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Authorities remove mysterious monolith north of Las Vegas
June 24 (UPI) --Â Authorities in the Las Vegas area removed a mysterious monolith from the desert north of the city out of concerns of the...
Jun 24, 20241 min read
I don’t get scared of anything’: Aliko Dangote’s mission to build Africa’s largest oil refinery
Over the past eight years, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has built one of the world’s largest oil refineries. Spanning nearly...
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Rare 7-foot fish washed ashore on Oregon’s coast garners worldwide attention
GEARHART, Ore. (AP) — A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon’s...
Jun 18, 20241 min read
German authorities seize $2.78 billion in cocaine, call it a record bust
German investigators seized 39 tons of cocaine worth more than $2.78 billion hidden among vegetables and fruits in several container...
Jun 17, 20242 min read
How the Chibok abductions continue to cast a long shadow over girls’ education in Nigeria
Hauwa Ishaya vividly recalled the night in April 2014, when armed men stormed her boarding school in Chibok, abducting her and 275 other...
Jun 13, 20244 min read
South Africa has failed its Black majority. Nelson Mandela’s political heirs may pay the price
Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie raise clenched fists upon his release from prison in Cape Town, South Africa on February 11,...
Jun 12, 20245 min read
Plane carrying Malawi vice president reported missing
A plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people has gone missing after it failed to make a scheduled...
Jun 10, 20241 min read
Rare sea creature washes ashore in Southern California
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A 7-foot (215-centimeter) sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a...
Jun 6, 20242 min read
Austrian man discovers mammoth bones in wine cellar
A man who was renovating his wine cellar in Austria has made an extraordinary discovery. It wasn't a vintage red or white - but the...
Jun 5, 20241 min read
Moose kills US man trying to photograph its calves
An Alaskan man has been killed by a moose that charged suddenly while he was trying to take photographs of its two calves. Dale Chorman,...
Jun 3, 20242 min read
A Chicago teen entered college at 10. At 17, she earned a doctorate from Arizona State
CHICAGO (AP) — Dorothy Jean Tillman II’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a...
May 30, 20241 min read
Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Someone’s plans to harvest dozens of apparent marijuana plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have...
May 29, 20241 min read
South Africans' desperate search for jobs overshadows election
Hundreds of South Africans have turned up at the job fair, CVs and school certificates in hand, hoping that they may get their big break....
May 20, 20243 min read
Cicadas are nature’s weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies.
The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren’t just plentiful, they’re downright weird. These...
May 13, 20243 min read
Nigeria, twins and a love-hate relationship
On our arrival in Nigeria's self-proclaimed capital of twins to investigate the proliferation of multiple births in the small rural town...
May 9, 20243 min read
Circadian Rhythms: How to Light Your Way to Better Sleep
Aligning your daily routine with the rhythm of day and night can drastically improve your sleep. We are creatures of the light, and light...
May 2, 20243 min read
Mali heatwave: Ice becomes a hot commodity as temperatures soar
Record-breaking heat means ice cubes now cost more than bread and milk in parts of Mali. "I've come to buy ice because it's very hot...
Apr 29, 20242 min read
A California woman bought a vacant lot in Hawaii and discovered a $500,000 house was built on it without her permission
Anne Reynolds purchased a vacant lot in Hawaii in 2018 from a tax auction. A developer in Hawaii accidentally built a house on it instead...
Apr 25, 20243 min read
Gynosexual: What It Means & How To Tell If It Describes You
Sexuality is a complex aspect of human identity and has been a heated topic of mainstream discourse for decades, especially since there...
Apr 22, 20243 min read
Forced to pay bribes at every step: How trans and intersex people say they survive in Kenya
By Jackson Okata, Mombasa, Kenya – On a rainy night last June, police officers in Mombasa arrested a young trans woman and allegedly...
Apr 18, 20244 min read
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