🇩🇪 Hope fades for humpback whale stranded on German coast
The health of a humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast is deteriorating, conservationists say, as efforts to free the animal continue. The 10-metre long whale was first spotted stuck in shallow water on 23 March
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🇫🇮 😊 Finland the world's happiest country for ninth year in a row: UN report
Finland has been named the world's happiest country for the ninth year in a row, according to an annual UN-sponsored report. The country’s 5.6 million inhabitants generally report low levels of inequality
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🇰🇬 The herders breeding white yaks in Kyrgyzstan's mountains
In the mountains of Central Asia, a family has been breeding rare white yaks for years. The Akmatovs say the long-haired cattle's white wool is strong and easy to dye compared to the animal's usual dark-brown hair
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🇫🇮 Finland: kids take hovercraft to school over frozen Baltic Sea
Unusually thick ice this winter in the Pargas archipelago has meant some children are travelling to school by hovercraft, replacing the ferries that usually take the children
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🇦🇺 🇮🇷 ⚽ Support for Iran women's football team after refusal to sing anthem
Australia is facing mounting pressure to offer asylum to the Iranian women's football team, after they refused to sing the national anthem ahead of an Asian Cup tournament match in Australia on 2 March
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🇫🇷 🟣 ♀️ Gisele Pelicot joins women's rights march in Paris
Rape survivor Gisele Pelicot and her daughter Caroline Darian joined thousands of women gathered in Paris to march on International Women's Day
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🇩🇪 🪖 German school students rally against army recruitment drive
Thousands of teenagers skipped school to join protests across Germany against a stepped-up military recruitment drive that many fear may in future involve a form of conscription
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🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 Travellers arrive in Europe after war breaks out in Middle East
Travellers reunite with loved ones at European airports after arriving on some of the first flights from the Middle East since the war triggered by US-Israeli attacks on Iran broke out
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🇫🇷 🗳️ Training helps French voters with disabilities prepare for polls
Voters with intellectual disabilities in France are receiving training on how to vote ahead of the country’s upcoming municipal elections, using fake voter cards, ballot papers and imaginary candidate lists
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🇬🇧 🇫🇷 Britain's Queen Camilla meets French rape survivor Gisele Pelicot
Queen Camilla met Gisele Pelicot, the woman who has become a symbol of the global fight against sexual violence, and told her she had been left "speechless" by her memoir
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✨ AI cannot be ‘left to whims of a few billionaires’: UN chief
Speaking at a global AI summit in India, Antonio Guterres called on tech tycoons to support a $3 billion global fund to ensure open access for all to the fast-advancing technology
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VIDEO: 🇬🇱 Greenland's dogsled mushers hope for snow amid warming climate
Last year was exceptionally warm in Greenland, with several temperature records beaten, and traditional activities that rely on snow and ice are becoming more and more challenging
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