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Comment on this storyCommentHumans have long benefited from nature’s offerings. But beyond being an essential source of food, water and raw materials, the natural world can contribute to people’s overall well-being through a host of intangible effects — and, according to new research, there are many more critical connections between humans and…

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A new surveillance video shows the horrifying moment a Brazilian male model ran over a 16-year-old boy and ripped off a part of his leg.The footage was recorded from a condominium across the street from a beach in Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra de Tijuca and shows João Cardim crossing the street with his mother, Mariana Cardim, last…

ATHENS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The head of Greece's intelligence service stepped down on Friday amid increased scrutiny of the agency's surveillance practices including an accusation by an opposition party leader that he was wiretapped in 2021.Panagiotis Kontoleon, chief of the EYP intelligence service, submitted his resignation "following mistaken…

China says it is canceling or suspending dialogue with the U.S. on issues from climate change to military relations and anti-drug efforts in retaliation for a visit this week to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Beijing also imposed sanctions on her.The measures announced Friday are the latest in a promised series of steps…

There was mixed reaction to Israel’s deadly attack on the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rocket fire in response, with Israel and its allies defending the air raids and those supporting the besieged territory denouncing the violence. Below is global reaction to Friday’s deadly air raids on Gaza: United Nations The UN special coordinator for the…

The repercussions of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) controversial and highly publicized visit to Taiwan on Tuesday are being felt by countries and companies throughout the world as tensions rise amid the prospect of a world war. China issued multiple warnings during the weeks leading up to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which the communist…

CNN  —  A leading Russian scientist in hypersonic flight was arrested on suspicion of treason on Friday, according to Russian state media. Dr Alexander Shiplyuk, director of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian…

Three French-made Mirage 2000 fighter jets taxi on a runway in front of a hangar at the Hsinchu Air Base on August 5, 2022. China conducted its largest-ever military exercises encircling Taiwan despite condemnation by the United States, Japan and the European Union.Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty ImagesThe last time tensions soared between Beijing and…