WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - Researchers have found that New Zealand's kea parrot has the avian equivalent of an infectious laugh - a call that when heard prompts others to drop everything and have some fun.
SYDNEY - A British backpacker who inspired a drunk Australian teenager to swim in crocodile-infested waters, narrowly avoiding death, said on Tuesday she was not impressed by the fraught romantic gesture.
NEW YORK - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's richest billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots, the magazine said Monday.
NEW DELHI - Two of India's most iconic rivers, considered sacred by nearly a billion Hindus in the country, have been given the status of living entities to save them from further harm caused by widespread pollution.
NEW YORK - Norway displaced Denmark as the world's happiest country in a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the well-being of their citizens.
NEW YORK - Folks on Sesame Street have a way of making everyone feel accepted.
JAKARTA - Brightly colored wooden and brick houses line a clean riverside path amid trees and vegetable gardens, a tranquil scene in the normally chaotic Indonesian capital Jakarta.
DUBAI - A Canadian school teacher whose teaching philosophy underscores hope and acts of kindness in an isolated corner of Quebec won a $1 million prize on Sunday in what has become one of the most-coveted and high-profile awards for teaching excellence.
SYDNEY - Victoria's Phillip Island could soon be a cat-free zone to protect the island's iconic penguin population. The state government is reportedly considering a radical bid to wipe out the feral cat population on the island, which is 80 kilometers southeast of Melbourne, while also forcing owners to keep domestic felines indoors.
LIMA - Peru is facing a critical situation as heavy rains caused by the El Nino phenomenon have been battering the country for weeks, leaving a trail of death and devastation.
SEOUL - South Korea prepared on Sunday to raise the Sewol ferry that sank nearly three years ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, testing a system to bring the ship to the surface in the hope of finding the last nine bodies.
ATHENS - Following Greece's deep recession, a vibrant wave of graffiti has flourished in Athens in recent years. Many street artists express their messages on the economic crisis, unemployment and social injustice on the walls of abandoned buildings.
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