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Erdogan says Hagia Sophia to be reopened for Muslim worship

Greece brands Turkey's move an 'open provocation to the civilized world'

'One of the positive impacts of COVID I hope will be fewer meetings, because there are ...

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What workplaces will look like after lockdowns

Researchers say the risk of virus spillover from animal to human populations is highest ...

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Human activity to blame for virus spread – study

The 'Day Without Us' strike is staged to highlight the more than 1,000 women and children ...

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'A Day Without Us': Mexican women stage protest by absence

Izumi Nakamitsu says Japanese children are conditioned to accept gender boundaries as a ...

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Gender gaps deeply ingrained in Japan society – U.N. official

Biomedical engineers find that the French World War I 'Adrian' helmet performed better ...

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World War I helmet was better blast protection than new one – U.S. study

'We would like to find more diagnostic human remains for further research on the new ...

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After Homo luzonensis discovery, scientists heading back to Callao Cave

Matchmaking parties help Japan's singles find the right partners

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'Parasite singles': why young Japanese aren't getting married

A growing number of South Korean women are banding together to reject rigid patriarchal ...

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Till death do I stay single: South Korea's #NoMarriage women

Several scientist-comedians from across the US believe that laughter can be a powerful ...

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Stand-up scientists use comedy to reach beyond the ivory tower

The Arnamagnaean Collection is named after scholar Arni Magnusson, a historian and ...

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Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts