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This year’s Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to research on how light and matter act on an atomic scale. (Image credit: Angela Weiss/AP)

As Putin gave his latest rant of resentment in the Kremlin, hinting at Cold War style nuclear threats, medieval holy war with the “satanic” West, and restoring the USSR by annexing slices of Ukraine, the Ukrainian army continued liberating parts

President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran had “shortcomings” but said the unrest sparked last month by the death of a woman in the custody of the country’s morality police was a plot by Iran’s enemies. (Image credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)

The neighboring countries are close to striking a U.S.-brokered deal on maritime borders that would allow Israel to export gas to Europe and mark a rare instance of economic cooperation between them.

Western retailers are increasingly divided over whether to buy clothes made in Myanmar, where some say labor abuses have worsened under military rule.

More losses for Russia in Ukraine, this time around Kherson.

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle is considered endangered. The zoo is the first accredited organization in North America to hatch and raise the species that’s native to South Asia. (Image credit: Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance)

The Nord Stream pipeline leak might be the single largest release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Experts say it pales in comparison to ongoing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. (Image credit: AP)

Statement by President Biden on the Violent Crackdown in Iran  The White House

Doctor who froze and defrosted ovary ‘cried tears of joy’ when visiting baby born to 46-year-old woman; says success suggests child-bearing years could be extended