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Australia's ABC News reported that an unexpected discovery of gold in Western Australia has delivered more than 15 million Australian dollars ($10.66 million) in value of the precious metal in just four days. A rare discovery of gold deposits in Western Australia has unearthed more than 15 million...
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Decín (Czech Republic) (AFP) - Once an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive "hunger stone" embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after Europe's long, dry summer. The boulder in the town of Decin, north of the ca...
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Seven people were injured in a knife attack in central Paris late Sunday but police said that terrorism was not suspected.
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The commercialization of space is becoming increasingly possible, says Chris Lewicki, President and CEO of space mining company, Planetary Resources.
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Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., announced on Monday his plans for stepping down from the e-commerce giant and handing over responsibilities to senior management. Since founding the company ...
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Experts from around the world wrapped up discussions in Bangkok geared towards creating a comprehensive rulebook for countries to implement the landmark Paris Accord on climate change. Delegates representing some of Earth's poorest and smallest nations said on the final day of the summit that the U...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Engineers are deploying a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world's largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.
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'I know them. I know their character,' Pence said in a taped interview
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The hangers represent the danger of overturning Roe v. Wade
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Former President Barack Obama says the November midterm elections will give Americans “a chance to restore some sanity in our politics."
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Obama gave the speech Saturday in a key Southern California battleground
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"Maybe it didn't work out for me. But It's going to work out for the next person"
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Tyson has a theory that military need drives scientific advances in space and on Earth -- and he's not the only one to make the observation.