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Brazil collects venom from deadly snakes to save lives
Agence France-Presse . Sao Paulo | Updated at 03:30pm on December 10, 2019
Gripping the deadly snake behind its jaws, Fabiola de Souza massages its venom glands to squeeze out drops that will save lives around Brazil where...
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Pope mistakenly Tweets support for US ‘Saints’ football team
Reuters. Vatican City | Updated at 08:38pm on October 14, 2019
Some saints wear halos, other saints wear helmets.
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Angry bees delay Air India flight carrying Bangladesh minister
Agence France-Presse. New Delhi | Updated at 02:37pm on September 16, 2019
An Air India flight was delayed by several hours after a swarm of bees landed on the cockpit window, attacking ground staff when they tried...
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Indonesian walks 700-km backwards to highlight deforestation
Reuters. Sragen | Updated at 11:37am on August 06, 2019
An Indonesia man is walking backwards from his home in eastern Java to the capital Jakarta to raise awareness of deforestation in a country with...
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How Magellan’s voyage changed the world 500 years ago
Agence France-Presse . Lisbon | Updated at 11:52am on August 05, 2019
Ferdinand Magellan set off from Spain 500 years ago on an epoch-making voyage to sail all the...
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Vatican opens burial chambers in hunt for princesses, missing teen
Agence France-Presse . Vatican City | Updated at 05:53pm on July 20, 2019
The Vatican on Saturday opened two burial chambers discovered under a trapdoor as it attempts to get to the bottom of a riddle involving two...
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Aussie boy found message in a bottle 50 years on
Agence France-Presse. Sydney | Updated at 12:40pm on July 19, 2019
An Australian boy who discovered a message in a bottle on a remote beach may have a new penpal after the Englishman who dropped it...
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Kenyan thieves nab guns as police watch Champions League
Agence France-Presse . Nairobi | Updated at 07:01pm on April 18, 2019
Police in Kenya have been left red-faced after thieves stole guns and ammunition from an unattended checkpost as the officers on duty watched...
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India's Kerala to give workers a siesta to help beat the heat
Thomson Reuters Foundation. Mumbai | Updated at 09:17pm on March 06, 2019
Workers in India's Kerala state are now getting a three-hour afternoon siesta as part of a series of benefits aimed at combating soaring temperatures and...
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Japan woman held over keeping baby body in locker 'for years'
Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 01:46pm on September 25, 2018
Tokyo police said Tuesday they had arrested a 49-year-old woman suspected of dumping a stillborn baby's body in a coin locker, amid reports she had...
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