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Presidential spokesperson says all those abducted from a Catholic school in Niger state last month are now freeNigerian authorities say they have secured the release of a further 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic school in November, after 100 were freed earlier this month.β€œAnother 130 abd…
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Unexpected arrival is a boon for birdlife in New Zealand, where there are only 500 takahΔ“ leftA pair of rare native New Zealand takahΔ“ birds who were believed infertile have stunned staff at the world’s largest urban eco-sanctuary, after hatching a β€œmiracle” chick.The roughly seven-week old chick wa…
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Every year, Secret Santa (actually an anonymous, wealthy businessman) goes around the country handing out hundreds of $100 bills to random strangers, often accompanied by Steve Hartman. This time, Santa recruited Baltimore doctor Michael Zolicofer, a.k.a. Dr. Z, to help spread good tidings to random…
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New Africa Hub confronts colonial-era silences by asking visitors to share insights on 40,000 objectsIt’s a rare thing for a museum to talk about what it doesn’t know. But unanswered questions and archival silences are at the heart of the new Africa Hub at Manchester Museum, north-west England, whic…