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Dogs can distinguish between emotions in a human face, shows study

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Members of the Wildlife Rescue Network carry a rescued dog in a car near Loumpa, as wildfires hit West Attica, Greece, August 3, 2026. — Reuters A peek inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, researchers at the University...

WATCH: Brazilian soccer player falls into tunnel while celebrating goal

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Brazilian soccer Jacy Maranhao jumps over the barriers in the Couto Pereira Stadium in Curitiba and dumped into a tunnel while celebrating goal. — Twitter/@AJE-sport Brazilian soccer player’s celebration turned into an unfortunate one when he got injured...

Roman wreck carrying hundreds of amphorae found off Sicily

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Representational image shows amphorae at the sea bottom at a shipwreck site, off the coast of Protaras, Cyprus June 26, 2019. — Reuters ROME: Italian divers have discovered the 2,100-year-old wreck of a Roman ship off Sicily, piled high with hundreds of well-preserved amphorae,...

Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica

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View of a "Rana de las nacientes" , a newly discovered frog species, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on August 6, 2026. — AFP COSTA RICA: A tiny greenish, nocturnal frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in Costa Rica's central Pacific region, where it also faces risks...

Indonesia traps monkey to end rampage that wounded 18 people

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Monkeys play on the top of the Rock of Gibraltar overlooking the colony — Reuters/File Animal trappers have cut short the two-week rampage of a monkey that randomly attacked 18 people on Sumatra island in Indonesia, prompting dozens of schools to close in fear. The...

'We can see your washing': NZ politician joins meeting from bathroom

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New Zealand Councillor Jo Galer attends meeting from a bathroom. — X/@Alarabiya A New Zealand politician has raised eyebrows after joining a high-stakes meeting from a bathroom, her laundry clearly visible in the background. Councillor Jo Galer logged into a meeting...

Britain's Royal Mint strikes gold in electronic waste

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This photo taken on June 30, 2026, shows a jewellery assembler working with recovered gold at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales, Britain. — AFP At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a...

Ancient monastery in Thailand added to Unesco heritage list

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Image shows the grand view of centuries-old monastery Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat province of Thailand. — Unesco A centuries-old monastery in southern Thailand is the country's latest cultural landmark to be inscribed on Unesco's World Heritage...

Six ancient Comoros medinas join Unesco's heritage list

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Unesco adds six centuries-old medinas in the Comoros to its World Heritage List. — AFP MORONI: Unesco on Saturday added six centuries-old medinas in the Comoros - once historic sultanates along Indian Ocean trading routes - to its World Heritage List, raising hopes for...

Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday

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Japanese macaque monkey named 'Punch', who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, is pictured next to a wall with birthday messages for its upcoming one-year-old birthday, at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ichikawa on July 24, 2026. — AFP Punch, a...

Killer whales: orcas blow fish to bits 'for fun', study finds

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An Orca plays with a jellyfish on its nose near Spildra Island, Northern Norway, on November 6, 2025. — AFP SYDNEY: A group of killer whales have been documented blowing a sunfish to bits in an unusual underwater escapade offering never-before-seen insights into orca behaviour,...

WATCH: Cockroach crawls on reporter's neck during live broadcast

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Large flying cockroach is seen crawling across KTLA reporter Rachel Menitoff's neck while she was reporting live. — X/@@KTLAMorningNews A Los Angeles television reporter maintained her composure after a large flying cockroach landed on her neck during a live broadcast on...

'Gus' the T rex fetches record $50.1m at US auction

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Gus the Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at Sotheby's auction house in New York City, US July 1, 2026. — Reuters A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Gus" sold Tuesday for $50.1 million at Sotheby's in New York, making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction after a...

Pilot traces 'I'm bored' message during test flight

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Pilot writes “I'm bored” in sky during test flight. — Flightradar24 A light aircraft pilot drew attention after tracing the words "I'm bored" in the sky during a two-hour test flight, with the unusual flight path appearing on an online tracking...

Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old tomb near Egypt's Luxor

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A general image of a 3,000-year-old tomb uncovered near Luxor, Egypt, July 12, 2026. — Facebook/Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a series of...

What a tiny mouse teaches us about the resilience of life

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An Andean leaf-eared mouse is held in place by a white-gloved hand in front of a mountain landscape. — X/@NebToday WASHINGTON: At first glance, it's just a rodent. But the Andean leaf-eared mouse is, in fact, a natural marvel. The small mammal is capable of living at...

Graffiti artist accused of scaling Australian bridge tower and painting giant cartoon bird

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A man sits atop the eastern pylon of the Bolte Bridge above a graffiti tag often associated with 'Pam the Bird' in Melbourne, Australia, July 7, 2026. — Reuters Australian police arrested a man on Tuesday after he allegedly scaled a 140-metre-high tower of a cantilever bridge in...

At the foot of Mount Olympus, a return to ancient Greek heritage

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Reenactors dressed as ancient Greeks perform a ritual at the foothills of Mount Olympus as part of the four-day Promitheia Festival honouring ancient Greek Gods, near Litochoro, northern Greece, on July 3, 2026.— AFP A man beats a drum while behind him women dressed in white slowly...

Egypt finds 2,000-year-old coastal tombs and desert Byzantine city

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Newly uncovered archaeological remains shed light on Egypt's Greco-Roman and Byzantine past. — Facebook/@tourismandantiq Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a series of nearly 2,000-year-old tombs on the Mediterranean coast and the remains of a planned Byzantine-era...

New species of ghost shark may have been found in Costa Rica

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This image shows the newly discovered Costa Rican ghost shark at the Museum of Zoology of the University of Costa Rica's Center for Research in Biodiversity and Tropical Ecology in San Jose, Costa Rica, on July 3, 2026. — AFP SAN JOSE: Costa Rican scientists may have discovered a...