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20 hours, 14 minutes ago

AP photographer captures speed and breathtaking landscapes at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia

Associated Press photographer Christophe Ena’s images from the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia capture the speed, driving skill and spectacular desert views of one of the world’s most breathtaking auto racing events. There was plenty of action in the first week as defending champion Carlos Sainz and nine-time world rally champion Sebastian Loeb both saw their Dakar hopes ended following …

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4 days, 10 hours ago

Can Dune-like planets exist for real? Sci-fi fans should take note of this NASA study

India Today

'Dune: Prophecy', the latest sci-fi series on OTT has captured the attention of people across the world. Science fiction has often imagined alien life on desert planets, with iconic settings such as Arrakis from Dune and Tatooine from Star Wars featuring arid, barren landscapes containing strange lifeforms. But according to NASA scientists, even planets in the so-called "habitable zone" — …

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4 days, 11 hours ago

Missing 17-year-old who vanished after a family dispute believed to be found dead in desert

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Police in the city of Henderson said in …

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6 days, 3 hours ago

Satellite-tagged Amur Falcon ‘Chiuluan2’ reaches South Africa after crossing desert

Hindustan Times

IMPHAL: One of the two satellite-tagged Amur Falcons, ‘Chiuluan2’, named after a village in Manipur’s Tamenglong district, has arrived in South Africa on Saturday after crossing the Kalahari Desert, said Wildlife Institute of India scientist R. Suresh Kumar, who is monitoring the bird’s migratory route. ‘Chiuluan2’ is a male Amur falcon The bird had reached its first stopover site in …

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1 week ago

Mr Doodle in war with council over art home plan for ‘Britain’s only desert’

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The proposal, in contrast, is an explicit, very public statement of the artist’s aesthetic …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Biden to create two new California national monuments protecting tribal lands

LA Times

In one of his final acts as head of state, President Biden is set to declare two new national monuments in California honoring tribal lands. In the coming days, Biden will sign proclamations creating the 644,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California and the 200,000-acre Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California, a source who requested anonymity confirmed to The Times. …

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He’s taking his talents to the desert: LeBron James’ younger son Bryce makes college pick

The Independent

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The most exciting new trains coming in 2025

CNN

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. La Dolce Vita — Italy’s new Super Deluxe Train Italy's La Dolce Vita train will traverse Italy on its luxurious journeys. Le Grand Tour France train promises a unique journey around some of France’s highlights, rolling in a leisurely six-day loop from Paris through the Champagne region and …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub

CNN

CNN — In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agencya/Getty Images Jalel Harchaoui, an associate fellow at the London-based Royal United Services Institute think tank, told CNN there has been an “undeniable spike in Russian aircraft landing in Libya from Syria, Russia …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Kansas State returns to desert to face Rutgers in the Rate Bowl

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Kansas State did not finish the regular season the way it wanted to. The good news: they played well enough early in the season to earn a chance to end it on a good note in Thursday’s Rate Bowl against Rutgers. With opponents stacking the line to slow running back DJ Giddens, the Wildcats were far less productive …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Rann Utsav: Art & culture comes alive in a salt desert

Hindustan Times

And who would have thought that a cancelled flight from Ahmedabad to Bhuj would turn into a 12-hour storytelling sesh. Of Ahmedabad-headquartered Lallooji & Sons, the firm that first set up its tents in the 1921 Kumbh Mela and now every year pitches the country’s largest temporary tent accommodation during the Rann Utsav. With more than 420 tents, the Rann …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Gareth Southgate reveals Stormzy makes him proud to be British

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among others, Southgate opted for “Everybody Wants to Rule …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Tortoises on the way down are bouncing back thanks to a desert conservation effort

LA Times

Tortoise hatchlings are raised at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. Then, starting a couple of years ago, Henen’s team began gathering, incubating and hatching eggs from the relocated adult tortoises to study whether they were breeding with their new neighbors. In desert tortoise head-starting programs, biologists use radio transmitters to monitor wild females and portable X-ray machines to …

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3 weeks ago

‘Gitmo’ in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered desert tortoises

LA Times

The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that would soon be tossed their way. The Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site raises vulnerable tortoises on the vast Marine Corps base. A desert tortoise hatchling at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing …

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3 weeks ago

4 ways artificial intelligence revealed the unexpected in 2024

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. It’s buried and camouflaged in all of this complexity that the AI distills and condenses.” The project is one compelling example of the growing utility of artificial intelligence, which came of age in 2024 with the Nobel committee recognizing AI’s development and application in science for the first time: The physics prize …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

