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Race To Name Creatures Of The Deep As Mining Interest Grows

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.

Mar 17, 2025

Their relationship consisted of letters and 15 to 30 minutes of conversation, almost every day, under a guard's supervision

Japan Cult Widow Speaks 30 Years After Subway Attack

Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin.

Mar 17, 2025

EGC workers in Senegal on the huge floating factory attached to the dredging rig

Giant Mine Machine Swallowing Up Senegal's Fertile Coast

Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing acre after acre of the fertile coastal strip where most of Senegal's vegetables are grown.

Mar 17, 2025

This handout from El Salvador's presidency press office shows an alleged member of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua upon his arrival at Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center

US Flies Alleged Gang Members To El Salvador Despite Court Block

The United States flew over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to be imprisoned in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele said Sunday, after US counterpart Donald Trump controversially invoked wartime legislation to expel them.

Mar 17, 2025

The window of the apostolic palace remains closed as Pope Francis continues to convalesce in hospital

Hospitalised Pope Francis Admits Frailty, Calls Body 'Weak'

Pope Francis acknowledged being fragile and "facing a period of trial", as he thanked well-wishers Sunday for prayers in a message from hospital, where he has been slowly recovering from pneumonia.

Mar 17, 2025

Yemeni children at a makeshift camp for people displaced by the conflict in February

Huthis Vow 'Escalation' After US Strikes On Yemen Kill 31

Yemen's Iran-backed Huthis vowed to meet "escalation with escalation" after a wave of deadly US air strikes, with witnesses to the bombing saying Sunday they were taken aback by its intensity, even after years of war.

Mar 17, 2025

A child joins Gazans for a mass fast-breaking iftar meal in Beit Lahia

Gaza Truce Talks Dogged By Deep Divisions

Israel and Hamas are set for more indirect talks Sunday on the Gaza ceasefire, but deep divisions persist between the two warring sides on the terms of the fragile truce.

Mar 16, 2025

Expressions of shock and offers to help poured in from neighbouring countries

Blaze Kills 59 In North Macedonia Nightclub

A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the place ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people.

Mar 16, 2025

Yemenis in rebel-held Sanaa rallied this month against Israel, vowing more attacks

US Strikes In Yemen Kill 31 As Trump Vows To End Huthi Attacks

The first US strikes against Yemen's Huthis since Donald Trump took office killed 31 people, the rebels said Sunday, with the US president warning "hell will rain down upon" the Iran-backed group if it did not stop attacking shipping.

Mar 16, 2025

Lando Norris (left) celebrates with his McLaren team after winning the Australian Grand Prix

Norris Holds Off Verstappen To Win Rain-hit Australian Grand Prix

Lando Norris kept his cool in a rain-hit and incident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix Sunday to edge world champion Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton 10th on his Ferrari debut.

Mar 16, 2025

Many growers are battling land degradation and poor access -- while few people in rural areas have internet

In Nigeria, Tech Workers And Farmers Bring AI To The Fields

With a few taps on his phone, Dandam Nangor knows exactly what temperature his greenhouse is at, when to water his crops and even the pH of the soil.

Mar 16, 2025

Poland, which ended conscription in 2008, recently announced plans to offer military training to 100,000 civilians a year starting in 2027

Spurred By Trump Turnabout, European Nations Debate Conscription

Frightened by the prospect of US security disengagement and three years of Moscow's war against Ukraine, European countries are debating reinstating compulsory military service to boost their defences in the face of Russian aggression.

Mar 16, 2025

Bill Butcher, founder of Port City Brewing Company, has used Canadian pilsner malt for 15 years, and tariffs targeting Canada could hurt his margins

'Impossible': US Breweries Buffeted By Trump Tariffs

For US craft brewer Bill Butcher, President Donald Trump's expanding range of tariffs have sparked an unexpected impact -- a shortage of bottles to package his beer -- while uncertainty looms over his business costs.

Mar 16, 2025

A satellite photograph from Planet Labs PBC shows a wide view of El-Fasher

Sudanese Seek Refuge Underground In Besieged Darfur City

Beneath the broken earth of the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher in the western region of Darfur, Nafisa Malik clutches her five children close.

Mar 16, 2025

Stand-in skipper: France captain Gregory Alldritt

France Sweep To Six Nations Title As England Hand Wales Record Humiliation

France swept to the Six Nations title with a 35-16 victory over Scotland on Saturday, edging out bitter rivals England whose 68-14 rout of hapless Wales had sent the championship battle down to the wire.

Mar 16, 2025

Demonstrators take part in a "March to Stop the Cuts" protest in New York

US Democrats Fume As Some In Party Cave To Trump On Spending Bill

Anger was rising in the Democratic ranks Saturday after the party's top US senator led a band of lawmakers in reluctant support of a Republican measure that prevented a government shutdown.

Mar 16, 2025

Farmers joined protesters as President Vucic insisted he would not 'let the streets set the rules in this country'

Tens Of Thousands Rally In Serbia's Capital For Anti-graft Rally

Tens of thousands of protesters converged in Serbia's capital Belgrade Saturday during the latest in a series of anti-corruption demonstrations to upend the Balkan country in recent months.

Mar 16, 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron attended the videocall

Putin Will Have To 'Come To Table,' UK PM Says Hosting Coalition Call

UK premier Keir Starmer said the "ball was in Russia's court" and that President Vladimir Putin would "sooner or later" have to "come to the table," after a virtual summit on Saturday to drum up support for a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine.

Mar 16, 2025