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Mystery millionaire pays for £75,000 surgery of British girl, 4, so she can walk for first time
A mystery millionaire has paid £750,000 for a four-year-old girl to have life-changing surgery which will let her walk for the first time.
8mm film returned to Minnesota library 40 years overdue
Employees at a Minnesota library found an unusual item in a return bin — an 8mm film that was 40 years overdue.
Yemen in ‘imminent danger’ of world’s worst famine in decades: UN
War-torn Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen in decades, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned.
Canary Islands to provide emergency shelter for 7,000 migrants
Spain is to set up emergency camps on the Canary Islands to provide shelter for some of the thousands of recently arrived migrants.
Teen charged in Kenosha killings released on $2m bail
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old American who was captured on video shooting three people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August and was charged with...
Astronomers discover new ‘fossil galaxy’ buried deep within the Milky Way
Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys' Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a "fossil galaxy" hidden in...
African governments failing girls on equality: Report
Girls in Africa are being “condemned to a lifetime of discrimination and inequality” due to government failures, according to new data.
Da Vinci’s drawings contain a surprising mix of bacteria, fungi, and human DNA
Leonardo da Vinci is famous for his elaborate, nuanced artworks and advanced technological ideas. But new research has revealed another level of complexity to...
Mnuchin clawback of Fed funds ‘deeply irresponsible,’ Biden team says
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s decision to de-fund several Federal Reserve coronavirus lending programs on Dec. 31 is “deeply irresponsible,” President-elect Joe Biden’s transition...