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After 19 years, Egypt’s Tanta Museum reopens

After 19 years, Egypt’s Tanta Museum reopens

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anany on Saturday reopened the Tanta Museum  following the completion of renovations, after a 19-year closure.…
Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims: reports

Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims: reports

Google will pay $150-200 million to settle allegations YouTube violated a children’s privacy law while gathering data to better target…
Brazil’s burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage

Brazil’s burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage

A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil took effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon…
Marriott hotels ditching small plastic toiletry bottles

Marriott hotels ditching small plastic toiletry bottles

Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it was ditching single-use toiletry bottles as part of plans to…
Massive modern catacombs set to open in Jerusalem

Massive modern catacombs set to open in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (AP) — Under a mountain on the outskirts of Jerusalem, workers are completing three years of labor on a…
Photos| Dolphins abandon Hurghada’s “Dolphin House” for love

Photos| Dolphins abandon Hurghada’s “Dolphin House” for love

Humans and dolphins have long cohabited Erg and Fanous coral reefs areas in Hurghada of the Red Sea Governorate, an…
New fees to be imposed on Egypt’s natural reserves

New fees to be imposed on Egypt’s natural reserves

The Ministry of Environment is set to implement a new regulation plan on Egypt’s natural resources, which includes applying a…
CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos

CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos

The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to…
G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires

G7 pledges millions to help fight Amazon fires

The G7 has agreed to spend 20 million euros ($22 million) on the Amazon, mainly to send fire-fighting aircraft to…
High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice

High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice

Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenland’s coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by…
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