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Scientists invent silk food wrap that's biodegradable and could replace plastic cling film - Bananas & strawberries kept at room temperature for more than a week did not go off after they were coated with a near-invisible film made from silk (independent.co.uk)
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About a fifth of homes have been destroyed in Fort McMurray, a Canadian city ravaged by a huge wildfire, the local MP has told the BBC. (bbc.com)
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Lightning kills four elephants in Sri Lanka - Elephants are venerated in the mainly Buddhist country and they are a highly protected species. Elephant deaths must be investigated and death certificates issued before disposing of the carcasses. (france24.com)
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Russia is offering free land to citizens in hopes of getting people to develop the remote Far East part of the country from Siberia to the Arctic. A household of five will receive over 12 acres. (mnn.com)
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Re-using graves means UK cemetery will never run out of space - Re-use of spaces is the sustainable solution to overflowing graveyards, if done sensitively, says one of Britain’s biggest cemeteries (theguardian.com)
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Poland will not accept refugees because they pose a threat to the country’s security- head of the ruling, conservative Law and Justice (thenews.pl)
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Africa's Great Green Wall could halt youth migration, extremism - The planned Great Green Wall would see a 7,000 km strip of vegetation reaching from Senegal to Djibouti, designed to trap the sands of the Sahara, halt the advance of the desert and restore 50m hectares of land. (news.trust.org)
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The Saudi King Fires the Guy Who's Been in Charge of the Country's Oil for 20 Yrs - Faced with plummeting oil prices, King Salman wants to revamp Saudi Arabia's economy & consider a future that relies less on petroleum sales. (news.vice.com)
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Red Cross: “Curaçao is ready for possible Venezuelan refugees” - Curaçao Chronicle (curacaochronicle.com)
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13 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard killed in Syria: The deaths mark Iran's biggest single-day loss since it sent forces to support Bashar al-Assad (cbc.ca)
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"Democracy has delivered little of substance to most Filipinos, and they cannot be expected to care too much if it is put at risk." (bbc.com)
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Pakistani doctors mystified by ‘solar kids’ — two brothers who can’t move or talk after sundown (news.nationalpost.com)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed on by others with nuclear arms and it is willing to normalize ties with states that had been hostile towards it, state media reported on Sunday. (reuters.com)
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