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Paulo Paulino Guajajara had left his village on Friday night to look for water when the attack occurred

Illegal loggers kill Amazon 'guardian of the forest'

News Lens / 03 Nov

The space craft is expected to reach the ISS tomorrow (NASA handouts)

Oven sent to ISS to test cookies in space

News Lens / 03 Nov

Angela Merkel said that Germany would spend €1bn on 'green' urban transport projects in India over the next five years

Merkel urges Delhi to go green amid smog emergency

News Lens / 02 Nov

The Wild Boars went into Tham Luang in June 2018 for a routine hike

Thai cave reopens for visitors after Wild Boars rescue

News Lens / 02 Nov

The twins weigh about 3kg each

Berlin's panda twins meet for first time

News Lens / 01 Nov

Restaurant owner Komdech Kongsuwan claims it's the biggest burger in Thailand

Thai restaurant serving up 6kg, 10,000 calorie burger

News Lens / 01 Nov

McDonald's said it did not intend to insensitively reference any historical event

McDonald's apologises for bloody sundae Halloween ad

News Lens / 31 Oct

Image: Toledo Police Department

'Batman' visits kids in Ohio hospital for Halloween

News Lens / 31 Oct

Image: NASA

NASA shares Jack-o'-lantern Nebula image for Halloween

News Lens / 31 Oct

There has been some criticism of the café owner for dyeing his dogs

Panda-monium as café's dog-dyeing goes viral

News Lens / 31 Oct

The main advice is to pamper your pooch and create a nice den for them

Halloween tips for nervous cats and dogs

News Lens / 30 Oct

Greta Thunberg rose to prominence after she started spending her Fridays outside Sweden's parliament in August 2018

Greta Thunberg declines environmental award

News Lens / 30 Oct

The woman stepped right off the edge, and fell onto the tracks (Courtesy: Madrid Metro)

Distracted by her phone, woman falls onto train tracks

News Lens / 30 Oct

Despite tens of millions of visits to the beach in Australia annually, shark attacks remain rare (File image)

Latest Australia shark attack sparks tourism concerns

News Lens / 30 Oct

More than two-thirds of the populations at risk are in Bangladesh, China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand

300m face annual coastline flooding by 2050: study

News Lens / 30 Oct

Image: Twitter/@gardainfo

'CPR hero' garda visits marathon runner she assisted

News Lens / 29 Oct

The 'bright fireball' captured on dashcam in a car outside Banteer, Co Cork (Courtesy: Sean Linehan)

Fireball spotted in skies over Ireland

News Lens / 29 Oct

It has been long established that Homo sapiens originated somewhere in Africa, but it had not been known exactly where

Humankind's ancestral 'homeland' pinpointed in Botswana

News Lens / 29 Oct

The two were airlifted to hospital

English tourist loses foot in Australia shark attack

News Lens / 29 Oct

Image: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and M. Durbin (University of Washington)

'Ghostly face' captured by Hubble shared for Halloween

News Lens / 28 Oct

The rescue operation took several hours

Villagers help free elephant stuck in swamp in India

News Lens / 25 Oct

TikTok has exploded in popularity in the past two years and has 500 million users worldwide

Calls in US for security probe of TikTok

News Lens / 25 Oct

Poor conditions and posture at work could have long-term health implications

The pale-skinned, red-eyed office worker of the future

News Lens / 24 Oct

Image: Phoenix PD

Couple pushing buggy have narrow escape as cars collide

News Lens / 24 Oct

Police said they found 66 bags of methamphetamine (Courtesy: Spanish National Police)

Spanish police discover 100kg of meth by chance

News Lens / 24 Oct

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