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17:27 29/03/2019
6 baby elephants freed in Thailand after getting trapped in mud pit

The elephants were unable to climb out of the slippery pit, park officials said, prompting a rescue operation to create a pathway for the creatures to escape the trap.

16:38 29/03/2019
Hubble watches spun-up Asteroid coming apart

Images from Hubble show two narrow, comet-like tails of dusty debris streaming from the asteroid (6478) Gault. Each tail represents an episode in which the asteroid gently shed its material — key evidence that Gault is beginning to come apart.

16:19 29/03/2019
Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah released from jail after five years

Alaa Abdel Fattah rose to prominence during the 2011 uprising against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

15:53 29/03/2019
Pope enacts new legislation to prevent child abuse in Vatican

Previously, the abuse of minors and vulnerable people came under various legal provisions, some of them instituted on an ad hoc basis.

15:27 29/03/2019
Art's Most Popular: here are 2018's most visited shows and museums

The US institution made a spectacular re-entry into our leaderboard this year with not just the one, but the two most popular exhibitions of 2018.

15:01 29/03/2019
Court dismisses $1.8m bullying case brought by man accusing boss of breaking wind

Victorian court upholds supreme court ruling that even if David Hingst’s allegations were true, flatulence did not necessarily constitute bullying.

14:44 29/03/2019
14:44 29/03/2019
UK consumers slow pace of borrowing growth, mortgages fall as Brexit nears

British consumers reined in their spending in late 2018 and have remained in a cautious mood in early 2019, faced with the possibility of the country leaving the European Union without a deal to smooth the economic shock.

14:26 29/03/2019
Artsakh Republic President B. Sahakyan attended the opening of the exhibition dedicated to the 140th birthday anniversary

of Aram Manoukyan held in the Stepanakert Culture and Youth Palace. The President stressed the importance of holding such events rating high the contribution of Aram Manoukyan to the national liberation struggle, the establishment and defense of the First Armenian Republic.
Source: Central information department of the office of the Artsakh Republic President

14:02 29/03/2019
Record 1,100 dead dolphins wash up on French beaches

But what shocked French marine researchers wasn’t just the brutality of the deaths of these highly intelligent mammals, but the numbers involved   a record 1,100 have landed on France’s Atlantic coast beaches since January.

13:41 29/03/2019
KBS secures list of N. Korea's Nuke facilities

According to the government's list, the 40 key facilities include 15 nuclear research and supervision facilities, eight uranium mines and five nuclear power plants and refining facilities.

12:43 29/03/2019
The cartoonists who helped take down a Malaysian prime minister

For Malaysians, the figure pictured is instantly recognizable as Rosmah Mansor, wife of disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak and -- according to prosecutors in the US and Malaysia -- a modern day Imelda Marcos who accrued luxury goods worth millions of dollars using money embezzled from the state investment fund, 1MDB.

12:29 29/03/2019
12:02 29/03/2019
Conmen posed as French foreign minister to steal €8 million, police say

The suspects, said to be French-Israelis, reportedly created a replica of Jean-Yves Le Drian's Paris office in Israel to conduct Skype calls.

11:38 29/03/2019
San Franciscans raise $46,000 to stop homeless shelter in wealthy area

Another campaign in support of the shelter launched Thursday and received a $5,000 donation from GoFundMe itself.

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