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A boy looks at a girl, both from Germany, as they attend the annual Redhead Days Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, August 27, 2023. REUTERS Far from the childhood mockery they once faced, thousands of red-haired people gathered "as a family" this weekend in the southern Dutch city of...

They look like ordinary foals, docile with honey brown coats and white facial patches, content to spend their days munching alfalfa in a cordoned-off pasture in rural Buenos Aires province. But these five 10-month-olds are the world’s first genetically edited horses: cloned copies...

Animal sculptures, discovered at the Karahan Tepe archaeological site, are on display at the "Golden Age of Archaeology" exhibition at the Presidential Complex Exhibition Hall in Ankara, Turkey, August 21, 2025. — Reuters ISTANBUL: A set of carved stone animals — a fox, a...

A worker at an assembly line of the Washlet Techno factory of Japanese toilet manufacturer TOTO. — AFP Japanese toilet giant TOTO has launched a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are in real-time with a phone and QR...

A jaguar wears a monitoring collar in Calakmul, Mexico, where the population has increased significantly in recent years, but the largest feline in the Americas remains at risk of extinction, according to the National Alliance for Jaguar Conservation , in this handout distributed on August...

A worker installs a sign with the street's new name, after years of controversy and a last-minute courtroom drama over the old name, 'Moors' Street'. — AFP A central Berlin street is being officially renamed on Saturday for an 18th-century African philosopher after years of debate...

This combination of photos shows Wasiat Khan and the newly-formed lake in Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan. —Screengrab/Geo News A local shepherd in Gilgit Baltistan’s Ghizer district has been honoured for saving hundreds of lives after he raised the alarm when a glacial lake...

Alaska resident Mark Warren rides his new Ural motorcycle, a gift from Russian President Vladimir Putin, handed over by a Russian Embassy official, in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., in this still image from video released August 18, 2025.— Reuters A local man in Anchorage was...

Kim Kardashian, seen here in Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos’s wedding in Venice, Italy, June 26, has been credited with helping propel social media slang ‘skibidi’ into the mainstream. — Reuters Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha, including "skibidi", "delulu",...

Mahnoor Cheema, an 18-year-old British-Pakistani student with her examination results. — Reporter LONDON: Mahnoor Cheema, an 18-year-old British-Pakistani student, has made academic history by completing 24 A-Level subjects with top distinctions — breaking four new...

Solar-powered plane SolarStratos, piloted by Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan, is seen taking off at the Sion airport, southwestern Switzerland, on August 8, 2025, during his first attempt of the season at setting a new aviation record by reaching an altitude of 10,000 metres. —...

This representational image shows a meteorite. — Pexels Scientists have recently revealed that a meteorite that flew through the skies and crashed into a home in the United States in broad daylight on June 26 is older than planet Earth. According to the National...

Archbishop Michiaki Nakamura blesses the newly donated “Bell of Saint Kateri of Hope” during a ceremony at Urakami Church on July 17, 2025. — Archdiocese of Nagasaki Twin cathedral bells will ring in unison Saturday in Japan's Nagasaki for the first time since...

This undated image shows a rock formation on Mars that closely resembles coral. — Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Curiosity rover has captured images of a rock formation that closely resembles coral, in a discovery that suggests there might...

The first edition of The Hobbit from 1937, inscribed in Old English by JRR Tolkien as a gift to one of his first students at Leeds University. — Sotheby's/File In a mighty twist fit for Middle-earth, a rare 1937 first edition of JRR Tolkien's epic novel, The Hobbit, was unearthed in...

A general view shows the Strait of Messina, Italy, August 5, 2025. — Reuters Italy's government on Wednesday approved a 13.5-billion-euro project to build the world's longest suspension bridge connecting the island of Sicily to the mainland. After decades of planning —...

This screengrab shows Dr Zakir Naik bungee jumping in Bali, Indonesia, August 2, 2025. — X/@drzakiranaik Renowned Islamic scholar and speaker Dr Zakir Naik has surprised his global followers by performing a 430-foot bungee jump during his ongoing visit to...

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. — Reuters Tesla has handed billionaire Elon Musk a...

A view of the Passu Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan. — Reuters/File The body of Naziruddin, son of Behram, belonging to the Saleh Khel tribe, was recovered in remarkably preserved condition on Sunday from the Lady Pals Glacier, 28 years after he went...

Farmers sell different types of potatoes native to the Andes at the Gastronomic Fair 'Mistura' 2010 in Lima, Peru, September 7, 2010.—Reuters Natural hybridisation event occurred 9m years ago.Interbreeding involved tomato and a potato-like species.Study analysed genomes...