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French woman ruled dead in 2017 fights to be declared alive

Frenchwoman Jeanne Pouchain has an unusual problem. She’s officially dead. She has been trying for three years to prove that she is alive.

Old man pulled out alive after 34 hours in Turkey as quake toll hits 64

Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at least 64 people and injuring more than 900.

Mother of SDSU student found alive in Zion National Park after 12 days missing

The mother of a San Diego State University (SDSU) student who went missing in Zion National Park, the US, has been found, her family announced on Sunday.

Dog digs himself out of grave in Russia after owners bury him alive

A healthy dog who was given a fatal injection and buried alive by his owners, miraculously managed to dig himself out and search for help.

Colombian woman went missing two years ago found floating alive at sea

A Colombian woman who went missing two years ago was found alive at sea. Stunned fishermen spotted Angelica Gaitan floating off the coast of Colombia, reports The Sun. The footage of her rescue has gone viral on social media.

Scientists successfully keep mouse brain tissue alive in lab for weeks

We've seen pig brains reanimated post-mortem and kept alive for hours. Now scientists from Japan have taken tiny slivers of mouse brain tissue, and kept it alive and viable for 25 days, isolated in a culture.

Froome happy to be alive as he targets fifth Tour title

Chris Froome admited he is "grateful to be alive" after a horrific high speed crash into a wall in June that left the four-time Tour de France winner with multiple fractures.

Woman found alive after two weeks in Hawaii forest park

A woman was found alive in a forest on Hawaii’s Maui Island after going missing more than two weeks ago.

Kidnapped American teen found alive months after parents' murder

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murdering the parents of an American teen as part of a calculated plot to kidnap her, police said on Friday, after 13-year-old Jayme Closs was found alive following three months in captivity.

Japan's 'usho' keep alive ancient art of cormorant fishing

In the pitch black night, fires were burning alongside a river in Japan's Gifu as a handful of men were preparing for a ritual that dates back over 1,300 years: Fishing with cormorants.

Sacred fire alive for 1,550 years at Iranian Zoroastrian temple

Iran’s central city of Yazd is home to one of the fire temples most sacred to Zoroastrians worldwide with a flame that has been burning for nearly 1,550 years.

'Survival' to come alive at Moroccan filmfest

Iranian short film 'Survival', directed by Masoud Hatami, will be screened in the competition section of the Second Ouarzazate International Film Festival (OIFF) in Morocco.

Kurdish official: Daesh' Baghdadi alive

A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official said on Monday he was 99 percent sure that the Daesh terrorist group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was alive and located south of the Syrian city of Raqqa, after reports that he had been killed.

Iraqi interior minister: Daesh leader Baghdadi likely still alive

Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Daesh terrorist group (outlawed in Russia), is likely to be alive and is currently hiding on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Raqqa, Abu Ali Basri, the head of the intelligence and counterterrorism department of the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said Sunday.

World's most indestructible creature will be alive on Earth until Sun dies

The tiny tardigrade has been named the world’s most indestructible species after scientists discovered it is the only creature that will survive until the Sun dies.