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Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstreamSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, along the eastern margin ... more 
Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods hits almost 400Bar Dalori, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Rescuers and residents resumed searching on Tuesday for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential rain rose to almost 400, with authorities warning monsoon downpours would continu ... more  
Spanish PM says 'difficult hours' left in wildfire fightMadrid (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Spain still faces "difficult hours" ahead in its fight against wildfires that have ravaged a record area of land, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned Tuesday, despite the onset of cooler weather ... more  
Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburstBar Dalori, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 In the middle of the night, by the glow of their mobile phones, rescuers and villagers dug through the concrete remains of flattened houses after massive rocks crashed down on a remote Pakistani ... more |
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Scrumped fruit shaped ape evolution and human fondness for alcoholLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 New findings from the University of St Andrews and Dartmouth College highlight how the habit of consuming fallen, fermented fruit-known as scrumping-has played a central role in great ape behavior a ... more  
Sunlight powered flyers unlock access to the mesosphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 A team from Harvard SEAS, the University of Chicago, and collaborators reports a sunlight powered way to sample the hard to reach mesosphere, 50 to 100 kilometers above Earth. Their Nature study dem ... more  
HK scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoosHong Kong (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world's most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree ... more  
Australia probes Nauru-China business dealSydney (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Australia was Tuesday investigating whether Pacific microstate Nauru breached a security treaty by inking a lucrative business deal with a Chinese company. Nauru last week announced it had s ... more |
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Fight to save last forests of the Comoros unites farmers, NGOsMutsamudu, Comoros (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 /> Strips of bare land scar the lush and green mountainsides towering above Mutsamudu, the capital of the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan. On the most mountainous and densely populated island in ... more |
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Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at riskWadi Al-Gemal National Park, Egypt (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 /> In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea's last wild shores. Off Ras Hankorab, the endangere ... more  
Sounds serious: NYC noise pollution takes a tollNew York (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Tim Mulligan moved to central Manhattan so he could be closer to work and avoid a daily ordeal on the rattling, screeching subway, just one part of the urban noisescape that tests New Yorkers ev ... more 
World plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no dealGeneva (AFP) Aug 15, 2025 /> Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotia ... more  
China extends anti-subsidy probe into EU dairy productsBeijing (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 China on Monday extended its anti-subsidy investigation into European Union dairy imports, another blow in an ongoing trade row between the two giant economies. The investigation will be ext ... more |
Hurricane Erin weakens but still threatens US coastWashington (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Hurricane Erin weakened to Category 2 on Tuesday but continues to threaten part of the US East Coast with life-threatening flooding, forecasters said. The storm, which underwent historically ... more  |
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Hundreds flee as rescuers battle wildfire in Gallipoli; Spain PM vows 'climate pact' on visit to fire-hit region Istanbul (AFP) Aug 17, 2025 /> Seven villages on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula flanking the Dardanelles Strait were evacuated as firefighters battled a raging wildfire propelled by high winds, officials said. The fire bega ... more  
Niger magistrates call strike after junta dissolved unionsNiamey, Niger (AFP) Aug 15, 2025 /> Niger magistrates called for a strike on Friday after the military government dissolved judicial unions and dismissed two of their members. The junta, which seized power in the west African ... more  
El Salvador schools to require military-style inspectionsSan Salvador (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 El Salvador's new education minister Karla Trigueros - a military officer with a flair for camouflage - ordered the country's public schools on Monday to mandate "clean uniforms" and "appropri ... more  
Rooms of their own: women-only communities thrive in ChinaLinan, China (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 /> Laughter erupts over a board game and coffee at a rural cottage in China's eastern province of Zhejiang, one of a growing number of women-only co-living spaces far from social pressures and male ... more |
Pollution hotspots at England's most famous lake need 'urgent' actionLondon (AFP) Aug 19, 2025 Hotspots of bacteria and phosphorus at England's most famous lake must be addressed urgently, the authors of a study into its water quality warned on Tuesday. Volunteers collected 1,020 samp ... more 
Republican-led states sending hundreds of troops to US capitalWashington (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 Mississippi will send some 200 National Guard personnel to Washington, its governor said Monday, where they will join hundreds more from other Republican-led states to double the number of troop ... more 
Dutch divers still haul up debris six years after container spillLauwersoog, Netherlands (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Volunteer Dutch divers are still fishing debris from the North Sea six years after a disastrous shipping accident. They are trying to clear the shallow Wadden Sea where the MSC Zoe - one of ... more 
As the world churns - a history of ecosystem engineering in the oceansNew Haven CT (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 The murky world at the bottom of the oceans is now a little clearer, thanks to a new study that tracks the evolution of marine sediment layers across hundreds of millions of years. It is a sto ... more |
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Hong Kong arrests 2 over suspected $6.7 mln water scamHong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 Hong Kong police said Monday they have arrested two people over a suspected scam involving a water supplier that may have cheated the government in a contract worth nearly $7 million. A comp ... more 
Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker granted asylum in AustraliaSydney (AFP) Aug 17, 2025 /> Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those w ... more 
UK grants asylum to Hong Kong democracy activist Tony ChungLondon (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 Hong Kong democracy activist Tony Chung, who once called for the city's independence and was the youngest person to be jailed under its national security law, has been granted asylum in the UK. ... more
Earthquake alert system shows strong promise across AlaskaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 For many earthquake scenarios in Alaska, an early warning system could deliver at least 10 seconds of advance notice before hazardous shaking begins, according to researchers at the University of Al ... more |
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Antarctic phytoplankton trends reveal sea ice retreat impactParis, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 A new study using long-term satellite data has documented a climate-driven shift in Antarctic phytoplankton communities, with potential effects on the marine food chain and the Southern Ocean's carb ... more |
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Rain halts rescue operation after Pakistan floods kill hundredsBuner, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 /> Rain on Monday halted search and rescue operations in northern Pakistan after flash floods that have killed nearly 350 people with around 200 still missing, officials said. Torrential rains ... more 
Hong Kong court hears closing arguments in tycoon Jimmy Lai's trialHong Kong (AFP) Aug 18, 2025 /> Hong Kong prosecutors on Monday began closing arguments in the trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, arguing he had shown "unwavering intent" to ask for foreign sanctions against Hong K ... more  
Destructive cosmic airbursts likely more common than previously believedSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Touchdown airburstseart - a type of cosmic impact that may be more common than the crater-forming, dinosaur-killing kindeart - remain somewhat less understood. UC Santa Barbara Earth Science Emeritu ... more  
Genetic traits behind hibernation may offer new hope for treating metabolic diseaseLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 New findings from the University of Utah Health suggest that the genetic adaptations enabling animals to hibernate may also lie dormant in the human genome - offering potential pathways to treat con ... more |
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