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The silver-backed chevrotain, or Vietnamese mouse deer, has been recorded in the wild for the first time in almost 30 years, conservationists say.       

Hundreds of Russian towns and cities are shrouded in heavy smoke from wildfires in Siberia and the Far East, and the blazes appear to be spreading.        

Sarah King, founder of local nonprofit Casper's Bird Rescue, was contacted by a member of her staff who discovered corella birds falling out of nearby trees and the sky.        

Nepal is seeking help to identify four climbers whose bodies were brought down from Mount Everest during a particularly deadly climbing season.        

Data from the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii showed that carbon dioxide levels reached 415 parts per million on Friday.        

A massive fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below.

Garfield phones washing ashore on beaches in France have mystified locals for decades. Now we know why it keeps happening.        

A Belgian website auctioned off a racing pigeon dubbed the 'Lewis Hamilton of pigeons' for a record $1.4 million.        

Thousands of Ethiopians have turned out to a mass funeral ceremony in the capital one week after the plane crash that killed 157 people.

Israel said a Hezbollah operative accused of killing U. S. troops is establishing a terror network in the disputed Golan Heights, spotlighting threats the militant group poses to its security as the Netanyahu government pushes for sovereignty over the strategic area.

President Trump lamented his “horrible position” of negotiating with North Korea following the death of Otto Warmbier, after the president drew criticism for saying that he accepted Kim Jong Un’s word that he didn’t know about Mr. Warmbier’s abuse in Pyongyang’s captivity.

U. S. officials came to the world’s largest telecom trade fair to press allies to exclude Huawei equipment from next-generation cellular networks, calling the Chinese company’s gear a security risk.

For months, signs of danger raised worries among inspectors about the safety of a giant mine-dam perched over a town in Brazil. And yet the safety firm, worried about losing business, blessed the structure. Prosecutors are now looking into collusion between Vale and the contract inspector.