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Nearly 500 pilot whales have died after beaching on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands in two mass strandings over the weekend. As many as 250 pilot whales were found beached at Chatham Island, 840 kilometers east of…

One billion. That is the number of girls and women around the world who lack the skills required to succeed in rapidly changing, highly competitive job markets. One. Billion. Think about that for a moment. In countries…

XPeng's eVTOL flying car X2 makes its first public flying in Dubai. AP…

Diamonds are known to be the most mesmerising jewels of all. Now think of a pink diamond, the colour of which not only adds to its beauty but makes it rare and more expensive than normal diamonds. On Friday, the sale of…

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PARIS: Rights groups voiced alarm Tuesday over the extent of an Iranian crackdown on a Kurdish-populated city that has become a hub for protests, as oil refinery workers pressed strikes in a new tactic. Iran's clerical authorities have…

ROME : Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era, amid continued disagreement about what the…

KARACHI: Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzaion Tuesday arrived in her native Pakistan to visit flood victims, 10 years after a Taliban assassination attempt against her. Yousafzai was just 15 years old when militants from the…

GUATEMALA CITY: Former Hurricane Juliahas dissipated, but is still drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua. At least 28 people were reported…

MANILA: Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will appeal a convictionfor cyberlibel in the country's highest court, her lawyer said Tuesday, as the veteran journalist battles to stay out of prison. The Court of Appeals had…