From Malana To Khimsar: Explore 5 Most Beautiful Villages In India

ABP News

India is rich in tradition and cultures; it boasts about 1000 lavish villages where you can completely escape into your countryside. With village tourism picking up in popularity, one can easily get a dose of rural charm, traditional lifestyle, and rich heritage these days. Malana: Legend has it that a tribe from Alexander’s army broke away and decided to make …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

A low-down town in the California desert loves its flagpole — formerly the world’s tallest

LA Times

What is formerly the world’s tallest flagpole is in Calipatria, Calif., the lowest incorporated city below sea level in the Western Hemisphere. The flagpole, per the plaque at its base, is “Dedicated to Good Neighborliness.” But locals know it really stands in honor of the late Takeo Harry Momita and his wife, Shizuko Helen Momita. “You see, in those days, …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Xinjiang sets global pace in desert containment

China Daily

An event promoting desertification control efforts by the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is held during the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. As a key area for combating desertification, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is committed to exploring and implementing methods that will serve as an example nationwide and contribute to China's ecological …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Video: Welcome to Ningxia

China Daily

In the northwest of China, Ningxia is like a shining pearl, embedded in an important point of the ancient Silk Road. Its unique cultural and tourism resources are like a resplendent and multicolored scroll painting, gradually unfurling to embrace the gaze of every explorer. KOLs drove their dune buggies at lightning speed in the vast and boundless desert, intimately interacted …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Video: Welcome to Ningxia

China Daily

In the northwest of China, Ningxia is like a shining pearl, embedded in an important point of the ancient Silk Road. Its unique cultural and tourism resources are like a resplendent and multicolored scroll painting, gradually unfurling to embrace the gaze of every explorer. KOLs drove their dune buggies at lightning speed in the vast and boundless desert, intimately interacted …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Gold Rush 2.0? Why prospectors are returning to the Mojave Desert

LA Times

Gold miner Sean Tucker walks through the desert where his drilling rig operators are taking core samples near Randsburg in Johannesburg, Calif. Good morning. Aurum anticipation in Kern County’s Rand District is “driving a real estate boomlet in a place that hasn’t had one in more than a century,” real estate reporter Jack Flemming wrote this week in a Times …

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1 month ago

The Assads’ next chapter: A ‘desert rose’ wife, three preppy children and a life of luxury

The Independent

They sought to project an image of benevolent leadership and modernity: the “ordinary” family that, under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, would reform Syria. open image in gallery The couple visit a Paris exhibition dedicated to French painter Claude Monet in 2010 “Decisions are made collectively in the family’s inner circle, but Anisa has the last say,” said Wael al-Hafez, …

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1 month ago

From desert rose to Syria's Lady Macbeth: Who really is Asma al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad's wife?

Firstpost

Asma al-Assad, once hailed as a ‘rose in the desert’, had a privileged British upbringing. Her role in the regime’s brutality and her lavish lifestyle amid Syria’s devastation have made her a polarising figure A view of a picture of Asma, wife of Syria's Bashar al-Assad at one of the rooms in Presidential Palace known as Qasr al-Shaab "People's Palace", …

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1 month ago

Man chokes roommate, chops her up with ax, and spreads body parts across Arizona desert

The Independent

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AP photographer captures speed and breathtaking landscapes at the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia

Can Dune-like planets exist for real? Sci-fi fans should take note of this NASA study

Missing 17-year-old who vanished after a family dispute believed to be found dead in desert

Satellite-tagged Amur Falcon ‘Chiuluan2’ reaches South Africa after crossing desert

Mr Doodle in war with council over art home plan for ‘Britain’s only desert’

Biden to create two new California national monuments protecting tribal lands

He’s taking his talents to the desert: LeBron James’ younger son Bryce makes college pick

The most exciting new trains coming in 2025

Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub

Kansas State returns to desert to face Rutgers in the Rate Bowl

Rann Utsav: Art & culture comes alive in a salt desert

Gareth Southgate reveals Stormzy makes him proud to be British

Tortoises on the way down are bouncing back thanks to a desert conservation effort

‘Gitmo’ in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered desert tortoises

4 ways artificial intelligence revealed the unexpected in 2024

From Malana To Khimsar: Explore 5 Most Beautiful Villages In India

A low-down town in the California desert loves its flagpole — formerly the world’s tallest

Xinjiang sets global pace in desert containment

Video: Welcome to Ningxia

Video: Welcome to Ningxia

Gold Rush 2.0? Why prospectors are returning to the Mojave Desert

The Assads’ next chapter: A ‘desert rose’ wife, three preppy children and a life of luxury

From desert rose to Syria's Lady Macbeth: Who really is Asma al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad's wife?

Man chokes roommate, chops her up with ax, and spreads body parts across Arizona desert