help children of indigenous communities living in remote mountains north of Manila catch up on their studies under the new norms of pandemic restrictions. Using old bookshelves and used wooden boards, the teachers built a makeshift learning centre complete with a large monitor.

Filipino teachers bring classrooms to isolated villages via travelling-school rickshaw

Venezuelan professionals from biologists to lawyers have turned to making food and face masks or selling cleaning products as the coronavirus quarantine further weakens an economy already struggling under a six-year recession.

Venezuelan professionals turn to cooking and toy making to survive quarantine

Merchants from Peru's largest wholesale market banded together to donate more than 10 tons of vegetables and fruits to help feed the animals of Parque de las Leyendas, or Park of the Legends, as Lima's zoo is known.

Lima Zoo receives food donations for animals

Hundreds of Argentine workers took to Buenos Aires streets on Wednesday (October 14) to demand higher wages, welfare plans, and more government action to protect jobs threatened by the coronavirus pandemic.

Angry Argentine workers demand better wages amid pandemic

Eighty sea turtles took their first plunge into the ocean at a beach on the Colombian coast on Wednesday (October 14) after they were released by volunteers and conservationists.

Volunteers release 80 turtles back into sea on Colombian coast

Solar panel farms are cropping up in Iran which is aiming to shift to renewable energy, according to the country's West Asia News Agency (WANA). WANA reports that solar panel farms are emerging in several Iranian cities as well as solar energy equipment in people's homes.

Iran turns to solar panels in shift to renewable energy

A Munich prison demonstrated a new drone-catching device on Wednesday (October 14), the first pilot project of its kind in Germany. Bavaria's justice minister Georg Eisenreich tried out the Dropster net gun, which uses compressed gas to shoot out a net to catch the drone mid-flight and bring it to the ground.

Munich prison tests drone-catching net in bid to stop smuggling

After decades locked away in a Rome basement, some of the finest sculptures from antiquity have been pulled from the gloom and returned to public view. Busts of Roman emperors, intricate sarcophagi and an ancient Greek relief carved 2,500 years ago are just some of the 92 pieces put on display in Villa Caffarelli, part of the ancient city's Capitoline Museums.

Ancient statues emerge from the shadows in blockbuster Rome show

Feminist activists dressed the monument of Isabel la Catolica in Bolivia's capital La Paz as a "cholita," indigenous women, traditionally from rural Aymara and Quechua communities.

Feminists dress statue of Isabel la Catolica as 'cholita;' Columbus statue is vandalised

Vintage phone collector Hassan al-Tourky may be one of the few people in the modern age of microchips and video calls, not walking around with a mobile phone in his pocket. In the busy Attaba market in downtown Cairo, al-Tourky's collection includes a 1933 piece used by Egypt's late King Farouq with his image on it, and others once owned by Charlie Chaplin, Thomas Hudson and Egyptian and foreign celebrities.

No mobile phones allowed: Meet Egypt's vintage phone collector and avid user

Residents of Mexico City awoke on Tuesday (October 13) to find colourful skulls lining the capital's Reforma boulevard, as part of festivities in the lead up to Day of the Dead celebrations.

Colourful skulls line Mexico City street ahead of Day of the Dead

With no fans in the seats to cheer on Bolivia in a crucial World Cup qualifier against Argentina, this local artist has found a novel way to stir the spirits of the home side. Bolivian artist Fernando Mamani Mamani is painting over empty seats in this La Paz stadium with a work of art that is representative of local culture.

Art replaces spectators in Bolivia stadium for World Cup qualifier with Argentina

Dressed in white Islamic garb and waving the red and white Indonesian national flag, more than 1,000 protestors from Islamic organisations and students groups gathered in central Jakarta on Tuesday (October 13) to voice discontent over a contentious new 'jobs creation' law.

Indonesia Islamic groups, students join movement to scrap jobs law

Marcellina Akpojotor weaves past thumping sewing machines and into a storefront shop, leaving just as quickly as she arrived with a cement bag brimming with discarded fabric swatches. The colourful pieces, which would typically be burned or thrown into the lagoon as waste, find a second life as valuable art in Akpojotor's hands.

Cut from the same cloth, Nigerian waste fabric becomes art

Irma Arancibia decided she would give birth to her seventh child at home, part of a trend in the Andean country where soon-to-be-mothers are avoiding hospitals filled beyond capacity with COVID-19 patients.

With Bolivian hospitals filled with COVID cases, Mums choose home birthing

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