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Mar 27, 2026 - World

Female named Rounder surrounded by family members when about to give birth to her second calfScientists have managed to film a sperm whale giving birth while other female whales worked together to support the mother and her newborn.A team from Project Ceti, an international effort seeking to understand how whales communicate, was in a boat near a pod of 11 whales off the coast of the Caribbean island of Dominica on 8 July 2023. Continue reading...

Mar 27, 2026 - World

A United Nations inquiry Friday urged the Syrian government to investigate senior security officials involved in violations committed during sectarian clashes last summer in which at least 1,700 people died, the vast majority from the Druze religious minority.

Mar 27, 2026 - World

The 69 members of the security forces who died in a military plane crash in Colombia were honored Friday through their photographs, arranged before the altar of a church during a solemn ceremony held in the capital, Bogota.

Mar 27, 2026 - World

A whale that was stranded for days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swum free from a sandbank overnight after a last-ditch rescue effort. But it isn't out of danger yet.

Mar 27, 2026 - World

Mexico's government said in a new report on Friday that it has identified signs of life for a third of the country's 130,000 registered missing people, an announcement that was quickly criticized by a number of search groups which called it an attempt to undermine the depth of Mexico's disappearance crisis.