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Japanese spacecraft's gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal 24 Dec 2020 - 03:54 pm
This handout photograph released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on December 24, 2020 shows samples of soil from the asteroid Ryugu, inside C compartment of the capsule collected by the Hayabusa-2 space probe, at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in
Happy Fishmas - Thai aquarium gets surprise Santa visit 24 Dec 2020 - 03:50 pm
A diver dressed as Santa Claus dives at Sea Life aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand December 22, 2020. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Seven-year-old boy who adores Elon Musk is sensation on Ugandan aviation scene 24 Dec 2020 - 12:10 pm
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Another new coronavirus variant from South Africa detected in UK: Minister 23 Dec 2020 - 07:36 pm
Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock, speaks on further restrictions to be put in place due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at a news conference inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain December 23, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth/
Over half of Chinese adults now overweight: official 23 Dec 2020 - 03:05 pm
China has experienced rapid economic growth with profound changes in eating habits
Apple's $549 AirPods Max headphones offer big sound and bugs: review 23 Dec 2020 - 02:24 pm
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The North Carolina kid who cracked YouTube’s secret code 22 Dec 2020 - 03:37 pm
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Scientists scramble to assess mutated coronavirus 22 Dec 2020 - 03:23 pm
A woman shops at an Aldo store, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Balham, London, Britain December 22, 2020. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Coronavirus: The board game - German sisters' invention sells out for Christmas 22 Dec 2020 - 02:20 pm
Rebecca, Lara, Stella, Sarah und Paulette Schwaderlapp play 'Corona - the rush to the shops' board game invented by Lara and Sarah to pass away the time in lockdown, in Wiesbaden Biebrich, Germany, December 20, 2020. Reuters/Annkathrin Weiss
Gaza's parkour athletes jump for joy over new training facility 22 Dec 2020 - 12:48 pm
Palestinian Parkour enthusiasts exercise in a training facility in Gaza City December 16, 2020. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Google, Microsoft invest in booming Indian-language TikTok rival 22 Dec 2020 - 11:20 am
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From tourism to Covid-era deliveries - Barcelona women reinvent bike business 21 Dec 2020 - 02:42 pm
Geraldine Caillaud, member of the bicycle delivery company Les Mercedes, leaves their office with a bicycle at Barcelona's city center, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain, December 17, 2020. Picture taken December 17, 2020. Reuters/Albert Gea
'World's ugliest Orchid' among new species named in 2020 20 Dec 2020 - 04:08 pm
An orchid (Gastrodia agnicellus) is seen in this handout photo taken in Madagascar on September 20, 2019. Rick Burian/Handout via Reuters
Syrian potter preserves centuries-old craft 20 Dec 2020 - 03:23 pm
Syrian-Armenian potter Misak Antranik Petros watches his son Anto moulding a clay vase at his workshop located inside an ancient mud-brick house near the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on December 19, 2020. AFP / Delil Souleima
Covid labour shortage makes Greek olive harvest a traditional family affair again 20 Dec 2020 - 11:30 am
Nikos Argirakis gathers olives in his olive grove in village Aghios Andreas, about 300 kilometers from Athens, on December 16, 2020. AFP / Angelos Tzortzinis
NBK Automobiles presents Mercedes-Benz S-Class 20 Dec 2020 - 09:31 am
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2020 in records: K-pop and the planet get super hot 19 Dec 2020 - 07:50 pm
BTS accept the win for Best Group at the MTV EMA's 2020, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. in this screengrab image released on November 8, 2020. Courtesy of MTV/via REUTERS
Lab-grown meat makes historic debut in Singapore 19 Dec 2020 - 03:00 pm
This undated handout from Eat Just released on December 19, 2020 shows a nugget made from lab-grown chicken meat at a restaurant in Singapore, which became the first country to allow meat created without slaughtering any animals to be sold. AFP PHOTO / EA