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Scientists Shocked After Orangutan Heals Own Injury with Medicinal Plant

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A male orangutan with a facial wound surprised scientists in Indonesia after he chewed leaves from a plant and used the resulting ...

A Chinese driver is praised for helping reduce casualties in a highway collapse that killed 48

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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese truck driver was praised in local media Saturday for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing ...

Orangutan seen healing face wound with medicinal plant for first time

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A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first ...

New Zealand and Germany agree to Antarctica cooperation

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New Zealand signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute on Saturday to foster cooperation in Antarctica, Foreign Minister Winston ...

US renews warning on Rafah offensive – DW – 05/04/2024

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Skip next section Protests on US campuses against Gaza war wane 05/04/2024May 4, 2024 Protests on US campuses against Gaza war wane ...

Leicestershire adventurer’s trek after mountain mission abandoned

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An airport security officer is trekking parts of the Great Wall of China to help him recover after a failed mission in ...

US blames Rwanda and rebels for deadly camp strike

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Image caption, More than 2.5 million people have been displaced in DR Congo, the US says, with many living in camps like ...

Fear and prayers in Sudan city under siege

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The threat of invasion darkens the daily struggle for life in El Fasher, the main city in Sudan’s western Darfur region and ...

Sweden prepares for Eurovision with heightened security

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By Adrienne Murray Reporting from Malmo 2 hours ago Image caption, As many as 100,000 people are expected to visit Malmo for ...

New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation

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(Reuters) – New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute to ...