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Indigenous writer Ailton Krenak, postponing the end of the world

By Luján Scarpinelli SAO PAULO, Nov 14, 2023 (AFP) - The year was 1987, Brazil was just exiting a long…

1962 Ferrari auctioned for $51.7 mn in New York: Sotheby’s

A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sports car sold for $51.7 million in New York on Monday, making it the second…

South Asia worst in world for water scarcity: UN

NEW DELHI, Nov 13, 2023 (AFP) - More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made…

All 40 workers in India tunnel collapse ‘safe’

DEHRADUN, India, Nov 13, 2023 (AFP) - Rescue workers in northern India said Monday they had made contact with 40…

Critically endangered Sumatran elephant born in Indonesia

A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in western Indonesia over the weekend, according to officials, giving renewed hope to…

Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at UK auction

A first-class dinner menu from the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage offering oysters, beef and mallard duck has sold for £84,0000…

Endangered sea turtles get second life at Tunisian centre

By Aymen JAMLI SFAX, Tunisia, Nov 13, 2023 (AFP) - A crowd has gathered to see off Rose, a loggerhead…

Samsung to add real-time translation to smartphone model

South Korean smartphone giant Samsung Electronics will roll out a real-time translation service on calls using AI technology next year,…

Astronaut who led humanity’s first mission around the Moon dead at 95

Frank Borman, the NASA astronaut who led the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon,…

US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator

US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the…

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