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Scientists hope sequencing genome of tiny ‘functionally extinct’ frog could help save it
Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kos…
UK house prices fall in April as stamp duty taxes rise, data shows
Month-on-month drop of 0.6% was below zero growth forecasted by economists, Nationwide says
Former ‘19 Kids and Counting’ star Jim Bob Duggar buys $1 milllion Arkansas property
Did the father of 19 buy the house for his daughter-in-law, whose husband is in prison?
Macron Surprises a Provincial Bar
The French president, often seen as remote, wants to get closer to the French people.
How Francis Challenged and Embraced Africa’s Rising Catholic Population
Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with atte…
A man chopped down Los Angeles trees. The crime cut deep in the struggling neighborhood
For days, police say, Samuel Patrick Groft cruised through the streets of Los Angeles on his bicycle, single-handedly c…
Long arc of reconciliation between U.S. and Vietnam falters under Trump
Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, decades of progress in addressing its legacies are coming undone.
Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured
Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the mos…
UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels
RAF jets target buildings used to make drones, officials say, in Britain’s first involvement since Trump took officeMid…
Trump promised a 'golden age' for the economy. Then he unveiled tariffs
President Trump promised a new "golden age" for the United States. But his first 100 days in office have left the econo…
How to keep violent porn out of your home and away from your kids
Kids – even some young kids – are being exposed to an unprecedented amount of pornography online and a lot of it is vio…
VA research brought CT scans and pacemakers into the world. Now it's at risk of cuts
Researchers at the Department of Veterans Affairs warn that crucial medical research is in jeopardy unless the Trump ad…