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Nipah scare: No need to panic; adopt good hygiene practices 27 May 2018 - 09:56 pm
Animal Husbandry department and Forest officials deposit a bat into a container after catching it inside a well at Changaroth in Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala on May 21, 2018. (AFP)
Japan keeps word, gifts Akita dog to Russian skater Zagitova 27 May 2018 - 08:31 pm
Russian figure skating gold medallist Alina Zagitova (L), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie Abe poses with an Akita Inu puppy presented to Zagitova in Moscow on May 26, 2018 during Abe's official visit to Russia. AFP / Alexander Zem
Scientists identify neurons that trigger aggression 27 May 2018 - 12:10 pm
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France weighs how to return Africa's plundered art 27 May 2018 - 09:55 am
The Ato ceremony of the Kingdom of Dahomey, circa 1934, is pictured, on June 18, 2018 at the Quai Branly Museum-Jacques Chirac in Paris. AFP / GERARD JULIEN
Learning physics may activate new brain areas 26 May 2018 - 02:07 pm
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Pair of Japanese premium melons sell for record $29,300 26 May 2018 - 12:10 pm
A pair of Yubari melons, that fetched a record 3.2 million yen ($29,300) at an auction, are seen in Sapporo on May 26, 2018. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS
Australia builds world’s longest cat-proof fence 26 May 2018 - 01:12 am
Representativ image (Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji)
In Moroccan desert, meteorite hunters seek to strike it rich 26 May 2018 - 01:06 am
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A man walking through a dried out area that used to be part of the Tafilalet oasis near  southeastern oasis town of Erfoud of Morocco north of Er-Rissani in the Sahara Desert, Oct 27, 2016. AFP / Fadel Senna
AAB launches Toyota’s all-new Camry hybrid electric vehicle in Qatar 25 May 2018 - 01:25 am
R K Murugan (second right), AAB Acting CEO, and Hamad Sharif Al Emadi, Al Ijarah Holding CEO, (right), with other officials at the launch. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula
Uber self-driving car in crash wasn't programmed to brake 24 May 2018 - 10:35 pm
File photo: Firefighters extinguish a car that police said was set on fire during a confrontation between Uber and meter taxi drivers in Sandton, South Africa, September 7, 2017. (Reuters / Sipho Sithole)
iPhone czar seeks $4.3 billion IPO to emerge from Apple’s shadow 24 May 2018 - 12:16 am
Visitors are seen at a Foxconn booth at the World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, China May 19, 2018. Picture taken May 19, 2018. Reuters/Stringer
From carwash to care home, UK police tackles slavery at work 23 May 2018 - 11:49 pm
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Thai bay made famous by film 'The Beach' to close for four months 23 May 2018 - 09:57 am
General view of Maya bay seen in Andaman sea at Krabi province, Thailand May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
American literary giant Philip Roth dead at 85 23 May 2018 - 09:38 am
FILE PHOTO - Author Philip Roth poses in New York September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo
China's lower car tariffs mean more to BMW than Ford, Tesla 22 May 2018 - 11:57 pm
This file picture taken on April 17, 2017 shows imported cars parking at a parking lot near a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province. China will cut tariffs on most imported cars to 15 percent from July 1, the finance ministry said on May 22, 201
Sony buys most of EMI Music, to spend $9B on image sensors 22 May 2018 - 11:30 pm
Sony Corp's new President and Chief Executive Officer Kenichiro Yoshida attends a news conference on their business plan at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan May 22, 2018. Reuters/Toru Hanai
The only pancakes worth getting out of bed for on a lazy Sunday 22 May 2018 - 01:38 pm
Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes. Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post / food styling by The Washington Post's Bonnie S. Benwick.
An egg a day may keep heart diseases away 22 May 2018 - 01:21 pm
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