Anonymous ID: f96aac Oct. 15, 2024, 4:13 p.m. No.21771757   🗄️.is đź”—kun

As the Atlanta zoo laments the departure of its four giant pandas, the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., eagerly awaits the arrival of a pair of the hugely popular black-and-white bears.

Two giant pandas bound for the U.S. capital were set to depart Monday night from Chengdu in the Sichuan province of China as they begin a 10-year loan that came together sooner than expected.

Male Bao Li and female Qing Bao, both 3 years old, will fill the large void left at the National Zoo’s now-renovated panda exhibit when their predecessors – a couple that had been there for 24 years and their cub – were sent to China in November at the expiration of their lease. It was the first time the zoo didn’t have any of the distinctive animals since the 1972 start of a program that became known as “panda diplomacy.’’

Anonymous ID: f96aac Oct. 15, 2024, 5:15 p.m. No.21772127   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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It’s when dark falls over Bucha that the witches come out, because that’s when the Russian attack drones start swarming.

The Witches of Bucha, as they call themselves, are a volunteer air defence unit made up almost entirely of women, now helping to protect Ukraine’s skies as more and more men are sent to the frontlines.