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Palestinian laborers work building new houses in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bruchin near the Palestinian town of Nablus

Israel approves nearly 3,000 new Jewish settlement homes in the West Bank

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Israeli committee approves nearly 3,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank. Also, India’s Supreme Court orders an independent probe into spying claims revealed in the Pegasus Papers. And, a Brazilian commission votes in favor of recommending criminal charges against President Jair Bolsonaro.

Cross-border dog adoption

Why a trailer filled with 23 greyhounds is crossing the US-Mexico border

Culture
Archie, a chihuahua, is pictured here.

How do you take the perfect dog portrait? The Dogist has you covered.

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An image of a 17,000-year-old cave painting of a wolf-like dog in Font-de-Gaume, France.

Man’s best friend may have been the Neanderthal’s downfall

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What’s in a dog breed? Less than you might think

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A Peruvian hairless dog at Alfredo Janneau's kennel in Lima.

Peru has a new love affair with its hairless dogs

Arts, Culture & Media

Peru’s breed of hairless dogs almost died out. But now Peru claims these dogs as “cultural patrimony.”

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Can Prairie Dogs Save Mexico’s Prairie From the Desert?

Prairie dogs once numbered in the billions across the prairies of the West and Mexico. Today there is a fraction of the original population left but activists are working to bring back the prairie dogs and possibly the prairie along with them.

At lab in Austria, scientists try to get inside heads of dogs

Environment

Anyone who owns a dog knows that each one is a little different, with a distinctive personality. At the Clever Dog Lab at the Veterinary University of Vienna, scientists are trying to figure out where that personality comes from — and how it can be tapped.

Scientists turn to dogs to track, protect endangered animals

Environment

Tracking endangered animals is a tough task. But some scientists from Washington state have an unlikely ally in highly trained, and hyper-active, dogs. The animals smell out skat, which the scientists can then analyze to make determinations about the health of a species in a given area.

Pukka’s Promise to Live Longer

Dogs have far shorter lives than many animals, including the humans that love them. From food to vaccines, Ted Kerasote’s new book Pukka’s Promise examines how we can help our dogs live longer.