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Scientists unveil a partial skeleton of a newly discovered whale found in Peru that lived nearly 40 million years ago. A total of 13 gigantic vertebrae -- one of which weighed nearly 200 kilograms (440 pounds) -- were found at a site in a coastal desert of southern Peru, as well as four ribs and a hip bone. IMAGES
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid accompany US President Joe Biden to his Air Force One plane as he departs Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on a direct flight to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, latest stop on his first Middle East tour as US leader. IMAGES
A British-Belgian dual national, Zara Rutherford, 19, takes off from Belgium with the aim of becoming the youngest woman to fly solo around the world IMAGES
A SpaceX rocket takes off for the International Space Station carrying supplies for scientific experiments, including squids, so scientists can study the effect of zero gravity on the interactions between bacteria and their host organisms. The rocket, which has been leased by NASA, launched from Florida around 1:29 pm local time (1729 GMT). The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock at the ISS on Saturday. IMAGES
Hamburg, Jan 31 (EFE/EPA).- The german airline Lufthansa on Sunday took off for the longest flight in its history with the Falkland islands as its destination.On its 13,700 kilometer long flight to Mount Pleasant military base on the Falklands, the plane carries a crew off for the German research ice breaker Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener institute (AWI). (Camera: FOCKE STRANGMANN).SHOT LIST: CREW MEMBERS INSPECT AN AIRBUS A350-900 OF GERMAN LUFTHANSA BEFORE IT TAKES OFF FOR LUFTHANSA'S LONGEST NONSTOP PASSENGER FLIGHT EVER IN HAMBURG, NORTHERN GERMANY.