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October 23, 2025
BIO FUEL
Helping farmers, boosting biofuels



Richland WA (SPX) Oct 17, 2025
New research has found cover crops that are viable in Washington's normal "off season" don't hurt the soil and can be sold as a biofuel source. After harvest, farmland often sits fallow and unused until growers seed in the next crop. Soil can erode, weeds can take root, and farmers don't make any money during that time. Cover crops can eliminate or reduce some of those issues, but many farmers have concerns about their effects on soil quality, a reduced growing window for their primary crop, and t ... read more

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DEMOCRACY
Don't ask AI how to vote, says Dutch watchdog
The Hague (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
AI chatbots are "unreliable and clearly biased" when offering voting advice, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) said on Tuesday, warning of a threat to democracy eight days before national elections. ... more
WOOD PILE
EU proposes to trim anti-deforestation rules to ease rollout
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
The European Commission said Tuesday it wanted to ease sweeping anti-deforestation rules by exempting thousands of firms from paperwork and cutting back requirements for small companies. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Tunisian city on general strike over factory pollution
Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Workers in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes launched a general strike on Tuesday following weeks of protest over a chemical factory residents blame for a spike in serious health issues. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk's Starlink
Beijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2025
They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon region
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
Petrobras said Monday it had received a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, enraging environmentalists who said the move would undermine Brazil's hosting of UN climate talks next month. ... more
WOOD PILE
EU timber imports linked to deforestation on Indonesia's Borneo: NGOs
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Timber imports by companies operating in the European Union can be traced to logging on Indonesia's Borneo island, a new report published Tuesday showed, with NGOs calling for the bloc to stop delaying a ban on deforestation-linked products. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Indian capital chokes after Diwali firework frenzy
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Toxic air in India's capital hit more than 56 times the UN health limit early Tuesday, after fireworks for the Hindu festival of Diwali worsened air pollution. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Unspoilt corner of Portugal fears arrival of high-end tourism
Comporta, Portugal (AFP) Oct 22, 2025
Above the pine forests and dunes that stretch along the nearly deserted beaches of southwestern Portugal, cranes rise from building sites soon to be luxury hotels - a sign of the region's contentious transformation into a playground for the wealthy. ... more

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PILLAGING PIRATES
Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 bn in Arabian Sea
Dubai (AFP) Oct 22, 2025
A Pakistani navy ship seized narcotics worth more than $972 million from sailboats in the Arabian Sea, according to a statement Tuesday from the naval network overseeing the operation. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Two Burkinabe press editors freed a week after abduction
Abidjan (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Senior Burkinabe journalists Lamine Traore and Abdou Zoure have been released a week after their abduction by intelligence agents, one of their outlets and an associate told AFP Tuesday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Artificial insemination raises hopes for world's rarest big cat
Mulhouse, France (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
The world-first insemination of an Amur leopard in France has lifted hopes of animal lovers for the survival of the Earth's rarest big cat. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Conservative Takaichi named Japan's first woman PM
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative naming just two other women to her cabinet. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
Chinese woman charged over gold theft at Paris Natural History Museum
Paris (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said Tuesday. ... more
PILLAGING PIRATES
French navy shoots drug-smuggling go-fast boat
Brest, France (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
The French navy opened fire on a go-fast boat in the Atlantic to immobilise it, arrest its crew and seize 2.4 tonnes of cocaine on board worth $150 million, authorities said on Tuesday. ... more
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Louvre heist: five things to know about missing jewellery
Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
Here are five things to know about the eight priceless pieces of jewellery stolen in an audacious heist from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday. ... more
DEMOCRACY
Mongolia's president vetoes sacking of PM
Beijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
Mongolia's president vetoed the dismissal of the country's prime minister on Monday, days after parliament had voted to remove him. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Nigeria denies officers arrested over coup plot
Abuja (AFP) Oct 18, 2025
Nigerian authorities on Saturday denied that more than a dozen officers had been arrested over a coup plot, pushing back on local media reports. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Sentinel-1D prepares for encapsulation ahead of November launch
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
The European Space Agency has confirmed that the Sentinel-1D satellite is fuelled and ready for encapsulation, marking a key milestone in its launch campaign. The spacecraft is scheduled for liftoff ... more
MILTECH
Vance event honoring Marines criticized as a 'dangerous' show of force
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 19, 2025
As protesters marched against the Trump administration on Saturday, Vice President JD Vance took the stage at an event and live artillery demonstration at Camp Pendleton in California, honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. ... more
WATER WORLD
Ancient cherts reveal how the ocean floor cooled over billions of years
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
Rocks preserve invaluable clues about Earth's distant past. A research team from the University of Gottingen and the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences has shown that silica-rich sedimentary rocks ... more
EARLY EARTH
Ancient sea creatures may have navigated using Earth's magnetic field
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
Some of the earliest marine organisms may have possessed a natural compass that helped them find their way through ancient oceans, according to a new study led by researchers from the Helmholtz Cent ... more
ABOUT US
Bionic Eye Restores Reading Vision for Patients Blinded by Macular Degeneration
London, UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
A wireless bionic eye implant known as PRIMA has achieved what was once thought impossible - restoring central reading vision in people who were completely blind due to advanced age-related macular ... more
EXO WORLDS
Iron from deep-sea vents travels across oceans to fuel marine life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025
Most of the iron released by hydrothermal vents rapidly reacts with oxygen and sulfur, forming solid minerals that settle on the seafloor. Yet a small fraction defies this fate, remaining dissolved ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar-powered lights keep sea turtles out of fishing nets
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 16, 2025
Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short lived, expensive to replace and raise disp ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
300 airlifted out of villages in Alaska after typhoon, floods
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 16, 2025
Rescue efforts have airlifted at least 300 people from parts of Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halgong sent storm surge of over 6 feet into the state's coast. ... more
DEMOCRACY
China hawk Takaichi named Japan's first woman PM
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. ... more
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WATER WORLD
SYOS Aerospace expands into underwater robotics with acquisition of Bay Dynamics
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 22, 2025
SYOS Aerospace, a joint UK-New Zealand manufacturer of advanced land, sea, and air drones, has entered the subsea robotics market through the acquisition of underwater systems specialist Bay Dynamic ... more
TECTONICS
Greenland shrinks slightly and is slowly drifting northwest
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 22, 2025
Remarkable changes are taking place in Greenland these years, according to new research. The vast ice masses are warming and melting at an accelerating rate. At the same time, movements in the bedro ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photos
Valencia, Spain (AFP) Oct 21, 2025
Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Europe's new Sentinel-4 mission delivers first look at hourly air pollution maps
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 22, 2025
Europe has taken a major step toward real-time air quality monitoring with the release of the first images from the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission. Operating aboard EUMETSAT's Meteosat Third Generati ... more
DEMOCRACY
US appeals court says Trump can deploy soldiers in Portland
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Oct 20, 2025
A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon's governor. ... more
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