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South African authorities raided a U.S. refugee facility in Johannesburg, briefly detaining U.S. staff who have been processing white Afrikaner refugees. The episode is sure to be a source of further ...

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations—the groups that have had the longest time to pick up novel mutations—live ...

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The president did not attend this year’s annual gathering in South Africa, which has been a frequent target of his attacks. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg President Trump said on Wednesday ...

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Border officials announced Tuesday they had intercepted a vehicle carrying 163 reptiles and arthropods — invertebrates that include spiders, scorpions and centipedes — as it tried to cross the border ...

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