Paleontologists unveiled on Wednesday the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years that was discovered in a Peruvian desert.The fossil of the gharial — or fish-eating — crocodile, around three meters long (nearly 10 feet), was discovered late 2023 in perfect condition in Peru’s Ocucaje desert, around 350 kilometers …
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Ukraine’s military said Thursday an air raid alert had been declared across the country, reporting inbound missiles targeting several regions.”Air raid alert has been declared all over the territory of Ukraine due to a missile threat,” Ukraine’s air force said in a message on Telegram, adding in other messages that missiles were detected headed for …
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President-elect Donald Trump said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had agreed Wednesday to “stop” US-bound migration, a claim she was quick to publicly downplay.Both sides described the call positively, despite it following a threat by Trump on Monday to slap a 25 percent tariff on Mexico, prompting warnings by the Mexican government of retaliation.”Just had a …
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Donald Trump’s tariff threats have rattled foreign businesses and governments, with many fearing it could signal the opening salvo of an all-out trade war when he returns to the White House next year.The president-elect on Monday placed both allies and rivals on notice, vowing to quickly slap an across-the-board tariff of 25 percent on Canada …
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US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named staunch loyalist and retired general Keith Kellogg as his Ukraine envoy, charged with ending the two-and-a-half-year Russian invasion.Trump campaigned on a platform of ushering a swift end to the Ukraine war, boasting that he would quickly mediate a ceasefire deal between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir …
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President-elect Donald Trump said that Mexico’s leader had agreed to “stop” migration in talks Wednesday, effectively closing the southern US border, in claims that went further than his counterpart’s account of a discussion about migration “strategy.””Mexico will stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately,” Trump said on social media, hailing progress in …
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Soaring prices have left a bitter taste in shoppers’ mouths at a market in Bangui, as a strike by Cameroonian truckers accusing Russia’s infamous Wagner mercenaries of a recent murder cuts off the Central African Republic (CAR).Among the poorest countries in the world, landlocked CAR is heavily dependent on imports, more than 40 percent of …
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London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed Wednesday that it had opened a new investigation into sexual assault claims against the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, which has so far identified 90 victims.It comes in the wake of a BBC documentary, aired in September, that detailed several claims of rape and sexual assault against the billionaire Egyptian businessman, who …
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Air pollution caused by fires is linked to more than 1.5 million deaths a year worldwide, the vast majority occurring in developing countries, a major new study said on Thursday.This death toll is expected to rise in the coming years as climate change makes wildfires more frequent and intense, according to the study in The …
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