Gaming

August 17, 2026

Nocturnal ‘coffee frog’ discovered in Costa Rica

COSTA RICA — A tiny greenish, nocturnal frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in Costa Rica’s central Pacific region, where it also faces risks from agrochemicals used in farming. Measuring less than four centimeters and known as the “spring frog,” AFP reporters observed the dark green-spotted amphibians in San Lorenzo de Tarrazu. “It’s a new species of…
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August 17, 2026

Bones of mediaeval kings saved from Spanish wildfire

MADRID — Firefighters raced to save a 1,000-year-old monastery in northeastern Spain on Friday as a growing wildfire prompted the hasty removal of the bones of the mediaeval monarchs buried there. The blaze broke out earlier this week and on Thursday bore down on two monasteries of San Juan de la Pena, a symbol of the Aragon region, perched in…
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August 17, 2026

Stolen Matisse works tied to infamous art thief in Brazil

By Facundo Fernández Barrio SAO PAULO — Phone logs of a notorious art and rare-book thief in Brazil proved to be the key for police to recover eight stolen engravings by famed French painter Henri Matisse, after they were pilfered from a library exhibition in Sao Paulo last December. The pieces from Matisse’s limited-edition 1947 art book “Jazz”, valued at…
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