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The tiny gardens beneath street trees can boost biodiversity and our connection to where we live.
Estudo mostra que reciclagem poderia suprir até 40% do gálio importado pela Europa, bem como 23% da demanda total de tântalo e 12% da de magnésio e tungstênio, além de várias outras matérias-primas críticas.
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From Westminster Abbey to Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry’s 33 buildings reveal its designer was familiar with monastic manuscripts and stonemasonry.
The condition is more than merely being bad with directions.
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are close allies, but their relationship is often stormy.
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When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
An Israeli man looks at the remains of an Iranian ballistic missile that landed in a field next to the West Bank settlement of Mevo'ot Yericho on June 8.
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Iran and Israel have attacked each other for the first time since April.
Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, attend a ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 5.
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The president’s barrage of pronouncements on foreign policy mean his Cabinet members’ statements on foreign policy have become more reliable indicators of administration positions.
Ces dés, datant de 12 000 ans et récemment découverts, ont été fabriqués en bois et en os par des chasseurs-cueilleurs amérindiens.
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S’ils ne ressemblent pas à nos dés actuels, les dés préhistoriques retrouvés sur des sites d’Amérique du Nord démontrent combien ce type de jeu est ancien.
Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing for a summit with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, could be the most consequential of his second term as US president.
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