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Oman’s First Female Car Mechanic, Redefining the Road Ahead

In a workshop where the scent of engine oil lingers in the air and the rhythm of tools echoes against metal, Zalikha al Bulushi is quietly reshaping expectations, one engine, one video, and one mindset at a time.Growing...

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Shanghai's elderly waltz back to the past at lunchtime dance halls

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First woman at the helm of Nobel Prize institution

At the beginning of 2026, Ellen Moons will take up her post as the new secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) in Stockholm.

Russia reopens theatre devastated by siege of Mariupol

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Musandam’s nature make it a go-to destination

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A Visitor From Beyond: Third Interstellar Comet Detected Passing Through the SolarSystem

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Rio receives Guinness record for biggest New Year's bash

People watch the traditional New Year's fireworks at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — AFP

Hooked on the claw: how crane games conquered Japan’s arcades

This picture taken on June 6, 2024 shows a claw crane game shop in Akihabara district of Tokyo. As school and work wraps up, crowds gradually fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls —- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines. - To go with 'JAPAN-ANIMATION-GAME-ARCADE, FOCUS' by Mathias Cena

Olympics-Italian pianist Dardust to provide soundtrack for Milano Cortina

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Row deepens over vanished river wave in Munich

A surfer rides an artificial wave in the canal of the Eisbach (ice creek) river at the English Garden park in Munich, southern Germany. — AFP

OPENING DOORS TO INCLUSION

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From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze

This picture taken on December 12, 2025 shows people eating bear meat hot pot at a restaurant in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. Since Japan recorded a spike in deadly bear attacks, Koji Suzuki has struggled to keep up with booming demand for grilled cuts of the animal at his restaurant. Cooked on a stone slate -- or in hot pot with vegetables -- the meat comes from bears culled to curb maulings that have killed a record 13 people this year. - To go with 'JAPAN-ENVIRONMENT-BEAR-FOOD' by Kyoko Hasegawa and Hiroshi Hiyama in Sapporo (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) / To go with 'JAPAN-ENVIRONMENT-BEAR-FOOD' by Kyoko Hasegawa and Hiroshi Hiyama in Sapporo

Empowerment of elderly rather than isolation

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What is so special about TikTok's algorithm?

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Why libraries still matter in a digital world

Antonio La Cava, a retired schoolteacher known as 'Maestro', drives his book-filled three-wheeler from Moliterno to Ferrandina

Mountain lake is home of Bulgaria's 'king of caviars'

An employee shows an opened box of caviar at the Caviar de Neuvic boutique in Paris. — AFP
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