The main opposition candidate in Belarus’ Sunday presidential election went into hiding the night before challenging longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko, who is seeking his sixth term. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya’s campaign said she fled her apartment due to safety reasons after police detained several of its senior staffers, in what critics called an attempt to intimidate the…… MORE
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Meet ‘Mad Hatterpillar,’ the caterpillar that uses its old heads for defense
In the dense eucalyptus forests of Australia, deadheads forage leaves and wriggle their bodies around. No, these aren’t Grateful Dead fanatics stranded since the psychedelic shows of the 1970s. Native to Australia, Uraba lugens is a strange caterpillar that stacks its molted heads atop each other. With every molt, the stack becomes an increasingly tall,…… MORE
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Brazil passes 100,000 Covid-19 deaths, as cases top 3 million
Brazil surpassed 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday as cases exceeded 3 million, according to the latest numbers by the country’s Health Ministry. The fatalities milestone comes less than five months after Brazil recorded its first Covid-19-related death. The ministry said 100,477 people have lost their lives and 3,012,412 have been infected. In the last…… MORE
A stricken ship is leaking tonnes of fuel into the ‘pristine lagoons’ of the Indian Ocean
Mauritius is facing a “state of environmental emergency” after a wrecked ship began breaking up, spilling oil into the Indian Ocean. The vessel ran aground at Pointe d’Esny on the east of the island nation in late July, according to local media reports and environmental campaigners. This is close to the Blue Bay Marine Park…… MORE
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Video shows moments before Beirut explosion tore through a pregnant woman’s hospital room. She gave birth right after
If you ask Edmond Khnaisser to summarize the birth of his son, he’d tell you it was an adrenaline rush. And not because baby George is his firstborn, but because his son was born just moments after the massive Beirut explosion ripped through his wife’s hospital room. Edmond and his wife, Emma, checked into Saint…… MORE
In the aftermath of a disaster, one group looks out for Beirut’s lost and hurt pets
As a grieving Beirut rebuilds its homes, businesses and lives, some Good Samaritans are making sure that one group of vulnerable residents are not forgotten. More than 190 volunteers have been scouring the streets of the blast-damaged city for lost pets. They search for animals trapped in the rubble, tend to the injured and care…… MORE
What you need to know about coronavirus on Friday, August 7
More than 19 million people around the world have now been infected with the coronavirus, and 715,024 have died. The number of new daily cases has topped 200,000 — a level not seen before July — for 23 days in row. In India, the number of infections surpassed 2 million today. The speed at which…… MORE
Couple standing less than 600 meters from blast site survives Beirut explosion
The glass and debris from Tuesday’s explosion in Beirut injured Imad Khalil and Lina Alameh, but both say they are lucky to be alive. The husband and wife now lay in a local hospital room, together, recovering from the glass and debris that tore through their apartment — and them. Lina needed three hours of…… MORE
