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  • Yiyun Li lost both her sons to suicide. Her new memoir reveals her as a very special writer
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    Yiyun Li lost both her sons to suicide. Her new memoir reveals her as a very special writer

  • Uganda, India and beyond: What Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals about the insecurities of expulsion
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    Uganda, India and beyond: What Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals about the insecurities of expulsion

  • ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family
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    ‘Tell the judge he has done no crime’: The struggles of Hany Babu’s family

  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama
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    ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case’ review: A balancing act between fact and drama

  • ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films
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    ‘Exoticised, alienised, villainised’: A book looks at how Muslims have been portrayed in Hindi films

  • Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests
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    Why a letter by Chhattisgarh’s forest department ignited protests

  • ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history
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    ‘The Hyderabadis’: Displacement, broken geographies, and evolving identities in the city’s history

  • A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world
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    A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world

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Watch: Thousands of giant river turtles dash for water at the same time

The greater the number of hatchlings at Brazil’s Purus River, the higher the chance of survival of these endangered Giant South American River turtles.

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Dec 17, 2020 · 10:07 am
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More than 92,000 giant river turtle hatchlings were born on a sandy beach in a protected area along the Purus River, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil pic.twitter.com/JHMnFLqUYD

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 15, 2020

Tens of thousands of turtle hatchlings have been filmed emerging from a sandy beach in a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil.

The footage, captured by @TheWCS, shows Giant South American River Turtles, which can reach lengths of three and half feet once fully grown. pic.twitter.com/0CKdIBm5vW

— Channel 5 News (@5_News) December 15, 2020

92,000 giant river turtle hatchlings make a dash for the water in Brazil, all at the same time 🐢🐢🐢 pic.twitter.com/adRT2C1qlo

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) December 15, 2020

It's a #TurtleTsunami!

The Wildlife Conservation Society has released an amazing video showing tens of thousands of Giant South American River turtle hatchlings emerging from a sandy beach in a protected area of the Amazon River in #Brazil.

(Credits: @WCSNewsroom) pic.twitter.com/SNEvviGn5l

— The Weather Channel India (@weatherindia) December 15, 2020
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