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Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - watches her one month old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. Photo: AP
A month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. Photo: AP
A month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. Photo: AP

Liligers born at zoo in Russia

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Turkish media slammed for poor riot coverage

Turkish media slammed for poor riot coverage

ISTANBUL — Dense clouds of acrid, choking tear gas may have been blanketing the central square of Turkey’s largest city, but it was penguins that dominated the evening on one of...

Britain may replace GCSEs with I-levels

LONDON — Secondary schools could be in for sweeping reforms with the General Certificate of Secondary Education exams (GCSEs) being replaced by “I-levels” and an end to...

UK may hold talks to discuss Assange’s fate

UK may hold talks to discuss Assange’s fate

LONDON — Britain is considering holding talks with Ecuador over the future of Julian Assange, its Foreign Office said today (June 3), in the first sign of a possible solution to...

Turkey protests turn violent

Turkey protests turn violent

ISTANBUL — Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Turkey’s four biggest cities on Sunday and clashed with riot police firing tear gas on the third day of the...

Central Europe hit by floods

BERLIN — The authorities in parts of central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defences yesterday as rivers swollen by days of heavy rain...

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