A female Israeli window cleaner who dances to music while doing her job on the sides of Tel Aviv skyscrapers has become rising star on social media wants to encourage other women to take on male-dominated roles. Noa Toledo, 22, has quickly seen her TikTok following swell to 60,000 with over 1 million “likes” in …
Four South American fur seals and two Southern elephant seals have been released back into the sea after being found malnourished in Argentine rivers during the past month or so. The hungry mammals were treated at the rehabilitation center belonging to the Mundo Marino Foundation and then released on Friday into the sea at a …
A political earthquake hit Colombia earlier this month and the aftershocks continue. The Investigative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice placed the former president and senator, Alvaro Uribe Velez, under preventive house arrest. His Aug. 4 arrest kicked off protests nationwide, underscoring the polarized, political tensions in Colombia. This is the first time in …
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The world is rushing to develop a vaccine against Covid-19 and in the Netherlands, several partnerships between public institutions and private companies show promising signs. Four studies are underway in collaboration with the Dutch government, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, university researchers, multinational health care company Johnson & Johnson, and nonprofit research …
Three litters with a total of 16 adorable wild kittens with large, bright blue eyes were born at the zoo in Novosibirsk, Siberia earlier this month, the zoo announced in a July 18 post on the Russian social media network VK.com. An exact date of their births was not provided. “This year, last month, three …
India is gearing up for large-scale human trials of a vaccine as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to claim lives across the globe. Russia claimed this month that it has made strides, and pharmaceutical makers in the United States and Europe are also working feverishly to find a cure. Governments and private foundations are devoting huge …
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More than half of the slum population in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, is infected with coronavirus. These findings, culled from a serological prevalence study undertaken in three wards of the city in July, signal the possible presence of herd immunity. To drill down into results, researchers have undertaken a second round of serosurvey in the …
The plight of the elderly, mentally ill and physically disabled homeless living on the U.S.-Mexico border often gets lost in the chaos of the immigration struggle. For the last few years, the nonprofit Albergue Centauro Sifuentes shelter in Coahuila, Mexico, has been trying to change that by keeping these people off the streets and providing …
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When it comes to fighting wildfires, one unexpected sight is that of aircraft dumping what appears to be “red water” on the flames. The use of such a liquid “actually a dyed fire-retardant chemical” was caught on film on Aug. 16 by a firefighter helping battle a wildfire that has destroyed thousands of acres in …
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A 10-year-old Belgian girl who suffers from epilepsy that is so severe that she can barely move is now able to walk in place, thanks to the help of a new “robot.” Her parents are asking for donations so she can continue the treatment. An employee mounts Femke in to the robot. (Newsflash) Young Femke …