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Health

Tuberculosis top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023

World

King Charles, Queen Camilla attend traditional Samoan 'ava ceremony

The Samoan ritual involves a ceremonial beverage called 'ava that is shared by leaders and guests to mark important occasions.
Public Safety

Rescuers free woman who got stuck in crevice while trying to retrieve phone

Rescuers in Australia spent hours working to free the woman who wound up stuck, wedged upside down between boulders after she tried to retrieve a phone she dropped.
Science

'Magnetic anomaly' causes explosion at airport in Japan

Earlier this month, officials found a bomb the U.S. dropped there during WWII, and they detonated it, which likely caused the sand to become high in iron.
Entertainment News

High drama in the obscure British sport of 'conkers'

What is conkers? Well, it's a game where two players try to break the other's conker. What's that? It's a chestnut tied to a string.
Consumer

Convenience store in Japan tests idea that makes cashiers obsolete

Lawson, a major grocery store chain in Tokyo, is trying out allowing customers to grab what they need and pay by phone as they leave.
World

Explosions along the border of North and South Korea

North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines. There were no reports of manager damage on the southern side of the border.
World

Taiwan on high alert due to Chinese military drills

China announced the military drills while accusing the nation's president of promoting independence in a speech.
History

World's oldest cheese found in grave dug 3,600 years ago

It was found by archeologists in the desert of what is today northwestern China in a grave that was dug 3,600 years ago.
Wildlife

Huge penguin chick named Pesto grows big social media following

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction in Australia.
Wildlife

Check out New Zealand's bird of the year

The yellow-eyed penguin, also called a hoiho, is native to New Zealand and is thought to be the world's rarest penguin.
Nation World

Food fight! Attendees wear white for messy La Tomatina food fight festival

Roughly 120 tons of ripe, juicy tomatoes were trucked into Bunol, Spain, for the messy festival this year.