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latest news & developmentsEleven days of queueing for Harry Potter
Forget waiting around a mere few days for an iPhone. Two sisters are in the midst of an 11-day vigil for this summer’s hottest, ”must have” low-tech phenomenon: the latest Harry…
Japan to push ahead with humpback-whale hunt
Japan said on Tuesday it was pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt humpback whales after key powers refused a compromise offer. Japan wants to kill 50 humpbacks this…
No world compromise on whaling for Japan
Japan offered a compromise on Monday to break an impasse over its controversial plan to lift a 20-year moratorium of commercial whale hunting, but it was flatly rejected by the…
Ban on commercial whaling under threat
Officials from 75 nations on Monday begin talks critical to whale conservation amid pressure — notably from Japan — to lift a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the gentle…
Shadowy object maybe lost WWII submarine
The underwater sonar images of a black shape against a grainy, monochrome background are the biggest clues in more than 60 years to the fate of a United States submarine lost…
BP shuts biggest oil field in the US
Oil company BP has indefinitely shut down the United State’s biggest oilfield after finding a pipeline leak, removing about 8% of US oil production and stoking fears that already…
Alaska much more than cold and dark
Unbearable cold, stormy winds and never-ending darkness at the Arctic Circle: these are just a few of the clichés about the Alaskan winter. But aside from a few particularly…
‘Dream big and dare to fail’
Norman Vaughan, who as a young man explored Antarctica and spent much of his life seeking adventure, died on Friday just a few days after turning 100 years old. Vaughan died at…
How to put an elephant on a treadmill
An overweight elephant in the Anchorage zoo — the only of its species in the northernmost American state — will soon have her own personal training apparatus to help her shed…