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As cold air sweeps across the northern hemisphere, animals – both large and small – are bracing themselves for winter.

British grandfathers will receive 4 percent fewer presents than family pets do this year, according to a new research by Britain’s Barclays Bank. The research, after surveying 2000 British adults who celebrate Christmas, suggested that while the number of presents for family pets will reach 1.91, that number for grandfathers will only reach an expected 1.84. “Over a third (34 …

A new study shows that by 2030 Earth’s climate will be comparable to that of the mid-Pliocene warm period of three million years ago if global warming continues unchecked. The study, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that it has taken humans less than 200 years to reverse the trend towards global cooling, …

Strange disease has killed a total of 8 elephants in northern Tanzania’s district of Ngorongoro, authorities confirmed on Sunday. Joseph Meng’ oro, Deputy Wildlife Officer at the Ngorongoro District Council expressed his worry over the disease, saying, more deaths could be occurring without notice. “The jumbos started to haemorrhage through their trunks then collapse and eventually die in Arash Ward, …

  A powerful winter storm that hit the U.S. Southeast over the weekend has knocked out power for more than 380-thousand customers and forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Sunday. The National Weather Service urged residents to stay off the roads as snow, sleet, and freezing rain were expected to continue through Sunday night and into Monday morning. …

The world’s oldest known wild seabird has laid another egg. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the Laysan albatross named Wisdom appeared at her nest site at Midway Atoll National Wildlife refuge last month. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports biologists confirm she laid the egg. Wisdom and her mate return to the same site on Midway Atoll each year. Laysan albatrosses …

The European Union’s top court has ruled that Britain can change its mind over Brexit, boosting the hopes of people who want to stay in the EU that the process can be reversed. The European Court of Justice ruled Monday that when an EU member country has notified its intent to leave, “that Member State is free to revoke unilaterally …

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that White House chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job at the end of the year. Trump called Kelly “a great guy,” when speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving for the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. “He’s been with me almost two years now, between two positions,” he said.”I …

A total of 135 people were injured and 1,385 had been detained on Saturday after violence broke out between police and gangs of masked youth in several French cities during protests against high living costs, said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. In a joint press briefing with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Saturday evening, the minister added that 974 individuals remained …

The 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci is causing an unexpected turf war between the two countries the artist called home. Italy and France, the two neighbors in Europe have been known in recent years for clashing over policies on migration, populism, economics, and their roles in the European Union. French President Emmanuel Macron and …