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Thousands greet the sun at Stonehenge solstice celebration

Agence France-Presse Thousands flocked to Stonehenge on Dec. 21 to greet sunrise at the ancient British monument on the northern hemisphere's shortest day of the year. Spectators cheered and applauded as the sun...

Albanian PM dismisses TikTok’s ‘urgent’ query on ban

Agence France-Presse Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Sunday dismissed TikTok's response to the country's ban of the platform, insisting the government action was "not a rushed reaction to a single incident." On...

Germany pledges security inquest into Christmas market attack

Agence France-Presse The German government pledged Sunday to fully investigate whether there were security lapses before the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200. Political pressure has built...

Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu

Agence France-Presse A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days after a more powerful quake wreaked havoc and...

‘Eyelash viper’, leaf-nosed bat among new species found in Mekong

Agence France-Presse A viper with scales that look like eyelashes and a leaf-nosed bat are among dozens of new species identified in Southeast Asia's Mekong region last year, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)...

15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police

Agence France-Presse A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and a...

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