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[ad_1] They’re widely loved for their plumpness and clumsy antics, but giant pandas lack distinguishable facial features, making it difficult for scientists and keepers to tell them apart and thus keep track of them. Now researchers at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China have pioneered new …

[ad_1] The former U.S. Marine freed from a Russian prison in April said he believes President Joe Biden isn’t doing enough to bring basketball star Brittney Griner or corporate executive Paul Whelan home. Trevor Reed, who was released in a prisoner exchange for Russian drug trafficker Konstantin Yaroshenko after having …

[ad_1] A new Tunisian constitution that the opposition warns may dismantle the country’s democracy by greatly expanding presidential powers is set to take effect after a referendum on Monday that appeared to pass easily but with low turnout. President Kais Saied ousted the parliament last year and moved to rule …

[ad_1] IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Ukraine’s Zelenskyy accuses Russia of ‘terror’ by restricting gas supplies 00:49 UP NEXT Non-profit brings love of baseball to Ukrainian refugees in Poland 02:36 Russia strikes Odessa port less than a day …

[ad_1] CAIRO — Temperatures in the Middle East have risen far faster than the world’s average in the past three decades. Precipitation has been decreasing, and experts predict droughts will come with greater frequency and severity. The Middle East is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the …

[ad_1] Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced Monday, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-beloved pop extravaganza in the designated host country, Ukraine. The U.K. said the 2023 event would be a celebration of Ukrainian culture and creativity. Ukraine won the …

[ad_1] A chess-playing robot fractured the finger of its 7-year-old opponent during a tournament in Moscow last week. The incident happened after the boy hurried the artificial intelligence-powered robot, the president of the Moscow Chess Federation told the Russian state news agency Tass. “The robot broke the child’s finger — this, …

[ad_1] Two people were killed and two others were injured in an early morning shooting spree in a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia, that may have preyed on homeless people, authorities said Monday. “Four people were shot by what is believed to be a lone gunman,” Ghalib Bhayani, a chief …

[ad_1] MASKWACIS, Alberta — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalized generations. “I am deeply sorry,” Francis said to applause …