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‘A blessing’: Rains refill Iraq’s drought-hit reservoirs

Agence France-Presse The reservoir behind the massive Darbandikhan Dam, tucked between the rolling mountains of northeastern Iraq, is almost full again after four successive years of drought and severe water shortages. Iraqi officials...

Milking venom from Australia’s deadly marine animals

Agence France-Presse Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the pain is so intense you want to die. You've just...

World sweltered as April smashed global heat records

Agence France-Presse April marked another "remarkable" month of record-breaking global air and sea surface temperature averages, according to a new report by the European Union's climate monitor published on Wednesday. The abnormally warm...

Japanese startup to use AI to translate manga

Agence France-Presse A Japanese startup said Tuesday it aims to use artificial intelligence to help translate manga comics into English five times faster and 90% cheaper than at present. Mangas such as "One...

Self-care: Orangutan seen apparently treating wound

Agence France-Presse Scientists have observed an orangutan applying medicinal herbs to a face wound in an apparently successful attempt to heal an injury, the first time such behavior has been recorded. Primates have...

Japan town begins blocking Mt. Fuji view from ‘bad-mannered’ tourists

Agence France-Presse Work has begun in a small Japanese town to erect a barrier blocking views of the country's most famous sight, Mount Fuji, after locals complained of bad behavior by photo-hungry...

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