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‘Extinct’ sea snakes found at Ningaloo

Two species of sea snakes, both listed as critically endangered and previously feared to be extinct, are discovered living off the Western Australian coast.

Shark ‘jumps’ on surfer’s board at Bondi beach

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‘Obviously I screamed a little bit. The shark jumped off my board, swam off in the other direction,’ says surfer after close encounter of the marine kind

A Sydney surfer has had a run in with a six-foot shark after it “jumped” on to his board at Bondi beach.

Related: Shark ‘eco-barrier’ nets for NSW north coast to be installed after Christmas

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Suspect in Vegas crash said she was stressed living in car

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A homeless woman accused of slamming a car carrying her 3-year-old daughter into a crowd of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip told authorities she was stressed out after being chased by security guards from parking lots where she had been trying to sleep before the crash, according to a police report obtained Monday….

Podemos’ Rita Bosaho becomes Spain’s first female black MP

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Election saw record number of women elected into lower parliament but immigrants still make up only 1% of country’s representatives

As Spanish politicians gear up for what could be weeks of political wrangling, the unprecedented election result has ushered in another first for the country, with Podemos’ Rita Bosaho becoming the first black person to win a seat in Spain’s parliament.

“It’s about time, isn’t it?,” Bosaho told El País. In Spain immigrants make up about 15% of the population but represent less than 1% of the country’s lawmakers.

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Lebanon holds its nose as politicians fail to address rubbish crisis

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Mountains of waste continue to pile up on Beirut’s periphery six months after capital’s primary landfill was closed by authorities

Lebanon’s rubbish collection crisis, which set off huge protests this summer, is entering its sixth month – but you would hardly know it in Beirut.

Not only are the capital’s streets kept relatively garbage free, but the country’s politicians appear in no hurry to resolve the catastrophe.

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How the robin’s red breast could be the key to colours that never fade

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Colours of some birds created through light manipulation by feather nanostructure; knowledge could lead to non-fading fabric and paint colours

Sheffield scientists now know why kingfishers catch fire, robins are red, and jays are blue: the pattern of colour on a bird’s wing may have nothing to do with pigment, and everything to do with feather structure on a scale of billionths of a metre.

The research has a potential pay-off for fabric manufacturers and the paint industry. If blue jays never turn grey with age because their colour is based on the way light is manipulated rather than a splash of natural dye, then fashion designers could perhaps dream up amazing technicoloured coats that would never fade in the wash.

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UN Discovery of secret detention centre, reopens all nightmares

Details of a secret detention center, where serious human rights abuses took place, deep inside the sprawling Tricomalee Naval base in the east of Sri Lanka are slowly emerging. The site is nothing new to those who were held there. In June this year the South Africa-based International Truth and Justice Project, Sri Lanka (ITJPSL) […]