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Oil slips on demand worries as COVID-19 lockdowns tighten

Oil prices fell on Tuesday as tighter lockdowns in Europe and a forecast for a slower recovery in demand next year outweighed relief from...

Mysterious Japanese ‘keyhole’ tombs ‘bigger than pyramids’

Archeologists have been defeated for years in attempting to decipher the numerous ancient Japanese "keyhole" shaped tombs scattered across the country, with strict security...

Samples from asteroid more than hoped for, Japan researchers say

Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km (186 million miles) from Earth were better than...

Groundbreaking archeological finds in Scotland recognized as best of the year

Archeological discoveries in the north and northeast Scotland have been recognized as some of the most groundbreaking findings of the year.

Video chat only hope for divided Rohingya couple

The human traffickers told Julekha Begum it would take less than a week to smuggle her to Malaysia to meet the husband she barely...

Poor countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises

With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many...

Migrants earn much less than locals, gap is widening: ILO study

The gap between wages paid to migrant and national workers is big and growing, and may widen further because of the pandemic, the International...

Human progress at stake in post-COVID choices, says UN report

Unless leaders make the right choices on recovering from the pandemic to avoid entrenching environmental problems and social inequalities, the world faces a future...

Trees are out of equilibrium with climate

Forecasts predicting where plants and animals will inhabit over time rely primarily on information about their current climate associations, but that only plays a...

‘Awe inspiring’ photos of the only total solar eclipse of 2020

The only total solar eclipse of 2020 arrived Monday. And some lucky sky gazers in the world's southern hemisphere witnessed what NASA describes as...

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