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Comment on this story Comment BEIRUT — When Saudi Arabia upset Argentina in the World Cup in November, one phrase dominated Saudi social media, repeated in tweets and videos: “Our falcons are our pride.” National fervor swelled. Op-eds in Saudi newspapers praised the win as proof that a new era had arrived: “One should erase […]

December 31, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. EST Traditional Ukrainian dancing marks a night of fun for students in Kyiv. The war has forever changed the lives of many young people in the country. (Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post) Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — For at least one night, they thought, they […]

Two pygmy elephants cross a road in Taliwas forest on Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo Island, in a July 21, 2005 file photo. AP/Vincent Thian Kuala Lumpur — A pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at a wildlife park in Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state in a Christmas Day tragedy, conservation officials said Thursday. Joe Fred […]

The unsolved 2013 murder of three Kurdish women activists in Paris has been an open wound for their community, with lingering frustration over France’s failure to bring those responsible to justice. That wound was compounded after Friday’s attack in which a white French gunman allegedly killed three Kurds, just minutes’ walk from the scene of […]

Nairobi, Kenya — It just wouldn’t feel like Africa without them, and no wildlife safari is complete without a sighting of the gentle giants of the savanna, but a hotel in Kenya does one better: Eco-tourists who stay at Giraffe Manor pay for the opportunity to get up close and personal with the majestic animals. It […]

Giraffe Manor, where tourism funds conservation in battle to save Africa’s giraffe – CBS News Watch CBS News The majestic giraffe is under threat of extinction from all corners. Poachers hunt them for bush meat, humans encroach on their natural habitat and, exacerbating all of this, the Horn of Africa is having its worst drought […]

There should be no confusion surrounding the greatest accomplishments of Barbara Walters, who died on Dec. 30 at 93. An icon of journalism, Walters busted barrier after barrier for women in the field, joining NBC’s Today show in 1964 without her starlet predecessors’ diminutive title of “Today Girl” and building a reputation that led ABC […]

Higashi-Omi, Japan — He’s a familiar face on Japanese residential roads — a cherubic yet intense cartoon boy, with helmet hair and enormous beady black eyes, body tensed and ready to dart out into traffic. Known as tobidashi-boya, literally “run-out boy,” the whimsical, cartoony signs have become the go-to line of defense for towns and PTAs […]

A medical practice in England intended to text its patients wishes for a “very merry Christmas.” Instead, the mass text told patients they had “aggressive lung cancer” that had spread and asked them to fill out a form for terminal patients.  Exterior photo of England’s Askern Medical Practice. Askern Medical Practice via Facebook The mass […]

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of soccer’s greatest players ever, has signed a deal to play for a Saudi Arabian club. While financial terms of the contract were not disclosed, sources told CBS Sports last month that soccer club Al Nassr had offered the 37-year-old Ronaldo a staggering three-year contract worth $225 million. The club made the […]