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Spider-like toxins found in Australia’s stinging trees
image copyrightGetty Images image captionThe trees – known as the gympie-gympie among Australians – are primarily found in north-eastern Queensland Toxins produced by Australia’s stinging trees bear a strong resemblance to those of spiders and scorpions, scientists have found. The findings, published in the Science Advances journal, come from University of Queensland researchers. Those stung …
Turkey’s President Looks Headed for Stinging Defeat in Istanbul Election Redo
ISTANBUL — Voters in Turkey appear to have delivered a resounding rebuke to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by again electing an opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul on Sunday, outraged that his party forced the cancellation and redo of the same vote two months ago after it lost. Within an hour of the polling stations …
