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Mining experts pictured while working on the site of the newly discovered gold reservoir in Pingjiang, Hunan province, China. — Xinhua/file A deposit of high-quality gold ore containing around 1,000 metric tons of yellow metal has been found in central China, valued...

An aerial photo of the excavated trackway surface in northern Kenya, with members of the research team along its perimeter, is seen in this photograph released on November 28, 2024. —Reuters About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary...

A 10- to 12-million-year-old fossil of a juvenile Cenozoic crocodile of the genus Piscogavialis is unveiled in Lima on November 27, 2024. — AFP Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a...

Two goats were spotted "chasing people" and were “detained for baaaaaadddd behaviour”, says police. A pair of escaped goats in Washington were detained by police after they wandered through the city and chased pedestrians. The Kent Police...

Black cat named John seen stuck in drainpipe. — Clevedon Fire Station Firefighters had to free a cat from a drainpipe after it got stuck in the middle while wiggling through it. The black cat, a female named John, was found with her head poking through an end of the...

A representational image depicting a bottle with a paper message inside it. — Unsplash/File A message in a 132-year-old bottle has been discovered by an engineer conducting an inspection at a 209-year-old Scottish lighthouse. Ross Russell, who is a Northern Lighthouse Board...

A representational image of emperor penguins. — Unsplash/file The emperor penguin who swam from Antarctica to Australia has been released to see after he ended up at the shore of a popular tourist beach. The adult male penguin was discovered at the Ocean Beach sand dunes on...

A representational image of a macaroni penguin. — Unsplash/file SeaWorld in San Diego is celebrating the birthday of the oldest known macaroni penguin in North America. The penguin, named Best Friend, turned 40 on Wednesday, becoming the oldest of its kind, according...

This undated photo shows people cremate the bodies at a crematorium in Delhi. — Reuters JAIPUR: An Indian man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said on Saturday. Rohitash Kumar,...

A representational image of a man reading a book in a library. — Reuters/file A book has been recently returned 51 years later after it was due by a former patron of a Pennsylvania library. The book in discussion is the “Lombardi: Winning is the Only Thing”,...

A representational image of a pet hamster. — Unsplash/file An aeroplane of TAP Air Portugal had to be grounded for four days after 132 hamsters broke free inside the cargo hold and caused havoc as they kept avoiding being captured again by the airport staff. The escapees were...

Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped Banana entitled "Comedian," is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's in New York, on November 8, 2024. — AFP A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2...

The combined image shows DonnaJean Wilde doing pushups. — Guinness World Records A grandmother from Canada has broken the Guinness World Records by earning her second title after completing 1,575 pushups. The title for the most pushups in one hour was taken by DonnaJean Wilde...

A life restoration of two individuals of the newly identified Jurassic Period pterosaur species Skiphosoura bavarica are pictured in flight, in this illustration released on November 18, 2024. — Reuters Scientists have unearthed a well-preserved fossil skeleton of this newly...

Visitors can be seen admiring the robotic whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China. — Reuters/File China’s Xiaomeisha Sea World has gathered public attention for showcasing a life-sized robotic whale shark instead of a real...

The combination of images reflects a picture of Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg and a bunch of bananas, compiled in the context of her allergy with bananas. — AFP/File Bananaphobic Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg directed her...

An undated image shows the record-breaking drawing by Fola David-Tolaram, named "The Unity of Diversity", displayed at Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos, Nigeria. — Guinness World Records Fola David-Tolaram, a Nigerian doctor and artist, has broken the record for the world's largest...

A representational image showing a coral reef. — Reuters/File Scientists have discovered the largest coral ever recorded in the south west Pacific Ocean and described it to be bigger than a blue whale. The mega coral, a combination of several connected tiny creatures that...

A woman wearing the 18th century diamond jewel necklace, poses during a press preview at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva, on November 7, 2024. — AFP A mysterious necklace laden with some 500 diamonds and with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie...

A Christie's employee poses with The Aga Khan Emerald during a press preview in Geneva, on November 7, 2024. — AFP A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive green...

A Christie's employee poses with The Aga Khan Emerald during a press preview in Geneva, on November 7, 2024. — AFP A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive green...

A representational image shows a bioluminescent comb jellyfish. — X/@maximaxoo In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have identified the comb jellyfish , a ctenophore species, as a potential candidate for biological...

An undated image shows students playing at the Darlington Public School in Chippendale, Sydney, Australia. — Instagram/@fjcstudio A small suburban school in Chippendale, Sydney in Australia beat iconic skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be crowned...

This February 9, 2013, handout photo courtesy of the US National Park Service shows a tricolored bat with signs of white-nose syndrome on its snout and both wings at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. — AFP Standing at a woodland entrance to the world's longest cave...

Ai-Da Robot’s "AI God" artwork. — Ai-Da Robot Studios An AI generated portrait of the eminent World War II codebreaker, Alan Turing, has been sold for a record $1.3 million at auction. There were 27 bids for the digital artwork sale of "AI God", which had...

A representational image showing people wearing costumes during a Halloween parade. — AFP/File DUBLIN: In a rather intriguing yet disturbing revelation, a Pakistan-based artificial intelligence-powered website has been found to be behind a hoax Halloween parade in Dublin that led to...

Panniers strapped to their haunches, a team of horses waded collar-deep through North Sea waters — hauling wide nets along the Belgian coast as cawing seagulls swirled all around. In the saddle, clad head to toe in yellow oilskins, riders steered them parallel with the...

A three-dimensional reconstruction of Zosia's face, a woman buried as a "vampire", is pictured, in this undated handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden. — Reuters PIEN: Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, "Zosia" was never supposed to be able to...

A representational image of chimpanzees sitting. — AFP/file Two Australian mathematicians have questioned an old motto: If a monkey is given an infinite amount of time to press keys on a typewriter, at one point, it will finish writing all of William Shakespeare's...