These 60-year-old geckos could be the world’s oldest
At 64 and 60 years old, Antoinette and Brucie-Baby are thin and bony. Their skin hangs looser than it did in their youth, but their eyes still gleam with energy.…
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India among top suppliers of illicit fentanyl precursors, US intelligence report says
India has emerged as a growing player in the illicit fentanyl trade, a new US intelligence report says, a designation likely to raise alarm in New Delhi as President Donald…
Former police officer spared jail over death of 95-year-old Tasered in a nursing home
A former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old Australian woman after she refused his orders to drop a knife has been spared jail, with the victim’s family decrying the…
On first Asia trip, US defense chief Hegseth calls for ‘deterrence’ in face of China ‘threats’
Deterrence is necessary in Asia in the face of “threats from the Communist Chinese,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in Manila on Friday as he opened his first visit…
Meet the conservationist saving gorillas in Uganda’s ‘impenetrable forest’
It’s been 30 years, but Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka still remembers the first time she ever saw a mountain gorilla. It was the summer of 1994. Deep in the jungle of…
Australia to hold general elections on May 3 amid inflation and a housing shortage
Australians will go to the polls on May 3 for general elections with high costs of living and a shortage of housing likely weighing against the government as Prime Minister…
King Charles cancels engagements after experiencing temporary side effects of cancer treatment
Britain’s King Charles “required a short period of observation in hospital” on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” from a scheduled cancer treatment in the morning, Buckingham Palace has said.…
European leaders say now not the time to liftsanctions on Russia in message to Trump
Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, after Moscow said it would only agree to a US-brokered deal on ending fighting in the…
Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?
Sudan’s army says it has wrested control of the capital Khartoum from a feared militia accused of genocide after ousting it from the Presidential Palace and the city’s airport it…
Several killed after submarine carrying Russian tourists sinks off Egyptian coast, embassy says
Four people were killed Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, according to a Facebook post by the Russian embassy in Egypt. It…