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Birthday celebrated for twin giant pandas in east China

A birthday party was held for twin giant pandas, Si Nian and Si Junjun, in a zoo in east China's Fujian Province on Sunday. The panda house in the Ling Ling zoo in Xia

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Animals in India's wildlife park drown after days of rain

00:46 Over 110 wild animals drowned due to severe flooding in Kaziranga National Park of India, including some rare rhinoceros.Rains that lasted for over 10 days have soaked over 80 pe

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Crisis management tips from startup whisperer Margit Wennmachers

When it comes to building a company, lots of things can and do go wrong. Margit Wennmachers — an operating partner at Andreessen Horowitz and long one of the most powerful public relations pros

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Death toll in India's Assam flood rises to 102 as over 5.6 mln people remain affected

Floods in India's northeastern state of Assam have so far killed 102 people and badly affected a population of over 5.6 million, officials said on Monday, when the cou

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Russian law enforcers detain 11 suspected black caviar poachers

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday it had suppressed the activities of an international group of black caviar poachers. It said in a statement that 11 active members of the gro

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Messenger’s new privacy controls let you secure your chats via Face ID or Touch ID

Facebook’s messaging app is adding new privacy controls, the company announced this morning. Initially, this will include today’s launch of App Lock for iOS, which allows users to lock acc

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The future of work is human

Human Ventures builds and invests in what we call the “human needs economy,” which encompasses products and services that address material human problems — specifically those in the areas

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Monsoon floods ravage India and Nepal, four million people evacuated

03:21 The flood situation triggered by monsoon rains in India's northeastern state Assam escalated on Sunday, according to local officials, leaving 24 districts heavily flooded. The nu

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Senior legislator stresses full ban on wildlife consumption, trade

A senior legislator has stressed a complete ban on eating and illegally trading wild animals to safeguard people's health and public health security. Wang Chen, a memb

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Kenyans angered by move to stop lions from giving birth

Kenyans were left angered on Thursday after the country's wildlife authority announced that it had implanted contraceptives in a lioness to stop it from giving birth to maintain a healthy food cha

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China's top legislator stresses wildlife protection

China's top legislator, Li Zhanshu, has stressed efforts to protect wild animals, maintain ecological balances, and safeguard people's lives and health. Li, a member of the Standing Committee of t

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Bubonic plague case confirmed in Mongolia

A suspected case of bubonic plague reported in Govi-Altai province in western Mongolia has been confirmed by lab test results, the country's health ministry said Tuesd

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Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in U.S. state Colorado

A squirrel tested positive for bubonic plague in the U.S. central west state of Colorado on the weekend, prompting the state to issue a health warning, U.S. media repo

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Teenager dies of suspected bubonic plague infection in west Mongolia

A 15-year-old boy on Sunday died of suspected infection of bubonic plague in the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai, according to the country's National Center f

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EU has failed to halt decline of bees and butterflies, auditors say

European measures taken to protect bees and butterflies and prevent their decline across the bloc have been largely ineffective, auditors said on July 9. The European Court of Auditors looked at t

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Int'l travel restrictions a blow to U.S. fishing industry

02:31 The coronavirus is delivering a blow to workers in the U.S. fishing industry.Around half of the wild seafood caught in the U.S. is exported to China and other Asian countries, bu

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Israel discovers 4,200-year-old art engravings on walls of huge rock tombs

Israeli archaeologists have discovered an ancient rock art on the walls of megalithic burials called "dolmens" in northeastern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority