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Battle to 'replant' Albania's threatened marine forests

Warming sea temperatures, pollution and dynamite fishing are causing Adriatic marine forests to disappear.

How the US debt limit became 'a hostage that's worth ransoming'

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The US national debt and budget deficit have soared in the years since due to spending by both Republican and Democratic presidents.

Theranos founder wooed believers in 'parallel universe'

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For critics outside the orbit of fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes, her pledges of a medical revolution reeked of quackery.

A granular look at UK’s ‘red list’ shows why it’s deeply flawed

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The rules for which countries are in or out is far from transparent, making it difficult to find any justification for why a country is placed on the

At the 'Human Library', everyone is an open book

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At the "Human Library", you can "loan" a person to tell you their life story, a concept that is designed to challenge prejudice an

Robert Floyd is the head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

World 'better place' 25 years after nuclear test-ban treaty

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Twenty-five years after its adoption, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has made the world a safer place, experts say, despite never being rat

Despite the reurn of the Taliban, women can still be seen on the streets of Kabul

Afghan activist says Taliban have no choice but to listen to women

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The Taliban will have no choice but to bend to the demands of Afghan women if they want to escape economic collapse and diplomatic isolation, a leadin

Data suggest that two doses of Pfizer's anti-Covid vaccine could provide diminishing protection for older people over time, though it remains overall very effective at preventing hospitalizations

COVID-19 | US expert committee adds to booster dose confusion

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A committee of US health experts on Thursday declined to approve Pfizer booster shots for individuals at high risk of Covid exposure due to their jobs

Tunisian President Kais Saied gestures to supporters on a walkabout in central Tunis the day after he launched his power grab

What do the latest decrees mean for Tunisia?

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The measures announced on Wednesday strengthen his powers at the expense of the prime minister's office and parliament.

German voters make two crosses on the ballot paper -- one for a direct representative in their local district, the other for their preferred political party

How Germany's complex electoral system works

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In many countries, a strong lead in the polls often results in a landslide -- but things are not so simple under Germany's complex election syste

People in the Marquesas islands are genetically close to the people of Easter Island nearly 4,000 kilometres away

Island-hopping: Genetics reveal how humans settled remote Pacific

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Easter Island's famous megaliths have relatives on islands thousands of miles to the north and west -- and so did the people who created them, a

Bats with Covid-like viruses found in Laos: study

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'This is our homeland': women plead for basic rights in Afghanistan

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Corruption in state-owned companies hurts low-skilled workers the most

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Early Alzheimer's diagnosis: Progress and pitfalls

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Justin Trudeau: liberal star tarnished in election fight

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