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Tiny Seychelles island coaxes bird back from brink 19 Jan 2020 - 08:31 pm
Yan Coquet, program coordinator of the conservation boot camp, comforts an Aldabra giant tortois as he monitors Cousin Island, a nature reserve island managed by Nature Seychelles November 21, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
In Seychelles, nature is prized above mass tourism 19 Jan 2020 - 06:37 pm
Fishermen carry fish in Mahe island, the largest island contains the capital city of Victoria, Seychelles on November 18, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Designer Ayissi is first black African at fashion's top table 19 Jan 2020 - 03:04 pm
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Twitter's top lawyer is final word on blocking tweets-even Donald Trump's 19 Jan 2020 - 10:54 am
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Excessive internet use reduces study skills in students 19 Jan 2020 - 09:10 am
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SpaceX to try rocket failure test again after bad weather delay 19 Jan 2020 - 08:28 am
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule sits atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket on Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center after a scheduled in-flight abort test was postponed due to poor weather offshore at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
5 tips for a better cup - or pot - of tea 18 Jan 2020 - 04:04 pm
5 tips for a better cup - or pot - of tea. (Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post)
Eat walnuts daily for better gut, heart health 18 Jan 2020 - 03:39 pm
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WhatsApp to get animated stickers feature soon 18 Jan 2020 - 03:35 pm
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Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat 17 Jan 2020 - 09:29 pm

But the essential problem, researchers said, is rising populations in places like Australia and the United States, coupled with a desire to live in pleasant environments, putting many more people in the path of fires.
Nations dawdle on agreeing rules to control 'killer robots' in future wars 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
A CloudMinds robot uses a needle at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 26, 2019. AFP / Pau Barrena
'Alarm' over climate change rising among Americans, survey shows 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
A girl sits on a log next to the roots of a tree which have been exposed as a result of high-tides near the village of Teaoraereke on South Tarawa in Kiribati nation, May 25, 2013. Reuters / David Gray
Legendary Bocuse restaurant loses third Michelin star 17 Jan 2020 - 11:44 am
In this file photo taken on November 9, 2012 French chef Paul Bocuse, at Collonges au Mont d'Or, works in l'Aubergede Pont de Collonges kitchen, during a culinary work shop, in Mont d'Or. / AFP / JEFF PACHOUD
Aviation experts puzzled after airliner dumps fuel over city 16 Jan 2020 - 10:20 pm
A Delta Air Lines flight is pushed put of its gate at the airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., January 12, 2018. Reuters/Mike Blake
US chief justice lobs an 'OK Boomer' in age case 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
In this file photo taken on November 30, 2018 Chief Justice John Roberts poses for the official group photo at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.  AFP / Mandel Ngan
'We can't close our eyes' to climate change, says Marshall Isles ex-president 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine addresses the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2016. Reuters / Eduardo Munoz
Rio police investigate utility for smelly, colorful water 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
Cleaning staffers collect a bed mattress at the mouth of the Meriti river in Duque de Caxias next to Rio de Janeiro, July 20, 2016. AFP
Japan reports case of mystery virus behind China outbreak 16 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
A woman walks in front of the closed Huanan wholesale seafood market, where health authorities say a man who died from a respiratory illness had purchased goods from, in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, on January 12, 2020. AFP / Noel Celis