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Hong Kong democracy activist and Demosist co-founder Joshua Wong traveled to Germany yesterday, where he met with Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin. Wong was among several high-profile activists and lawmakers arrested late last month in a roundup by Hong …

Published: 8:16pm, 10 Sep, 2019 Updated: 8:16pm, 10 Sep, 2019

Image copyrightEdinburgh ZooImage caption Tian Tian has not become pregnant after being artificially inseminated in March A sixth attempt to produce a giant panda cub at Edinburgh Zoo through artificial insemination has failed. The zoo's female panda, Tia…

After a Berlin newspaper asked readers what to name two newborn pandas at the Berlin Zoo, the most suggested names were Hong and Kong, to support pro-democracy protests that have broken out in the city for months. The Tagesspiegel newspaper, which held the n…

Meng Meng, sent from China in 2017, is doing a 'wonderful job as a mom' at Zoo Berlin BERLIN - The 6-year-old giant panda Meng Meng, sent by China to Germany in 2017 together with male panda Jiao Qing, gave birth to twin panda cubs, the first-ever panda cub…

The two male emperor penguins had adopted an egg in their quest to have a little one of their own.  But Berlin Zoo said Thursday that the egg burst open on September 2nd and it had not been fertilized. Staff at Berlin Zoo had given the amorous couple an egg…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption Meet Hong and Kong? Two newborn panda cubs at Berlin Zoo have been unexpectedly caught up in Hong Kong's political unrest, after German newspapers started a campaign to name them "Hong" and "Kong". The pair were born on Sat…

Published: 12:17pm, 6 Sep, 2019 Updated: 12:21pm, 6 Sep, 2019

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Whether it's a new dress shirt or a pack of pencils, students at Port Allen Middle School in Port Allen, Louisiana, just have to head over to PAMs Pantry to pick up what they need. Chase Neyland-Square, 13, is an eighth-grader at Port Allen Middle School, and…