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WHO says all Covid-19 origin theories still open, after inconclusive studyGeneva (AFP) June 27, 2025 All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an inconclusive four-year investigation that was hamstrung by crucial information being withheld. ... more  
Winds hamper firefighters in Turkey as heat wave scorches Southern Europerafael-grossi-director-general-international-energy-agency-atomic-iaea-hg.jpg Firefighters in western Turkey were on Monday battling high winds to try and control a large forest fire raging in a coastal area of the Izmir province, a minister said. ... more  
Heatwave leaves Moroccan cities sweltering in record-breaking tempertaturesRabat (AFP) June 29, 2025 Monthly temperature records have been broken across Morocco, sometimes topping seasonal norms by as much as 20 degrees Celsius, the national meteorological office said Sunday, as the North African kingdom was gripped by a heatwave. ... more  
China to resume some Japanese seafood imports after Fukushima banBeijing (AFP) June 30, 2025 China has lifted a ban on seafood imports from most regions of Japan, partially mending a years-long dispute over Tokyo's handling of nuclear wastewater. ... more |
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Denmark develops tool to predict ice-free Arctic summersCopenhagen (AFP) June 27, 2025 The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) said on Friday it was developing a tool to predict when the Arctic will be ice-free in summer, to anticipate the consequences on the Earth's climate. ... more  
Dalai Lama suggests institution to continue at 90th birthday launchMcleod Ganj, India (AFP) June 30, 2025 Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at prayer celebrations for his 90th birthday. ... more  
'Eat the rich': Venice protests shadow Bezos weddingVenice (AFP) June 28, 2025 At least 500 protesters marched through Venice on Saturday, condemning Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's wedding to journalist Lauren Sanchez, a lavish affair that has drawn backlash in the historic Italian city. ... more  
Six million donkeys slaughtered for Chinese medicine: charityAddis Ababa (AFP) June 26, 2025 Almost six million donkeys are slaughtered annually for Chinese medicine, with severe knock-on effects for African villagers who rely on the animals, a UK-based charity said on Thursday. ... more |
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Sri Lanka court stops state land grab from TamilsColombo (AFP) June 27, 2025 Sri Lanka's top court halted Friday a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war. ... more |
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Spotted: endangered leopard in BangladeshDhaka (AFP) June 26, 2025 Photographs of a leopard snapped by camera traps in forests in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts have raised hopes among conservationists working to save the critically endangered species. ... more  
Colombia landslide death toll rises to 16Bogota (AFP) June 27, 2025 The death toll from a recent landslide near the Colombian city of Medellin has risen to 16, authorities said Thursday, with the search continuing for more missing. ... more  
Colombia to reject key US extradition requestsBogota, Colombia (AFP) June 27, 2025 Colombia's new justice minister told AFP on Thursday that some key drug extraditions to the United States "will be suspended," even if it worsens already frayed ties with Washington. ... more 
Netanyahu rejects report Israeli troops ordered to fire on Gaza aid-seekersJerusalem (AFP) June 27, 2025 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday rejected a report that the country's military commanders ordered their soldiers to fire at Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza. ... more |
 
Pakistan flash floods, heavy rain kill 45 in just daysIslamabad (AFP) June 29, 2025 Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 45 people in just a few days since the start of the monsoon season, disaster management officials said Sunday. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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US sanctions on Sudan over alleged chemical weapons use take effectWashington (AFP) June 28, 2025 US sanctions on Sudan's government - imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum's military of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war last year - have taken effect. ... more  
Hong Kong opposition party disbands citing 'immense' pressureHong Kong (AFP) June 29, 2025 One of Hong Kong's last remaining opposition parties has officially disbanded, its leader announced Sunday, citing "immense political pressure" as Beijing's years-long crackdown on dissent transforms the semi-autonomous Chinese city. ... more 
UK considers envoy for Britons held abroadLondon (AFP) June 29, 2025 Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home. ... more 
Italy chemical plant execs jailed for pollutionRome (AFP) June 26, 2025 An Italian court on Thursday sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water used by hundreds of thousands of people with PFAS, or "forever chemicals". ... more |
 
Snow cloaks Atacama, the world's driest desertSantiago (AFP) June 26, 2025 Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. ... more 
The mixed fortunes of development aidParis (AFP) June 27, 2025 The United Nations summit on financing for development gets underway Monday in Seville under a grim cloud: multiple conflicts, humanitarian crises and the shock disengagement of the United States. ... more 
Syria's wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 millionDamascus (AFP) June 27, 2025 Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity. ... more 
Global tensions rattle COP30 build-up but 'failure not an option'Bonn (AFP) June 27, 2025 This year's UN COP30 summit in Brazil was hotly-anticipated as a pivotal moment for the planet, as the world fast approaches a key global warming threshold. ... more |
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Rescuers step up as summer heatwaves stoke heatstroke riskMadrid (AFP) June 27, 2025 As dangerously high temperatures sweep across parts of the United States and southern Europe this week, emergency workers are racing to mitigate the public health risk of heatstroke. ... more
'Simple monk': the Dalai Lama, in his translator's words; How the Dalai Lama is identifiedNew Delhi (AFP) June 27, 2025 With his flowing red monk's robes, beaming smile and contagious laugh, the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, has been the charismatic global face of his people's cause for decades. ... more  
Bogong moths rely on stars and magnetic fields to guide epic migrationsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 21, 2025 In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have confirmed that Bogong moths navigate using the stars and the Milky Way, making them the first known invertebrates to rely on celestial cues for long-di ... more  
Portugal expands space capabilities with ICEYE SAR satellite acquisitionLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 16, 2025 ICEYE has signed an agreement with the Portuguese Air Force to deliver a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite, along with a ground segment and antenna, marking a strategic investment in national ... more |
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NOAA predicts mild to moderate algal bloom for western Lake ErieWashington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2025 The NOAA on Thursday forecast a mild to moderate harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie this summer. ... more |
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Hegseth orders 3rd border buffer zone along U.S.-Mexico borderWashington DC (UPI) Jun 26, 2025 Amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the establishment of another buffer zone along the U.S.-Mexico border where the military can apprehend non-citizens. ... more 
Eel-eating Japan opposes EU call for more protectionTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2025 Japan's agriculture minister said Friday the country would oppose any call by the European Union to add eels to an endangered species list that would limit trade in them. ... more 
Western Japan sees earliest end to rainy season on recordTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2025 Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as climate change makes global weather patterns less predictable. ... more 
EU leaders to talk 2040 climate targets at Brussels summit as COP30 loomsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) June 26, 2025 European leaders gathered in Brussels are expected Thursday to discuss the EU's delayed 2040 emission reduction target, with nations divided between keeping the bloc's ambitious plans or scaling them down. ... more |
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