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A black dehorned rhinoceros is followed by a calf at South Africa's Bona Bona game reserve in 2012.

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Could lab-grown rhino horns stop poaching? Why we may never know

11:13am January 17, 2024

by Juliana Kim

When a group of startups set out to solve an age-old problem with new technology, they met unexpected resistance from conservationists who saw the idea as misguided at best — and dangerous at worst.

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14.

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Up First briefing: U.S. strikes Houthis again; improve your mental health in 2024

8:18am January 17, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

The U.S. Navy carried out a third round of strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen. Life Kit has practical advice for improving your mental health in 2024.

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This picture taken on Oct. 31, 2023, shows a man smoking a cigarette in Sundbyberg, near Stockholm, Sweden. The WHO has issued a new report on global tobacco use, finding rates are going down.

Tobacco use is going down globally, but not as much as hoped, the WHO says

5:00am January 17, 2024

by James Doubek

In 2022, there were about 1.25 billion tobacco users ages 15 and older, down from 1.36 billion in 2000. But countries around the world had set a bigger goal.

The Sos Mediterranee-run charity rescue ship, Ocean Viking, is moored in Bari, southern Italy, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024.

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Italy's regulations on charities keep migrant rescue ships from the Mediterranean

2:44am January 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

The Ocean Viking has been impounded, as Italy targets charity groups that operate vessels in the Mediterranean Sea looking for migrants and refugees in distress.

Palestinians walk through destruction by an Israeli bombardment in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.

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France and Qatar announce a deal to deliver medicine to Israeli hostages in Gaza

9:37pm January 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

France and Qatar said they had brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to deliver medicine to hostages in Gaza, as well as additional aid to Palestinians in the besieged territory.

China's millennial and Gen Z workers are having to lower their economic expectations

8:54pm January 16, 2024

by Emily Feng

Their parents saw decades of significant economic expansion. But today, China's young workforce faces the prospects of slower economic growth.

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The economic impact from the Red Sea tensions

4:59pm January 16, 2024

Attacks by Houthi rebels continue to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea. But so far the economic fallout has been relatively muted.

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The U.S. military continues strikes in attempts to deter Houthi fighters in Yemen

4:58pm January 16, 2024

The U.S. military is trying to put an end to attacks by Houthi fighters in Yemen

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Iran launches missile strikes in Iraq, raising fears about a widening conflict

4:58pm January 16, 2024

Iran has launched missile strikes against what they claim were an Israeli "spy headquarters" in Iraq's Kurdistan Region - raising fears about a widening conflict in the Middle East

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A kidnapping of six sisters and a murder has gripped Nigeria

4:58pm January 16, 2024

The horrific murder of one of six kidnapped sisters close to Nigeria's capital has gripped and shocked a nation that has become nearly immune to the kidnapping epidemic.