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Brazil hopes COP30 in Amazon can unite world for climate actionBrasilia (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis. ... more  
France unveils new government in political crisisParis (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 France's President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a new government on Sunday, after marathon talks to cobble together a cabinet and prevent the country from slipping deeper into a political crisis. ... more  
Madagascar installs armed forces chief chosen by mutinying unitAntananarivo (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Madagascar's armed forces minister on Sunday recognised as new head of the army an officer chosen by a military contingent siding with protesters demanding the departure of President Andry Rajoelina. ... more  
Tunisian activists urge closure of factory units after poisoningsTunis (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Activists in Tunisia on Sunday called for the closure of facilities at a chemical factory in Gabes, in the country's south, amid protests by local residents over dozens of cases of poisoning linked to the site. ... more |
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UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws backHarwich, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked science projects, as Western nations spearhead studies there while the United States withdraws. ... more 
Bangladesh army says arrest warrants against officers affecting moraleDhaka (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 The Bangladesh army said Saturday that arrest warrants issued against senior officers had affected troop morale ahead of elections, but pledged to uphold justice amid rising tensions. ... more  
Survival of Europe's bees and butterflies at risk: IUCNAbu Dhabi (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 The survival of Europe's wild pollinators is increasingly at risk, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Saturday as it declared dozens of bee and butterfly species as threatened. ... more  
Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakesManay, Philippines (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight. ... more |
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Questions loom over Albania's forests after devastating firesElbasan, Albania (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 As Albania recovers from a summer of devastating wildfires, locals and experts are eyeing a long road back to save its shrinking forests from intensifying disasters. ... more |
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Venezuela's Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize - and dedicates it to TrumpOslo (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who dedicated the award to the Venezuelan people - and to US President Donald Trump. ... more 
At least 23 dead due to heavy rains in MexicoMexico City (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 At least 23 people have died in Mexico due to heavy rains this week, local authorities across the country said Friday. ... more 
Brazil 'frustrated' with delays in COP climate commitmentsBrasilia (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Brazil expressed frustration Friday as countries - including major polluters such as India and EU members - drag their feet in submitting new climate targets, less than a month before the country hosts COP30. ... more  
Motorist dies as tropical storm hits French Caribbean islandPointe-�-Pitre (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 A motorist was found dead after being swept away by floodwaters on Guadeloupe on Friday, the authorities said, as a tropical storm swept over the French overseas territory in the Caribbean. ... more |
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Residents in southern Tunisia protest phosphate pollution Gabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Hundreds of people in southern Tunisia's Gabes on Friday protested to demand dismantling a local phosphate processing plant after reports of respiratory distress among residents. ... more  |
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Tech billionaire Thiel says Greta Thunberg servant of 'Antichrist'San Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel has branded Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and critics of artificial intelligence as "legionnaires of the Antichrist" during a series of private lectures. ... more 
Maria Corina Machado: the face and fire of Venezuela's oppositionCaracas (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Maria Corina Machado, a fearless activist with rock-star appeal, is the face of opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's iron-fisted regime. ... more
Eight killed as strong quakes strike southern PhilippinesMati, Philippines (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least eight people and triggering tsunami warnings. ... more
UN calls on Madagascar to avoid unnecessary force against protestersAntananarivo (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 The United Nations' rights chief on Friday called on Madagascan authorities to "desist from unnecessary force" against protesters, a day after several people were injured in clashes with police during protests in the capital Antananarivo. ... more |
 
Death of 'sweet king': AI chatbots linked to teen tragedySan Francisco, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 A chatbot from one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI startups called a 14-year-old "sweet king" and pleaded with him to "come home" in passionate exchanges that would be the teen's last communications before he took his own life. ... more 
Dozens killed by paramilitary drone and artillery attacks in SudanWashington DC (UPI) Oct 11, 2025 Locals said a drone and artillery attack on a refugee shelter by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in el-Fasher, Sudan, late Friday killed at least 60. ... more 
New Zealand accused of 'climate denial' over new methane targetsWellington (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand's government of "full-blown climate denial" after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. ... more 
North American ice sheets caused majority of post-Ice Age sea-level riseNew Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 11, 2025 Melting ice sheets in North America were the primary cause of a dramatic global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age, according to new research led by Tulane University and published in Nat ... more |
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Mexico's rains swept away homes and people; Fresh floods as torrential rains strike SpainHuauchinango, Mexico (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Standing near the lifeless body of her sister, Rosalia Ortega was grateful to have found her in the river of mud that suddenly swept away her house as torrential rains pounded her Mexican mountain town. ... more
Heavy rainfall cuts off village, causes power outages in RomaniaBucharest (AFP) Oct 8, 2025 Flooding caused by torrential rains left hundreds of inhabitants cut off in a village in southeastern Romania on Wednesday, with power outages and school closures reported in the region, authorities said. ... more 
US soybean farmers battered by trade row with ChinaCordova, Maryland, United States (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 The US soybean harvest is underway and in rural Maryland, farmer Travis Hutchison cracks open a pod to show how a field is nearly dry enough for reaping. ... more  
Nickel and urea hints reshape story of early Earth oxygen riseTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the environment and setting the stage for complex life. This event, known as the ... more |
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World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global expertsParis (AFP) Oct 12, 2025 The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. ... more |
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Shackleton's sunken polar ship may have been weaker than thoughtWashington DC (UPI) Oct 6, 2025 Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant structural weaknesses that caused its demise - and an analysis now suggests the famed explorer knew it when he set out for the Antarctic. ... more 
Who is setting fire to the Amazon?Sao Felix Do Xingu, Brazil (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 "Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon. ... more 
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace PrizeOslo (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, forced to live in hiding in what has become a "brutal" state, the Nobel jury said. ... more 
Seals, birds under threat in new 'red list' of endangered speciesAbu Dhabi (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 Arctic seals and birds are coming under increasing threat, mainly due to climate change and human activity, according to an updated list of endangered species released Friday by the world's top conservation body. ... more |
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