Visiting New Zealand just got more expensive as the country triples tourism fee

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Milford Sound-Piopiotahi on a clear day
Milford Sound-Piopiotahi is one of New Zealand's natural attractions that has come under pressure from an influx of tourists.

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Wasteful consumerism has a new worst enemy: Gen Alpha tweens

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Gen Alpha girl in a cap holding a pile of shoes for donation
Gen Alpha is inspiring their parents to donate the things they don't need.

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A longtime Russian ally says it's frozen its participation in Putin's NATO 'at all levels' after a year of snubs

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (L) during a CSTO welcoming ceremony in Yerevan, Armenia, on November 23, 2022.

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The far right scored its biggest election victory in Germany since World War II

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Supporters of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party gather at the final AfD campaign rally ahead of tomorrow's Thuringia state elections on August 31, 2024
Supporters of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party gather at its final campaign rally ahead of Thuringia state elections.

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Israelis are fed up. After a night of protests, the country is going on strike, demanding a Gaza deal.

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Protesters block Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway on September 1, 2024, during an anti-government rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza.
Protesters block Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway on September 1, 2024, during an anti-government rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza.

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Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia can't attack and defend at the same time, former US ambassador says

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Soldiers in a military truck as a column of the Russian Armed Forces move to build up forces conducting active combat operations in Russia's Kursk region on August 10, 2024.
Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia has 'limited capabilities,' Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO, said.

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Crew member on watch duty on Mike Lynch's yacht says he was 'walking on the walls' of the boat as he tried to save passengers

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Divers on a boat during the search and rescue operation for the Bayesian yacht missing.
Divers on a boat during the search and rescue operation for the "Bayesian" yacht.

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IDF recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza tunnel, including a US citizen whose parents spoke at the DNC

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Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin hold a picture of their son.
Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin, the parents of the late US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, have been lobbying to bring the hostages home.

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Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic could help slow biological aging, researchers say

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Two boxes of semaglutide under the trade names of Ozempic and Wegovy.
Semaglutide is the active ingredient in Ozempic.

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Russia may have spent $1.3 billion on an aerial attack as inflation continues to soar in the country on the back of huge state defense spending

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Large-scale damage caused to buildings and cars is seen in the aftermath of a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Sumy, Ukraine.
The aftermath of a strike on Sumy, Ukraine.

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