A real possum appears among plush toy animals in Australian airport gift shop
On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out becaus...
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Thai Parliament convenes to vote for new PM with incumbent leader expected to stay
Thailand’s Parliament has convened to pick a new prime minister
Greece launches an animal airlift to evacuate pets and their owners from the Mideast
Dozens of dogs and cats have arrived in Athens with their owners aboard a special evacuation flight for Greeks with pets...
Five EU leaders seek urgent solution for drifting Russian tanker to avoid environmental catastrophe
Five European nations have banded together on Wednesday, seeking an urgent solution for an unmanned Russian tanker curre...
Mexico arrests suspect wanted in the 2023 killing of Ecuadorian candidate and sends him to Colombia
Mexican authorities have arrested an Ecuadorian fugitive accused of helping organize the 2023 assassination of president...
Macron names next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 'France Libre' as a symbol of independence
President Emmanuel Macron has named France’s next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier France Libre, or Free France, framing...
At least 17 dead in fighting on Sudan's border with Chad, aid group says
Attacks on a town along Sudan’s border with Chad have killed at least 17 people and injured 123, Doctors Without Borders...
Mass funeral held in Kabul for victims of strike on hospital that Afghanistan blames on Pakistan
Bulldozers have been digging pits in a cemetery in the Afghan capital ahead of a mass funeral for some of the victims of...
Emergency room for injured wild birds opens at Warsaw Zoo in Poland
Warsaw Zoo has created a new emergency drop-off system that gets injured birds treated fast
Rwanda seeks £100M from the UK in arbitration over scrapped refugee deal
Rwanda has told a panel of international arbitrators that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($115 million) under...
Japan records trade surplus as export growth balances out weak China demand
Japan has recorded a trade surplus of 57.3 billion yen, or $360 million, in February, according to government data, reve...
A new U.S. trade deal with Indonesia secures fossil fuels and access to critical minerals
A new trade pact between the United States and Indonesia binds the Southeast Asian nation’s resource wealth and energy f...
Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an 'epochal figure,' dies at 93
Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church and one of the country’s most influential...
El Salvador's Bukele pushes through life sentences in nation that has imprisoned 1% of population
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and his party pushed through a constitutional reform that will permit life sentence...
Man arrested after climbing into pygmy hippo Moo Deng's enclosure at Thai zoo
A Thai zoo said police has arrested a man after he entered the enclosure of Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippo
Peru’s prime minister resigns ahead of congressional confirmation vote
Peru’s prime minister has resigned from her post
Gunmen kill at least 15 in attacks on 2 villages in northwestern Nigeria, authorities say
Gunmen killed at least 15 people in attacks on two villages in northwestern Nigeria, officials and residents say
Rome's Colosseum gets a fresh look that recreates the footprints of long-gone columns
The Colosseum has a bright new look following a restoration using the same travertine marble of ancient Rome to recreate...