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UN body raises global economic growth forecast for 2021 to 4.7%

Shoppers walking inside a shopping mall in California, U.S., March 9, 2021. /CFP The global economy is set to grow by 4.7 percent this year thanks to a stronger-than-expected recovery in the U

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Britons protest police abuse following violence at vigil

Thousands of protesters demonstrated against London’s police, after officers violently handled participants during an unofficial vigil for Sara Everard, a woman that disapp

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Scientists believe they have discovered where asteroid which wiped out dinosaurs came from

A "sungrazed" comet may be responsible for the extinction event around 66 million years ago.

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Taking a Chinese New Year tradition online

02:03 With COVID-19 dampening Lunar New Year celebrations, Chinese communities in the United States have had to find creative ways to safely celebrate the occasion.In N

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Tributes pour in after UK's Captain Sir Tom Moore dies from COVID-19

Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who raised millions for charities, passed away on February 2, two days after being hospitalized for COVID-19. /VCG During UK

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Siberian tigers play in snow in NE China

Siberian tigers were having a good time playing in the snow at a zoo in Shenyang, capital of NE China's Liaoning Province, on February 2. Siberian tigers are an endange

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Ugandan government orders phased reopening of schools

FILE PHOTO: Students in school uniform walking down a dirt road to Kibale, Kibale District, Uganda. /Getty Images Uganda on Monday approved the reopening of schools and institutions of higher

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Uber expands green rides option to 1,400 cities

Uber has expanded a program that incentivizes drivers to use all-electric and hybrid vehicles to more than 1,400 cities in North America including Austin, Houston, Miami and New York City as part of

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Confident hare poses for the camera

Photographer Karen Miller, 49, was walking through the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands when she spotted this very confident hare that ended up pulling some hilarious faces at the camera.In 2017,

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Patel says on Brexit: we're in 'tunnel' of negotiations

The United Kingdom will work flat out for a Brexit trade deal and negotiators are in “tunnel” negotiations but if a deal with the European Union is not possible then th

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TripAdvisor shares drop following China app ban

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced it has banned 105 mobile apps for violating Chinese internet regulations. While almost all of the apps are made by Chinese developers, American t

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Watch a man wrestles an alligator to save his tiny puppy

00:44 Richard Wilbanks was walking his 3-month-old puppy Gunner by a pond near his home when a 4-foot-long alligator grabbed the puppy and dragged it underwater. Without a moment's hes

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Spacebit books a second trip to the Moon via NASA’s commercial lunar payload program

UK-based robotic rover startup Spacebit has booked a second payload delivery to the Moon, aboard the Nova-C lander that Intuitive Machines is planning to send in 2021 as part of NASA’s Commerci

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Abidjan Zoo ordered to close after hyena escapes

FILE PHOTO: Visitors look at an elephant in Abidjan's zoo, Ivory Coast, on July 24, 2015. /AFP A zoo in Cote D'Ivoire's capital has been closed after a hyena escaped its cage and briefly wande

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Arctic sea ice melting faster than forecast

The Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models had predicted, researchers at the University of Copenhagen warned on August 25.Until now, climate models have predicted a slow and steady i

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Traditional Yogurt Festival kicks off in China's Tibet

Celebrations for the traditional Shoton Festival, or Yogurt Festival, began in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Wednesday.A traditional "sun

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Brazilian city of Sao Paulo announces reopening of parks, gyms with restrictions

The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo announced on Thursday that the return to the "new normal" will include the reopening, starting next Monday, of 70 parks, squares and gy