Eliecer Molina climbs the stands to receive his monetary prize after excelling in a corraleja in Colombia's Caribbean north.. Petro has asked mayors to suspend events in which "there is animal abuse" but in 2018 Colombia's top court recognized corralejas as a cultural tradition.
Some 400 scientists and climate experts expressed support on Monday for a US government proposal to revise a key metric that estimates the damage from carbon dioxide emissions.. Weighing in on the last day was the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) with a letter signed by around 400 experts including a number of noted climate scientists.
Providing a welcome voice from beyond the grave, a Mexican app has been launched to store messages and last wishes for users to share with loved ones after their death.. "Mexicans laugh at death, but it's hard for them to talk about it," said Miguel Farrell, the creator of Past Post.
US health authorities sounded the alarm Monday about a mental health crisis among American high school students, particularly teenage girls suffering from sadness, violence and trauma.. "America's teen girls are engulfed in a growing wave of sadness, violence and trauma.
The smashed dome of the ancient mosque, considered to be Turkey's oldest, covers rubble that used to be a prayer hall.. Erected in AD 638, the Habib-i Neccar was "the first mosque built within modern-day Turkey's borders", according to the government's culture portal.
The owner of a huge South African rhino conservation farm, the world's largest, said Monday that it would be sold at auction in April because it could no longer afford to breed the endangered animals.. South Africa is home to about 80 percent of the world's rhino population, but poaching has taken a huge toll despite increased protection efforts on both private reserves and at national and regional parks.
Bobi, a 30-year-old guard dog who cheated death in his first days, is living out the end of his life as a celebrity in central Portugal after being declared the world's oldest dog ever.. A purebreed Rafeiro, a Portuguese livestock guard dog whose normal life expectancy is between 12 and 14, Bobi was not supposed to live at all, never mind make it this long.
At US$140 a pop, one cafe in Melbourne, Australia is serving up no ordinary cup of joe.. Even so, US$140 is well above what most people would pay for a cup of coffee.
The elusive Eurasian lynx is at risk of vanishing completely from France, according to a study Monday that called for urgent measures to boost the population of isolated wild cats.. There are at most 150 adult lynx hidden in the mountains of northeastern France, cut off from healthier wild cat populations in Germany and Switzerland, according to the scientists behind the genetic study published in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science.
Cuban Carlos Pupo Sablon spared no effort to join up with his fellow Harley-Davidson enthusiasts. . Pupo Sablon was recognized for his efforts, winning the prize for having traveled the furthest distance to attend the event.
