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Corfu was a member of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece. Credit: Martin Falbisoner/Wikimedia Commons/ CC-BY-SA-4.0 The formation of the United States of the Ionian ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A worker from a hotel nearby the popular Turkish ski resort where at least 75 people were killed by a raging ...

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glossy sea shells that have been integral to African culture and commerce for thousands of years.” “These shells served as currency across Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands well into the 20th ...

The researchers said they were told the species was fished near the Spratly Islands in Vietnam. More work will be need to done to find out if the species lives elsewhere in the South China Sea.

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