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Listening to grey seals recite vowel sounds and sing the melodies to Star Wars and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” makes for excellent entertainment, but for the researchers who trained these aquatic mammals, it’s serious science.

So, as much as the Proteas cracked under the pressure at the World Cup, bad planning and preparation were serious factors too, writes Ashfak Mohamed.

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EVERY woman knows there are unwritten rules that keep the sisterhood together. Things like not dating your friend’s ex and always telling another woman if there’s lipstick on her teeth. But the girl code is ramped up a level when it comes to weddings. Last week, the hashtag #WhatNotToDoDuringAWedding went viral as users shared their […]

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Ten countries step up to host FEI World Championship events, with Saudi Arabia and Italy bidding for a World Equestrian Games.

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The Kyiv Post is offering a 24 percent discount on subscriptions.  Politics International meetings. Over the last week, President Zelensky visited France and Germany to meet with their leaders and talk peace in Ukraine’s east. Zelensky also met with Ukraine’s business community. The president assured that his administration is serious about making their lives easier and their […]

Jordan Brand is reloading with its latest additions

Kiwi drivers working for our three biggest ride-share companies have revealed which takes the biggest cut. Three Herald on Sunday reporters used either an Uber, Ola or Zoomy on return trips from the ...

Watch an brilliant lob from Andy Murray before his doubles quarter-final at Queen's Club was suspended because of bad light.

“Anna,” the new thriller about a supermodel who’s also a Russian assassin, is a film with many, many wigs. Long wigs, short wigs, red wigs, silver wigs. The film’s star, Sasha Luss, wears so many wigs throughout this movie that you may very well delight in counting them all. It’s probably the most entertainment you’ll get out of this flimsy “La Femme Nikita” knockoff.

By Scott DiSavino and Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil futures rose about 1% on Friday, with U.S. crude up 10% and global benchmark Brent gaining 5% in the week, on fears the United States could attack Iran and disrupt flows from the Middle East, which provides more than a fifth of the world's oil output

NIST scientists used so-called Rydberg atoms to record Queen streamed into the lab.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Several media outlets have filed a lawsuit against the University of Wyoming and its board of trustees over public records relating to the demotion of former UW President Laurie Nichols.

Toy Story 4 is set to finally liven up a truly dreary summer at the box office.

Celtic boss Neil Lennon has revealed his thoughts on his side's opening fixtures in the league next season.

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Earlier this month, the Ohio House of Representatives passed its version of the Bureau of Workers Compensation Budget, which for the first time ever, included a provision that would extend workers compensation to first responders that developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of their duties. Twenty-two years ago, Don Estepp became […]

An Illinois judge assigned a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged hate crime hoax carried out by Empire star Jussie Smollett and the handling of the case by the state's attorney's office.

Fed's stress test shows nation's top banks could withstand $410 bln of losses

The two challengers for the Conservative crown are to face off at a hustings event for party members in Birmingham

In late November, Syrian refugee Hassan Al Kontar was rescued from his airport purgatory by the kindness of strangers. Kontar, 37, spent seven months in the arrivals section of Kuala Lumpur International Airport — a transit area without restaurants or stores — to avoid deportation to Syria, where he feared he would be conscripted or jailed. […]

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials were divided Friday over how seriously to treat a slide in inflation, with one top policymaker saying the Fed was "close" to its inflation target and three others warning the weak price increases posed major risks the Fed may need to attack with lower interest rates.

Police said someone fired between five and eight shots outside a complex on Benning Road on Thursday.