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Remains of a 23,000 year old woolly mammoth with tusks, virtually intact, still frozen and now excavated from Siberian permafrost.
Science
Mammoth tusks are serving as a cover for illegal traffic in modern day elephant ivory
The historical city of Palmyra, May 13, 2010.
Conflict
After killing an old man, ISIS goes after the art he loved
Norway's energy firm Statoil will cut up to 7 percent of its workforce and a third of its consultants by the end of 2016, State-controlled Statoil plans to cut between 1,100 and 1,500 permanent jobs, adding to cuts of 1,340 since the end of 2013.
Economics
Norway has a secret weapon to deal with falling oil prices
Investors look an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, August 24, 2015. Chinese stocks dived more than 8 percent on Monday morning, with the Shanghai index giving up all its gains for the year.
Economics
After ‘Black Monday,’ why Americans shouldn’t worry, but Chinese should (Updated)
French President Francois Hollande (C) poses with British businessman Chris Norman (L), U.S. student Anthony Sadler (2ndL), U.S. Airman First Class Spencer Stone (2ndR) and U.S. National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos (R) during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace
Conflict
Should you be ready to go against AK-47-wielding attackers?
Photographer Carlos Barria holds a print of a photograph he took in 2005, as he matches it up at the same location 10 years on, in New Orleans. The print shows Errol Morning sitting on his boat on a flooded street September 5, 2005, after Hurricane Katrin
Global Scan
5 stories to make you smile and think
Space
Books
The Harry Potter of China wins English language sci-fi award
Au Pays d'Alice
Music
Reimagining ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as a hip-hop opera