US drug overdoses top 100,000 in pandemic year
US annual drug overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic,…
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American wins Global Teacher Prize for work with immigrants
The annual Global Teacher Prize, which comes with a million-dollar cheque, was awarded Wednesday to…
Read MoreHong Kong’s M+ art museum opens as doubts over creative freedom persist
Hong Kong’s multimillion-dollar art museum M+ will open Friday without dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s…
Read MoreChild fossil find in South Africa sheds light on enigmatic hominids
Fossils found deep in a South African cave formed part of a hominid child’s skull, apparently…
Read MoreArt of trash: feting S. Africa’s overlooked waste pickers
To many they are just filthy-looking jumbo bags bursting at the seams with recyclable waste wheeled…
Read MoreCambodian court sentences autistic teenager for Telegram posts
A Cambodian court sentenced an autistic teenager to eight months in prison on Monday, with part of the…
Read MoreUS authorizes Pfizer Covid vaccine for children 5-11
The United States on Friday authorized the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged five-to-11, paving…
Read MoreGeneration gap: Why Japan’s youth don’t vote
Shoma Motegi will vote for the first time in Japan’s general election on Sunday, but the 19-year-old…
Read MoreArchaeologists in Iraq find 2,700-year-old wine press
Archaeologists in Iraq revealed Sunday their discovery of a large-scale wine factory from the rule of…
Read MoreWashington, District of Cats: US capital first city to count its felines
A striped feline leaps from a rock under the shade of a tree on a late October morning. As its front…
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