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Doctors remove 13-pound hairball from 20-year-old woman's stomach

By Meera Suresh

The patient had lost nearly 66 pounds during the last year

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Colin Powell's death sparks misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines

Colin Powell, who died aged 84, was fully vaccinated against Covid-19 but he was especially vulnerable due to suffering...

By Claire Savage

UK outlines net-zero strategy and green investment plans

Climate experts gave only a cautious welcome, and campaigners said the moves did not go far enough.

By Joe Jackson

Woman uses huge snake to scare health officials to avoid taking COVID-19 vaccine [VIDEO]

The woman is seen telling the health workers she would throw the reptile at them if they insisted on administering the...

By Suman Varandani

Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional

The only way to bring Earth's average surface temperature back under the wire by 2100 is to suck some of it out of the...

By Marlowe Hood

Huge crocodile eats 8-year-old girl alive in front of friends, remains found after 2 days

Locals rushed to the scene and managed to stab the crocodile with a spear as the girl's face was visibly sticking out...

By Suman Varandani

12-year-old who died from Covid 6 days after developing minor cough had a rare condition

The syndrome may have contributed to the girl's death but it did not lead to it

By Naina Raghavan

US Navy says sailors who refuse vaccine will be expelled

The navy said that 98 percent of its 350,000 active duty members had begun or completed the vaccination process.

By AFP News

Death threats, law suits: Covid experts targeted

Scientists who have spoken publicly about Covid-19 have been subjected to abuse

By Natalie Handel

How Serbia became the world's latest Covid hotspot

The country has long been a hotbed of misinformation about vaccination

By Miodrag Sovilj

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Environment & Nature

Climate justice: Rich nations dodge finance pledge

By Stephane Orjollet

One of the biggest challenges facing climate negotiations is a deficit of trust among parties, and climate finance may...

Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

By Marlowe Hood

Loss of coral from 2009 to 2018 varied by region, ranging from five percent in East Asia to 95 percent in the eastern...

Keep up climate pressure, UN chief tells youth

By AFP News

The COP26 UN climate summit, which begins October 31 in Glasgow, is being billed as crucial to the continued success of...

Health

UK Govt fumbled start of Covid crisis: MPs' probe

By AFP News

Britain had also been too slow to introduce the isolation of infected people...

Rain-sodden Sydney ends lockdown after 106 days

By Andrew Beatty

There will still be limits on mass gatherings and international borders and...

Pfizer seeks US authorization of Covid vaccine for ages 5-11

By Becca Milfeld

While younger children are less likely to develop severe cases, they can still...

Space

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Pair win Nobel for tool that made chemistry leaner and greener

Science

Doctors remove 13-pound hairball from 20-year-old woman's stomach

Colin Powell's death sparks misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines

UK outlines net-zero strategy and green investment plans

Woman uses huge snake to scare health officials to avoid taking COVID-19 vaccine [VIDEO]

Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional

Huge crocodile eats 8-year-old girl alive in front of friends, remains found after 2 days

12-year-old who died from Covid 6 days after developing minor cough had a rare condition

US Navy says sailors who refuse vaccine will be expelled

Death threats, law suits: Covid experts targeted

How Serbia became the world's latest Covid hotspot

Climate justice: Rich nations dodge finance pledge

Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

Keep up climate pressure, UN chief tells youth

UK Govt fumbled start of Covid crisis: MPs' probe

Rain-sodden Sydney ends lockdown after 106 days

Pfizer seeks US authorization of Covid vaccine for ages 5-11

SpaceX all-civilian orbital crew completes historic mission

In first, SpaceX to send all-civilian crew into Earth orbit

Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract