Please don't croak: Setting the mood to save Venezuelan frog
Enormous expectations rest on the tiny endangered amphibian perched on a rock in a plastic box: the Mucuchies' Frog needs to produce offspring if its species is to survive.
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Marvel's 'Doctor Strange' tests appeal of movie 'multiverse'
After 27 box office-shattering blockbusters, the Marvel superhero films have no more worlds to conquer -- so they are headed off to parallel universes instead.
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Seattle seek to finish job in CONCACAF Champions League
The Seattle Sounders will be chasing a piece of history Wednesday as they attempt to become the first MLS club to be crowned continental champions in more than two decades against Mexico's Pumas UNAM in the CONCACAF Champions League final.
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Schultz vows new investments as Starbucks aims to head off union push
Interim Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz unveiled fresh investments in US stores and employees Tuesday as the company seeks to head off a unionization campaign, while it reported strong North American sales that offset weakness in China.
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Airbnb says record bookings signal travel rebound
Bookings on Airbnb hit a new high in this year's first quarter, the home rental platform reported Tuesday, in a fresh signal that travel demand stifled by the Covid-19 pandemic is being unleashed.
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Families of crash victims challenge Boeing settlement in US court
The families of victims of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 asked a Texas judge Tuesday to overturn a $2.5-billion settlement between the aircraft manufacturer and the US government.
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Djokovic delivers 'best performance of year' to book Murray clash
Top seed Novak Djokovic described his straight-sets opening win over Gael Monfils in Madrid on Tuesday as his "best performance of the year" as he set up a showdown with Andy Murray.
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Amber Heard has PTSD from partner violence: doctor at Depp trial
Actress Amber Heard suffers from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of "intimate partner violence" from her former husband, "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp, a psychologist testified on Tuesday.
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Williamson to lead New Zealand in England Test series
New Zealand named a fit-again Kane Williamson as captain of their enlarged squad for the Test series in England, where he will hope the triumphs of a year earlier can be repeated.
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Al-Shabaab claims deadly attack on AU base in Somalia
Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed an unknown number of Burundian peacekeepers.
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