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Eternal City eternally damp as Rome suffers record rainfall; Calabria again under waterRome (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 Italy's southern Calabria region has asked that a new national state of emergency be called after days of heavy rains pounding the area caused flooding and mudslides, authorities said Saturday. ... more  
Rome fells majestic pine trees near ColosseumRome (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 Tree surgeons cut down historic pines near Rome's Colosseum on Friday, a fortnight after three people were hurt when a massive tree fell near the Imperial Forum. ... more 
Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate changeSuwa, Japan (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred. ... more  
ECB fines French bank for climate risk failuresFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 The European Central Bank said Friday it had fined French bank Credit Agricole 7.55 million euros ($9 million) for failing to properly identify climate change-related risks that could affect its balance sheet. ... more |
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One of Lima's top beaches to close Sunday over pollutionLima (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 One of the most popular beaches in Peru's capital Lima will close for one day on Sunday, in a rare move by authorities who say that heaps of garbage left each weekend has made the cherished spot unusable. ... more  
EU says Chinese levies on dairy products are 'unjustified'Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 Chinese levies on certain EU dairy products are 'unjustified', Brussels said on Friday after Beijing imposed duties of up to 11.7 percent for five years. ... more  
French flood alert system says working at record paceParis, France (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 The flood alert system in France has been working at a record pace as relentless rain over the past month has saturated soils, the head of the agency told AFP on Saturday. ... more 
Strong earthquake off Vanuatu coast, no damage reportedWellington (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu on Saturday, with a local resident describing it as 'very big' despite no initial reports of damage. ... more |
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Cyclone Gezani kills four in Mozambique: officialsMaputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 Cyclone Gezani has killed at least four people in Mozambique, authorities in the southern African country said Saturday, days after it left a trail of death and destruction across Madagascar. ... more 
Floods wreak havoc in Morocco farmlands after severe droughtKenitra, Morocco (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours. ... more  
French navy seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine in PacificPapeete (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 French authorities said Saturday they had seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine from a vessel in the Pacific during a joint operation with the United States, as officials step up interceptions in Polynesian waters. ... more  
Chinese investigative journalist released on bail: policeBeijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 Authorities in China have granted bail to an investigative journalist taken into custody after publishing an article alleging corruption among local officials, police said on Saturday. ... more |
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Bangladesh nationalists celebrate landslide win, Islamists cry foulDhaka (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) celebrated a landslide victory on Friday in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with with leader Tarique Rahman poised to become prime minister. ... more 
Course correction needed quickly to avoid pathway to 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists sayCorvallis OR (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Scientists say multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed, putting the planet in increased danger of following a 'hothouse path driven by feedback lo ... more  
Engineered microbes use light to build new moleculesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Researchers are developing new ways to reprogram the cellular machinery of microbes such as yeast and bacteria so they can manufacture useful products for medicine and industry. A team at the Carl R ... more  
Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Prompt, individual dose assessment is a critical part of protecting people after large scale nuclear or radiological incidents, but traditional dosimetry relies on expensive instruments or laborator ... more |
 
Targeted northern tree planting could deliver major carbon drawdown for CanadaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 A new study shows that Canada could remove at least five times its current annual carbon emissions by strategically planting trees along the northern edge of the country's boreal forest. Researchers ... more 
Zoantharian cousins blur long held divide between Atlantic and Indo Pacific reefsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 For decades, marine biogeography has treated the Atlantic and Indo Pacific oceans as distinct biological worlds, with reef communities and coral assemblages thought to share little overlap across th ... more 
Bangladesh nationalists celebrate landslide win, Islamists cry foulDhaka (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) celebrated a landslide victory on Friday in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister. ... more 
Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displacedAntananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 At least 38 people were killed when a cyclone slammed into Madagascar's second-largest city this week, authorities said Thursday, as Mozambique braced for the storm's arrival. ... more |
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China instructs infant milk makers to test for toxin in major recallBeijing Feb 12, 2026 China's national market regulator instructed infant formula manufacturers on Thursday to conduct tests for the toxin identified in a global product recall, which has been linked to a Chinese biotech company. ... more
China to reduce levies on EU dairy products from FridayBeijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 China will reduce duties on 'certain dairy products' imported from the European Union but still impose levies of up to 11.7 percent for five years, the commerce ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. ... more  
WHO urges US to share Covid origins intelGeneva (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Washington to share any intelligence it may be withholding on the Covid-19 pandemic's origins, despite the United States quitting the WHO. ... more 
Johannesburg residents 'desperate' as taps run dryJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Sitting in the middle of a Johannesburg road as traffic snaked around her, Susan Jobson banged empty bottles to protest the water cuts that have upended her life for nearly three weeks. ... more |
Eat less meat, France urges, for sake of health, climateParis, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 The French government issued a long-awaited report Wednesday urging people to limit meat consumption for their health and also to fight climate change - and not everyone in the country of 'steak-frites' is thrilled. ... more  
Noisy humans harm birds and affect breeding success: studyParis, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday. ... more  
Climate change fueled conditions for Chile, Argentina wildfires: scientistsBuenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Climate change made the hot, dry conditions that fueled recent devastating wildfires in southern Chile and Argentina up to three times as likely, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution network of scientists. ... more 
Three-year heatwave bleached half the planet's coral reefs: studyParis, France (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 - a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves. ... more |
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January was fifth hottest on record despite cold snap: EU monitorParis, France (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 The planet experienced its fifth-hottest January on record despite a cold snap that swept across the United States and Europe, the EU's climate monitor said Tuesday. ... more 
Swiss probing infant formula after babies show symptomsZurich (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Swiss authorities said Monday they were investigating batches of infant formula, following reports of several babies showing symptoms of possible exposure to a toxin. ... more  
Somalia signs defence agreement with Saudi ArabiaMogadishu (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Somalia Monday signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, as the Horn of Africa becomes an arena for proxy wars between Gulf monarchies, with Abu Dhabi at loggerheads with Riyadh. ... more  
Japan PM Takaichi basks in historic election triumphTokyo (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Japanese shares rose to record highs Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's conservatives won a historic election landslide with a projected two-thirds majority. ... more |
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