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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....

Mexico City chases world record for largest Mexican wave ahead of World Cup

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A drone view of people participating in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest "Mexican wave" along Reforma Avenue as part of activities ahead of the Fifa World Cup 2026, in Mexico City, Mexico, June 6, 2026. — Reuters Thousands of people flooded one...

'Extremely intelligent' bear at large in Japan after hurting four

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A grizzly bear roams through the Hayden Valley in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.— Reuters/File An "extremely intelligent" bear that injured four people in northern Japan remains at large as of Friday, after apparently unlatching a window while evading capture and...

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in bug-breeder bust

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A handout photo taken on 26 May 2026 and received on 5 June 2026 from the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water shows some of the 100,000 contraband cockroaches found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia....

'Tiger of the mountains': Nepali climber alive after six days missing on Mount Everest

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Medics and rescuers transfer mountaineer Dawa Sherpa from a helicopter upon his arrival at the HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu on June 4, 2026. — AFP KATHMANDU: A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after...

Indonesian parrot, seen once in a century, reappears in mountain forest

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The Blue-fronted Lorikeet in the highlands of Mount Kapalatmada in Buru, Indonesia, in this photograph taken in April 2026 and released on June 1, 2026. — Reuters For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a...

Chinese relive 'wonderful' youth in viral sneak-eating contest

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A representational image of Chinese class room. — Reuters/File Sitting in a fake classroom mocked-up in a Beijing mall, hundreds of Chinese adults spent the weekend reliving their rebellious childhoods as they took part in a "school sneak-eating" contest. Using...