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Kamala Harris leaves Earth’s orbit with latest riff on ‘space cooperation’
Vice President Kamala Harris aimed for the stars with her latest word salad on Wednesday while talking about “space cooperation” with Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai.
Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada buy cashmere from farms that abuse goats: PETA
PETA went undercover at Khanbogd Cashmere's operation in Mongolia and found an abusive regime where workers use sharp rakes to hack off goats' wool for up to an hour at...
Mongolian protesters try to storm State Palace alleging corrupt officials sold coal to China
Protesters in Mongolia tried to force their way into the State Palace over the weekend in response to allegations of corruption with officials involved in the country’s coal trade.
China's Inner Mongolia to end cryptocurrency mining projects
China’s Inner Mongolia will end all cryptocurrency mining projects and stop reviewing new projects in industries which consume large amounts of energy, such as steel, coke and methanol production, as...
Mongolian teen dies of bubonic plague after eating infected marmot
A 15-year-old boy has died from the bubonic plague in western Mongolia, health officials said.
Country issues bubonic plague travel advisory – because 2020
The warning comes after a hospital in Bayannur, a city northwest of Beijing, notified local government officials earlier this month about a suspected case of bubonic plague.
Cecil the lion's killer is back — slaughtering endangered rams in Mongolia
The "driller killer" from Minnesota who killed the beloved Cecil the lion bagged an endangered ram in Mongolia last year. Dentist Walter Palmer, 60, forked over almost $100,000 for the...
'It's nothing, you just ride 650 miles': 70-year-old wins Mongol Derby
This 70-year-old retiree, Bob Long, spent months training for the Mongol Derby. He studied and practiced with previous years’ winners before attempting the grueling horse race, which takes place over...
Mongolian president gifts Trump's son Barron horse named 'Victory'
President Trump on Wednesday welcomed Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga — who gave a horse to first son Barron Trump, which the commander in chief said would be named “Victory.” Trump...
Hundreds of horses gallop together in spectacular spiral
The Naadam festival in Inner Mongolia, China, yielded a spectacular sight on drone footage when hundreds of horses took off in unison. The animals ran in circles before galloping across...
Mongols motorcycle gang fined $500K — but get to keep logo
Genghis Khan might ride again. Feds failed in their effort to ban the Mongols motorcycle gang from using the storied marauder’s likeness as its logo. The club was fined $500,000...
Mongolia lifts quarantine after couple dies from eating raw marmot meat
Mongolia has lifted its six-day quarantine after a couple that had eaten raw marmot meat died of suspected bubonic plague, according to a new report. The Russian couple -- a...
Russian couple dies in bubonic plague scare that closes Mongolia border
A Russian couple died in Mongolia from suspected bubonic plague, sparking a panic aboard a plane and forcing authorities to place the border under “indefinite quarantine,” leaving tourists stranded, according...
Doctor fights to keep dinosaur skull seized by feds
FORT WORTH, Texas — A doctor in Texas with a passion for paleontology is challenging the federal government after authorities seized a 70 million-year-old dinosaur skull from his fossil collection....
Inside the fossil-smuggling operation that stretched from Mongolia to NYC
On May 20, 2012, Heritage Auctions in New York City offered a nearly complete fossil of Tarbosaurus bataar, a dinosaur that lived in central Asia during the Cretaceous period, around...
Neanderthal 'love child' discovery shows prehistoric interbreeding
BERLIN — Scientists say they've found the remains of a prehistoric female whose mother was a Neanderthal and whose father belonged to another extinct group of human relatives known as...
Russia to hold biggest war games since fall of Soviet Union
Russia will hold its largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union next month — with thousands of Chinese and Mongolian troops taking part in the exercises in...
Eerie ‘eye of God’ appears in the sky in the middle of nowhere
Footage has emerged that appears to show what some are dubbing the “eye of God.” The clip was filmed in China’s Inner Mongolia and shows a menacing-looking cloud formation in...
Women busted trying to smuggle horse genitals into US
A pair of Mongolian women tried to smuggle a hefty supply of horsemeat and horse genitals from their home country into the U.S., officials said on Thursday. The duo arrived...
These nomads live with the real-life Rudolph
Navigate the snowy wilds of Mongolia with this nomadic reindeer herding family.