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Thirty days after it was launched, the James Webb telescope has arrived at the position in space where it will observe the Universe. The Lagrange Point 2, as it's known, is a million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth on its nightside.

Wild hippos are noisy creatures, their calls travelling long distances across lakes and rivers. But until now the precise function of the loud "wheeze honks" the animals make has been a mystery.

An undersea fibre-optic cable which connects Tonga to the rest of the world was severed during the eruption of a volcano. New Zealand's ministry of foreign affairs says it could take more than a month to repair breaks in the 49,889km (31,000miles) of cable that serves the South Pacific.

Inside was a warehouse-like room littered with the paraphernalia of an active workshop: plastic bottles and clusters of brushes, a multi-coloured palette, a half-finished sculpture of a cow-like animal hanging upside-down from the ceiling.

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A 75-year-old Frenchman who was trying to row across the Atlantic Ocean has been found dead at sea, his support team said.Adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin had previously made the crossing in a large barrel in 2019.

The remote island nation of Kiribati has gone into lockdown after passengers on the first international flight in 10 months tested positive for Covid. Under the new measures, people have been told to stay at home and social gatherings are banned.

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A model who was secretly filmed by a senior detective has been left with bald spots after pulling out her hair through stress, a court has heard.Met Police Det Insp Neil Corbel conducted fake photoshoots in hotel rooms and Airbnbs across the UK.

Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian staple, could be a new superfood and a lifesaver in the face of climate change. The banana-like crop has the potential to feed more than 100 million people in a warming world, according to a new study.

At least 29 people, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede at an open-air Pentecostal church service in Liberia. The gathering - known as a crusade - was being held in a densely populated beachside area of the capital.

De Belgisch-Britse Zara Rutherford (19) heeft een wereldrecord te pakken. Ze is de jongste vrouw ooit die alleen rond de wereld is gevlogen. Vijf maanden na haar vertrek in Wevelgem landde Rutherford onder heel wat belangstelling op precies dezelfde locatie als waar ze vertrok.

Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to act over four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, a German probe into the Catholic Church has alleged. Pope Benedict, then called Josef Ratzinger, held the position from 1977 to 1982. He has denied the accusations.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Marine explorers have discovered a "pristine" 3km (2-mile) coral reef at depths of 30m (100ft) off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.BBC NewsAmber Norsworthy lives in Mississippi with her four children.It had just turned 3pm when she got home on 27 December. She received a notification on her phone. "My phone made a ding that I'd never heard before", she says.

Jerome doesn't follow news closely on Twitter, using the site mainly to tweet about sports and books he's enjoying. The 41-year-old bus driver, from Quebec has mostly supported local Covid restrictions, although he admits to growing "fed up", two years into the pandemic.

Snow has fallen in the Sahara Desert in north-western Algeria as temperatures plummeted to below freezing. For children from nearby towns such as Mekalis, it was a welcome relief from the scorching heat of the world's largest hot desert.

In every Italian city, the day's rhythm begins at the cafe. But in Trieste, a city on Italy's north-east coast, that rhythm comes with a twist.

Fried, co-founder and CEO of US software company Basecamp, says prioritising sleep – and ensuring he’s regularly getting enough hours of quality rest – is a major part of what makes him a good leader.

Borders are supposed to be simple in the Pyrenees. On the southern side of the mountain range, you're in Spain. On the northern side, you're in France. Visit Val d'Aran, though, and geopolitics takes a more complicated turn. Val d'Aran is on the wrong side of the mountains.

One of the seven holy pilgrimage centres in India, the city of Dwarka is not only of religious importance, but also archaeological.

An international team of scientists has produced the most detailed three-dimensional map of the Universe yet. Within seven months, their Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has broken all 3D galaxy survey records.

A photo of an indigenous man carrying his father on his back to take a Covid-19 vaccine in the Brazilian Amazon has gone viral, and became a symbol of the complicated vaccination logistics in one of the world's most remote areas.