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Japan updates 'megaquake' preparedness planTokyo (AFP) July 2, 2025 The Japanese government said that much more needs to be done to prepare for a possible "megaquake" to reduce the feared death toll of up to 300,000 people. ... more  
Fiji says would not welcome China military presence in PacificSydney (AFP) July 2, 2025 Fiji's prime minister said Wednesday that China should not be allowed to gain a permanent military foothold in the strategically contested South Pacific region. ... more  
Planet secures 240 million euro satellite services contract with German governmentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 Planet Labs Germany GmbH has secured a multi-year satellite services agreement valued at euro 240 million, funded by the German government to support European peace and security initiatives. Under ... more 
Bezos-backed methane-tracking satellite lost in spaceWellington (AFP) July 2, 2025 A satellite backed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been lost in space while carrying out an important climate change mission, New Zealand officials said Wednesday. ... more |
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China says Dalai Lama successor must be approved by BeijingBeijing (AFP) July 2, 2025 China said on Wednesday that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama "must be approved by the central government", after Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said he would have a successor after his death. ... more 
'I lost my battle': warming sea killing Albania fishingVlor�, Albania (AFP) July 2, 2025 As dawn broke, fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauled his net on board his battered skiff, but after a whole night in the Adriatic, the catch was too small to even feed his family. ... more 
Study challenges climate change's link to our wild winter jet streamHanover NH (SPX) Jun 30, 2025 Dartmouth study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the massive current of Arctic air that regulates weather for much of the No ... more 
Storm Flossie strengthens into a hurricane near Mexico coastMexico City (AFP) July 1, 2025 Tropical Storm Flossie strengthened into a hurricane on Monday near Mexico's Pacific coast where it is expected to bring torrential rains, the US National Hurricane Center said. ... more |
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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 |
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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  
Defense Department to end satellite data programs used for storm forecastsWashington DC (UPI) Jun 28, 2025 With the of peak hurricane season looming, forecasters will be without key information starting Monday because the Defense Department said it will no longer provide them with data from the weather satellites. ... more 
Japan launches third rocket to measure climate changeWashington DC (UPI) Jun 29, 2025 A Japanese company has launched a rocket designed to monitor sea temperature and greenhouse gases as part of its overall mission to study the effects of climate change on the atmosphere. ... more  
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 |
Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentumLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2025 Six new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites built by ICEYE have successfully launched aboard the SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare mission, marking the company's largest single deployment to dat ... more  |
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Tunisia U-turn on phosphate plant sparks anger in blighted cityGabes, Tunisia (AFP) June 26, 2025 The bedroom of 74-year-old Cherifa Attia smells like burnt rubber. The vast phosphate processing plant beside her home has been belching out toxic fumes into the atmosphere, blighting this Tunisian city. ... more  
Consortium plans global shift toward net negative carbon economyLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 30, 2025 Experts from around the world will converge in Exeter next week to help accelerate the development of a global carbon removal economy. The New Carbon Economy Consortium (NCEC) will convene its ... 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 |
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China to resume some Japanese seafood imports after Fukushima ban Beijing (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  
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  
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  
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 |
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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 |
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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 
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 |
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