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Meet the gay Berlin penguins who've adopted an egg
Together they've tried to hatch stones and even a fish. Zoo officials chose to harness that parental instinct with a real egg laid by another bird in the group. There is some concern, though: Zookeepers aren't sure if the egg was ever fertilized. The prospect of two gay penguins adopting an egg and raising a chick has become a feel good story in Germany in recent days. [Full Article...]
Cops: Son Asked for Jaguar, Pushed BMW He Got Into River
Or, at least, that's what a local police rep tells the Times of India: "Akash was demanding. a Jaguar vehicle from his father, but when his father failed to buy one, he threw away his BMW in a fit of anger". He said the [BMW] was too small but we thought he will be okay. On the other hand, Akash's father seems to have a problem dealing with reality. "Sources said that after pushing the veh... [Full Article...]
Nora Quoirin died from 'starvation and stress' in Malaysian jungle
She is believed to have died two to three days after disappearing, he said. They said she was "not independent and does not go anywhere alone", because she had been born with holoprosencephaly, a disorder that impairs brain development, the BBC reports. [Full Article...]
El Paso Residents Greeted by Support Dogs at Vigil
Police said on Twitter that the man's actions were "critical and life-saving" and that he's believed to have saved many lives during the shooting, including an infant. He is charged with capital murder . Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the call Wednesday in a speech in the southern state of Oaxaca (wah-HAH'-kah). [Full Article...]
Norwegian mediators arrive in Venezuela to boost crisis talks
Such a manoeuvre could threaten the opposition's hold on the national assembly and with it Guaido's claim as head of the legislature to be the country's legitimate president. The move was aimed at further loosening Maduro's grip on power in Venezuela , a country already suffering from a deep recession, hyperinflation and shortages of basic goods. [Full Article...]
"We will leave if we have to" — Trump on WTO
Trump declared that he will not let such countries take advantage of the WTO. The Kremlin made the comment in response to a question about US media reports which said Trump had threatened on Tuesday to pull out of the WTO over what he described as the organization's unfair treatment of the United States. [Full Article...]
Brexit: No chance of U.S. trade deal if Irish accord hit - Pelosi
The historic Good Friday Agreement is widely acknowledged to have ended decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland . In a statement yesterday, House Speaker Pelosi said: "Whatever form it takes, Brexit can not be allowed to imperil the Good Friday Agreement, including the seamless border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland- especially now, as the first generation born into the hope of... [Full Article...]
Scientists discover microplastics in Arctic ice
It also raises troubling questions about the environmental and health implications of potential exposure to such airborne plastics . Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI ) in Germany, discovered 14,400 particles per litre on the Norwegian. [Full Article...]