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It turns out that Mars has a similar interior structure to Earth.
Sri Lankan criminal investigation department officers escort former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe to court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 22.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes the first former Sri Lankan head of state to be arrested in a country deeply damaged by corruption and lack of accountability.
Des animaux sauvages rares et menacés d'extinction au Togo font le buzz sur Internet pour toutes les mauvaises raisons : ils sont vendus comme viande sur TikTok.
Ready for the Campaign (The Varangian Sea) (1910), by Nicholas Roerich, depicts Viking-era Scandinavian traders on the banks of the Dnieper River in eastern Europe.
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La lutte contre l’esclavage en Afrique ne fut pas seulement menée depuis l’Europe. Des militants africains ont payé de leur vie un combat encore méconnu.
For low-income communities living on the borders of game reserves, the benefits of trophy hunting are few. There are 10 better ways that they could earn a living.
The Heyuan Queyashan wind farm near the Chinese city of Heyuan, Guangdong province.
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford