Rio de Janeiro prepares for more than 2 million New Year’s revelers
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- Rio de Janeiro is preparing to host millions of revelers who will flock to…
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Life
Dogs accompany owner to emergency room
CHIMBOTE, Peru (Reuters) -- They really are man's best friend. After a resident of the central Peruvian coastal city of…
8 years ago
Sydney zoo welcomes baby koala
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) --Zookeepers at Sydney's iconic Taronga Zoo welcomed the arrival of a seven-month-old male koala joey on Friday…
8 years ago
Cheetahs ‘sprinting’ towards extinction: wildlife study
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Cheetahs are "sprinting" to extinction due to habitat loss and other forms of human impact,…
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Chocolate
Cocoa arrived in Madagascar in the 1900s and is still a low-volume export yet the country's cocoa pods are destined…
8 years ago
Smartphone-obsessed Finns rank tops in screen time
by Anne KAURANEN Agence France-Presse HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) -- On the crowded morning metro in Helsinki, silence prevails. Everyone is hunched…
8 years ago
Blizzard pelts U.S. Northern Plains, closing highways
NORTH DAKOTA, United States (Reuters) -- Below-freezing temperatures, snow and icy roads menaced the U.S. Northern Plains on Monday, (December…
8 years ago
Sleep apnea tied to diabetes and hypertension during pregnancy
(Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who experience certain breathing problems during sleep may be more likely to develop complications like…
8 years ago
Marikina-made shoes a hit in Indonesia
MARIKINA CITY, Philippines (PIA) -- Filipino fashion retail brand Rusty Lopez recently opened its newest store in Jakarta on Monday (December…
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Poland carries out first limb transplant to an adult patient born without hand
WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) -- Polish doctors have succeeded in transplanting a hand from a dead man to a 32-year-old man…
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