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David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100

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Sir David Attenborough during a luncheon for Members of the Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, November 24, 2022. — Reuters LONDON: Britain's David Attenborough, who has for decades been the world's most authoritative voice on the natural world and whose...

WATCH: Stranded whale 'Timmy' released into North Sea in dramatic rescue

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Aerial photo taken on April 29, 2026 shows the rescued humpback whale in a special barge along the Danish coastline enroute back to the North Sea after it beached on a sandbank near the city of Luebeck, in late March. — AFP A humpback whale that had been struggling to survive after...

Indian man brings dead sister's skeleton after bank asks for account holder

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Image shows a fake skull on papers. — Pexels A tribal man in India's Odisha state dug up his dead sister's skeleton and took it to a bank after officials repeatedly told him to bring the account holder to withdraw INR20,000 from her account, according to Indian media. The...

Gibraltar's monkeys find a clever way to avoid a junk food bellyache

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A monkey asks for food on the top of the Rock in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, April 18, 2018. — Reuters On the tourist-packed Rock of Gibraltar, one of the most common sights is monkeys begging for food — and sometimes...

55-year-old man appears for matriculation exams

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Students of the matric class solve papers in the examination centre during the Annual Examination of Matriculation under the supervision of the Education Board, in Karachi on May 8, 2024. — PPI A 55-year-old man, Ghulam Qadir, is appearing in Class 9 examinations in...

Experts carry out controlled blast of WWII bomb near Paris

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This undated handout photograph made available by the Prefecture de Police on April 19, 2026 shows members of the police Explosive ordnance disposal unit operating to neutralise a bomb from World War II partially uncovered near a residential area, in Paris' northwestern suburb of Colombes....