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These are the winners of the quirky Ig Nobel prizes
How well can beards absorb blows to the face? Or what are the benefits of transporting rhinoceroses
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Taliban govt in Afghanistan takes shape: new head of government is blacklisted by UN, interior minister is wanted by FBI
The Islamist Taliban have introduced the first members of the new government three weeks after
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El Salvador is the first country where bitcoin is now legal tender
As of today, it is possible in the Central American country of El Salvador to make payments with the
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Afghan universities reopen: Photos show curtain separating male and female students
Universities in Afghanistan have resumed classes three weeks after the Taliban seized power in
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Amazon rainforest before and after: 10,476 square km disappeared in a year
Between August 2020 and July 2021, 10,476 square kilometers of Amazon forest have disappeared,
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Top US general expects civil war in Afghanistan: Terror groups can take advantage
US Army Chief Mark Milley calls it “probable” that civil war will break out in Afghanistan. He warned
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First openly gay US secretary proudly shows brand new twins
On Saturday, Pete Buttigieg, the first openly gay US secretary, and his husband Chasten Glezman
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Rocket attacks on Saudi Arabia: two children injured
In Saudi Arabia, two children have been injured by fragments of a rocket shot from the sky that fell
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Desperate Afghan women forced to marry male evacuees
Afghan families have forced women and girls to marry men who were eligible for evacuation. At the
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Women’s protest in Kabul broken down by Taliban
Taliban fighters attacked protesting women in Kabul, not far from the presidential palace on Saturday.
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