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Image shows the extinct ant in the Hereon measuring station at DESY's X-ray light source PETRA III in an undated photo. A German research team from the University of Jena discovered a previously unknown extinct ant in 20 million-years-old amber. (Hammel, Laustroer/Zenger)

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Scientists Discover 20-Million-Year-Old Ant Species in Amber

Researchers said that the ant species is just as unique as the amber in which it was found.

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Photo shows packages containing nearly 1,533 pounds of cocaine seized by CBP officers in a tractor trailer at Colombia-Solidarity Bridge in the city of Laredo, Texas, U. S., on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $11,818,400. (CBP/Zenger)

U.S.

Shipment of Baby Wipes Turns Out to Be $11.8M Worth of Cocaine: Police

The truck was stopped in Laredo, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border and sent for a second inspection that unveiled the haul.

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Photo shows the pink cocaine seized by police, undated. It was the largest amount of pink cocaine ever seized in Spain. (Zenger)

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Cops Bust Drug Gang, Find 28 Pounds of Pink Cocaine and Submachine Gun

The drug bust in Ibiza, which found a record amount of pink cocaine, also confiscated luxury cars and watches.

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Photo shows the approximately 1400-year-old iron folding chair found by archaeologists laying in a woman's grave in Middle Franconia, Germany, undated photo. The iron folding chair has been underground at a depth of around 6.5 feet ever since. (BLfD/Zenger)

World

Scientists Amazed to Find 1,400-Year-Old Folding Chair in Woman’s Grave

The chair was made from iron and is extremely rare, being only the second such piece dating from the early Middle Ages to be found in Germany.

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Firefighters and officers with Richmond Animal Care and Control rescue a kitten stuck inside a car's dashboard in Richmond, Virginia, USA, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. The crew had to remove several panels in order for the Richmond Animal Care and Control officer to retrieve the cat. (@rvafire/Zenger).

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Watch: Kitten Rescued After Getting Trapped in Car Dashboard

Firefighters had to remove a number of panels from the vehicle’s dashboard so an officer could reach the kitten.

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Peter the Great heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser goes in the Barents Sea, Russia in an undated footage. The area of the Barents Sea, where rocket firing was carried out, was closed in advance for civil navigation and aviation flights. (@mil/Zenger).

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Russia Releases Video Showing Naval Exercise in the Arctic

The video comes amid concerns about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which was briefly disconnected from Ukraine’s national grid for the first time in almost 40 years.

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pVideo shows Mattia Veronese, 28, being taken to a hospital in Chioggia, Italy, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. He went missing in Porto Tolle after going for a swim with his friends on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022.  (@vigilidelfuoco/Zenger)/p

World

Man Who Vanished in Rough Seas Found Clinging to Rock 9 Hours Later

A man who went into the sea for a midnight dip with friends and failed to return was found after nine hours clinging to a rock.

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Yegor Novolotsky rescued in wilderness

World

Boy, 3, Found Safe After Spending 2 Nights in Wilderness

Rescuers had feared the worst when some of Yegor’s belongings were found.

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pEmergency service workers with the cow that fell off a cliff in Ruiloba, northern Spain, in an undated picture. The cow was rescued using a helicopter.  (@112Cantabria/Zenger)/p

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Cow Falls Off Cliff While Grazing, Hoisted to Safety by Helicopter

The scene looked more like a special-forces operation than an animal rescue.

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pFreighters with the debris after the fire was extinguished at Cinecitta Studios, in Rome, Italy, on Monday, August 1, 2022. There were no reported injuries.  (@vigilidelfuoco/Zenger)/p

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Part of Iconic Roman Movie Studio Destroyed in Fire, ‘Old Guard 2’ Filming Delayed

Several classics have been filmed at Cinecittà Studios, including “Ben-Hur,” “Gangs of New York” and “The Passion of the Christ.”

