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CAIRO, (Reuters) – Scientists said on Wednesday they had discovered the 43 million-year-old fossil of a previously unknown amphibious four-legged whale species in Egypt that helps trace the transition of whales from land to sea.

(Institute for Basic Science) – The cycling between warm El Niño and cold La Niña conditions in the eastern Pacific (commonly referred to as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, ENSO), which has persisted without major interruptions for at least the last 11,000 years, may change in the future, according to a new study.

(University of Utah Health) – COVID-19 vaccines remain effective, but their potency has diminished in recent months, according to the findings of a recent US study.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican scientists have developed a unique “nanobubble” system using solar energy to improve water quality in the canals of Mexico City’s Xochimilco ecological zone, a popular tourist attraction.

(Reuters) – The United States attacked an Islamic State “planner” in Afghanistan in retaliation for a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport and said there was a high risk of further blasts as it nears the end of a mission to evacuate civilians and withdraw troops.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Ida barreled into Cuba yesterday and churned toward a weekend U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States launched a drone strike against an Islamic State attack “planner” in eastern Afghanistan, the military said yesterday, a day after a suicide bombing at Kabul airport killed 13 U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India administered more than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses day, a national record that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as a “momentous feat” for the country ahead of fears of another surge in infections.

Argentina has deployed a humanitarian mission to earthquake-stricken Haiti. A statement from the Argentine Embassy in Georgetown said that 24 volunteers comprised an emergency medical team which departed the El Palomar airport on August 21st.

(Reuters) – The number of coronavirus patients in U.S. hospitals has breached 100,000, the highest level in eight months, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, as a resurgence of COVID-19 spurred by the highly contagious Delta variant strains the nation’s health care system.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany will make up to 70 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, more than doubling a previous pledge to donate 30 million.

(Reuters) – A California review board yesterday recommended that Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A senior Pentagon official held talks with the Chinese military for the first time since President Joe Biden took office in January to focus on managing risk between the two countries, a U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Bank of England said today it has removed 10 oil paintings and busts of seven governors and directors who had known connections to the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries and hired a researcher on slavery for its museum.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ida could hit the U.S. Gulf Coast near New Orleans this weekend as a powerful hurricane, as it strengthened overnight, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported early today, issuing hurricane and tropical storm watches for much of the area.

(Reuters) – U.S. troops helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks today after Islamic State struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and at least 13 U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said it regretted the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday to end the Biden administration’s pandemic-related federal moratorium on evictions, and urged states, cities, landlords and others to do what they could to help.

(Reuters) – Nicaraguan prosecutors yesterday charged eight opposition leaders with conspiracy, including three who planned to challenge President Daniel Ortega’s bid to secure a fourth consecutive term in power.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tribes from the Amazon have called for urgent action to protect the world’s largest rainforest in a formal motion to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), to be considered at its global congress in France next month.

 (Reuters) – Suspected suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least two explosions today, causing a bloodbath among desperate civilians hoping to flee and casting the final days of the Western airlift of its allies into chaos.