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For sale on Facebook: monkeys, rhino horn and dead pangolins

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This photo illustration taken in Bangkok on June 25, 2026, shows a person using a laptop to view a Facebook post offering a dead pangolin curled up on a weighing scale for sale. — AFP The ghostly white creature curled up on a weighing scale is almost unrecognisable in the...

The Sun may not engulf Earth after all, say scientists

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People stand on the shore as the Sun sets over Nuuk, Greenland, January 30, 2026. — Reuters The Earth may not be engulfed by the expanding fireball of the dying Sun, which has long been assumed to be our home planet's ultimate fate, according to scientists. This is not...

Pakistan receives seven ancient treasures recovered by Italy

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This collage shows ancient artefacts recovered in Italy and returned to Pakistan. — Reporter The Pakistani embassy has said that seven historic antiquities recovered by Italy's Guardia di Finanza have been officially handed over to Pakistan and arrived in Islamabad today,...

Bangladesh farmer unfurls vast Germany banner to show World Cup support

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People look at a 7.5 kilometres long national flag of Germany commissioned by their football team fan, Bangladeshi farmer Amjad Hossain, upon its display across a field in Magura district, Bangladesh, on June 10, 2026, on the eve of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament. — AFP MAGURA:...

Worker bees build a 'royal palace' for the honeybee queen

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Bees are seen on the frame of a hive in a village of Ripanj near Belgrade, Serbia, April 9, 2019. — Reuters Honeybee queens come from the same ordinary fertilised female eggs as worker bees. So how does one bee become a queen — with the responsibility of serving as...

World's largest whale graveyard discovered by Chinese sub

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This handout photograph taken by Global TREnD, IDSSE, seven kilometres under the sea on deep seafloor of the Diamantina Zone in Indian Ocean in 2023 and released on June 10, 2026, shows whale bones at the world's biggest known whale graveyard discovered by Chinese submersible Fendouzhe....