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pInjuries of a child who was bitten by a wolf, in a photo taken in Dagestan, Russia, Thursday, July 28, 2022. A wolf came out of the forest and attacked three children, injuring one, and taking another to the forest, while the third child managed to escape. Note: Photo is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (@mvd_dagestan/Zenger)/p

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Wolf Kills 9-Year-Old Boy and Critically Injures His Friend

The boys were swimming near a forest in Dagestan in southern Russia when the wolf attacked them.

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pAirport officers carry sports bags of Inessa Brandenburg, which allegedly had stolen money in them, at an airport in undated CCTV footage. Inessa Brandenburg, who was the chairman of the board of one of the Tyumen banks, allegedly stole about $9 million and fled Russia in 2018. (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia/Zenger)/p

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Bank Boss Who Stole Millions From Vault Extradited to Moscow To Face Trial

Inessa Brandenburg who is alleged to have stolen $8.5 million from Siberian Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Tyumen was hiding in Spain.

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pPicture shows a scorpion mom and her 17 babies found by a woman in her suitcase after coming home from her holiday in Croatia in an undated photo. The photo was released by the animal rescue service Tierhilfe Gusental on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Tierhilfe Gusental/Zenger)/p

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Tourist Finds 18 Scorpions in Suitcase After Returning From Vacation

A terrified vacationer got the fright of her life when she found a scorpion and its 17 babies in her suitcase after she returned home.

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A volunteer wears a red ribbon during an AIDS awareness promotion at the Bell Tower to mark the World AIDS Day on December 1, 2008 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Health

Woman Came Off HIV Meds 15 Years Ago, Keeps Virus Naturally Under Control

She still harbors viable HIV, but her immune system has controlled the replication of the virus over the years.

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pBerenice Alanis has been arrested for the crime of her husband and two step children, Mexico, July 2022. (FGJCDMX/Zenger)/p

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Fugitive ‘Black Widow’ Accused of Hiring Hitman To Kill Family Is Caught

Berenice Alanis, who is accused of the slaughter of her wealthy husband Jacobo Quesada and his two children, was caught after three years on the run.

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pMoment of the impact of the rocket attack on the rubber aid point in Mykolaiv in Ukraine. (@mykolaivskaODA/Zenger)/p

World

Russian Rockets Reportedly Wipe Out Building With Humanitarian Supplies

Two Russian rockets slammed into a building reportedly full of humanitarian supplies in besieged Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

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pFlamingos have been seen making the nests in Isla Rabida, in Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, July 2022. (Marvi Cordoba-PNG/Zenger)/p

World

Flamingos Chased Away by Rats Return to Pacific Island After 20 Years

Flamingos were spotted nesting on one of the Galapagos Islands, years after invasive rats forced them out.

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pTwo jaguars cub were born in wild in Ibera park, Argentina, July 2022. (Fund Rewilding Argentina/Zenger)/p

World

First Jaguars Born in Forest Where They Went Extinct 70 Years Ago

Overjoyed conservationists released a video from a wildlife camera showing one of the parents walking across a path with a cub in its mouth.

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pThe robbery, police have arrested a man and a women in Croatia, in July, 2022, as alleged perpetrators of the theft of 45 bottles of wine in the Atrio de Caceres restaurant, in Spain, valued at EUR 1,648,500, that occurred in October, 2021. (Zenger)/p

World

Couple Who Stole Wine Worth Over $1 Million Caught After Months on the Run

The couple were picked up by the police in Croatia, nine months after they stole several bottle of wine from a Spanish cellar.

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pThe head of the 3,000-year-old clay figurine that was discovered at an excavation site in the Schweinfurt region, on the edge of the Unkenbach plain that is now Monchstockheim in Germany. (BLfD/Zenger)/p

World

Amazingly Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Statue of Water Goddess Unearthed

The clay figurine was found in a German stream where a prehistoric riverside colony had settled between the 8th and 6th centuries BC.

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pCombat work of Ukrainian military pilots on attack aircraft and fighter aircraft in Ukraine. (@PvkZahid/Zenger)/p

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Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Prowl Skies, Launch Missiles at Enemy Targets

Ukrainian fighter pilots conducted sorties over the embattled country and fired missiles at enemy targets, as can be seen in cockpit-view images.

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