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City services ramp up to deal with COVID-19 deaths

Cardboard coffins in Guayaquil mayor's office, in Ecuador, April 6, 2020 /AFP Ecuador has confirmed 318 deaths from the coronavirus, one of the highest tallies in Latin America. Soaring number

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Egypt reopens ancient Step Pyramid after renovations

Egyptian authorities reopened the 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser to the public on Thursday, after years of renovation.The roughly 60-meter-high (almost 200 feet) pyramid dominates the vast

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European diplomats check India's loosening of Kashmir clampdown

More than two dozen diplomats are visiting Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi said on Wednesday, as the country tries to reassure foreign allies following several m

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'Rare' grave of Iron Age warrior discovered in West Sussex

The skeleton has been destroyed over time but a sword and scabbard were found inside the grave.

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VP Mike Pence meets Pope Francis in private audience at Vatican

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, discussing the anti-abortion march in Washington and telling the pontiff, "You made me a

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Women's 3-on-3, shots from stands highlight NHL skills event

Players are being introduced before the Skills Competition starts during the NHL All-Star Weekend at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, January 24, 2020. /AP Photo Hilary Knight sto

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Ancient Vesuvius eruption 'turned victim's brain into glass'

The man's brain was vitrified, scientists say, meaning it was burned at an intense heat after the volcano erupted in 79 AD.

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Roundup: Wooden bench collapse injures over 100 at Ethiopia religious gathering

A sudden collapse of a wooden bench on Monday injured more than 100 people as tens of thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox Christians gathered in Ethiopia's northwestern Gondar city to celebrate epiphany,

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The impact of Australia's bushfires on wildlife

Scientists believe more than one billion animals have been killed by bushfires across Australia so far this season."Native mammal, birds and reptiles. That figure is really highly conservative becaus

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Local plants in Xinjiang county flourish as saline water turned fresh

03:25 In just an hour, 70-year-old Abdurehman Mamat turns an apricot trunk into a traditional wooden spoon.It's something seen on many dinner tables throughout Kalpin county in northwe

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Tokyo plans to light 2020 Olympic cauldron with hydrogen

The Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 5, 2016. The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paraly

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Death toll in Cambodia building collapse rises to 36, as rescue ends: PM

Death toll in the collapse of a six-story building in southwest Cambodia's Kep province on Friday rose to 36, as rescue work had completed, Cambodian Prime Minister Sa

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Tokyo plans tallest wooden skyscraper

Japanesecompanyisplanningtobuildtheworld'stallestwoodenskyscraper,tomarkits350thanniversaryin2041.SumitomoForestrysaid10%ofthe70-storeyW350towerwouldbesteel,com

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Wooden sculpture of London goes up in flames to mark Great Fire anniversary

Flames once again licked the historic buildings of Britain's capital as a wooden replica of 17th century London went up in smoke to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London.