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Don't ask AI how to vote, says Dutch watchdogThe Hague (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 AI chatbots are "unreliable and clearly biased" when offering voting advice, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) said on Tuesday, warning of a threat to democracy eight days before national elections. ... more  
EU proposes to trim anti-deforestation rules to ease rolloutBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 The European Commission said Tuesday it wanted to ease sweeping anti-deforestation rules by exempting thousands of firms from paperwork and cutting back requirements for small companies. ... more  
Tunisian city on general strike over factory pollutionGabes, Tunisia (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Workers in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes launched a general strike on Tuesday following weeks of protest over a chemical factory residents blame for a spike in serious health issues. ... more  
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk's StarlinkBeijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal. ... more |
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Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon regionRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 Petrobras said Monday it had received a license to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, enraging environmentalists who said the move would undermine Brazil's hosting of UN climate talks next month. ... more 
EU timber imports linked to deforestation on Indonesia's Borneo: NGOsJakarta (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Timber imports by companies operating in the European Union can be traced to logging on Indonesia's Borneo island, a new report published Tuesday showed, with NGOs calling for the bloc to stop delaying a ban on deforestation-linked products. ... more 
Indian capital chokes after Diwali firework frenzyNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Toxic air in India's capital hit more than 56 times the UN health limit early Tuesday, after fireworks for the Hindu festival of Diwali worsened air pollution. ... more
Unspoilt corner of Portugal fears arrival of high-end tourismComporta, Portugal (AFP) Oct 22, 2025 Above the pine forests and dunes that stretch along the nearly deserted beaches of southwestern Portugal, cranes rise from building sites soon to be luxury hotels - a sign of the region's contentious transformation into a playground for the wealthy. ... more |
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Pakistan navy ship seizes drugs worth nearly $1 bn in Arabian SeaDubai (AFP) Oct 22, 2025 A Pakistani navy ship seized narcotics worth more than $972 million from sailboats in the Arabian Sea, according to a statement Tuesday from the naval network overseeing the operation. ... more |
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Two Burkinabe press editors freed a week after abductionAbidjan (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Senior Burkinabe journalists Lamine Traore and Abdou Zoure have been released a week after their abduction by intelligence agents, one of their outlets and an associate told AFP Tuesday. ... more  
Artificial insemination raises hopes for world's rarest big catMulhouse, France (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 The world-first insemination of an Amur leopard in France has lifted hopes of animal lovers for the survival of the Earth's rarest big cat. ... more 
Conservative Takaichi named Japan's first woman PMTokyo (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Sanae Takaichi was named Japan's first woman prime minister Tuesday, with the social conservative naming just two other women to her cabinet. ... more 
Chinese woman charged over gold theft at Paris Natural History MuseumParis (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions, a prosecutor said Tuesday. ... more |
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French navy shoots drug-smuggling go-fast boat Brest, France (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 The French navy opened fire on a go-fast boat in the Atlantic to immobilise it, arrest its crew and seize 2.4 tonnes of cocaine on board worth $150 million, authorities said on Tuesday. ... more  |
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Louvre heist: five things to know about missing jewelleryParis (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 Here are five things to know about the eight priceless pieces of jewellery stolen in an audacious heist from the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday. ... more 
Mongolia's president vetoes sacking of PMBeijing (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 Mongolia's president vetoed the dismissal of the country's prime minister on Monday, days after parliament had voted to remove him. ... more 
Nigeria denies officers arrested over coup plotAbuja (AFP) Oct 18, 2025 Nigerian authorities on Saturday denied that more than a dozen officers had been arrested over a coup plot, pushing back on local media reports. ... more 
Sentinel-1D prepares for encapsulation ahead of November launchParis, France (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 The European Space Agency has confirmed that the Sentinel-1D satellite is fuelled and ready for encapsulation, marking a key milestone in its launch campaign. The spacecraft is scheduled for liftoff ... more |
 
Vance event honoring Marines criticized as a 'dangerous' show of forceWashington DC (UPI) Oct 19, 2025 As protesters marched against the Trump administration on Saturday, Vice President JD Vance took the stage at an event and live artillery demonstration at Camp Pendleton in California, honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. ... more  
Ancient cherts reveal how the ocean floor cooled over billions of yearsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Rocks preserve invaluable clues about Earth's distant past. A research team from the University of Gottingen and the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences has shown that silica-rich sedimentary rocks ... more  
Ancient sea creatures may have navigated using Earth's magnetic fieldBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Some of the earliest marine organisms may have possessed a natural compass that helped them find their way through ancient oceans, according to a new study led by researchers from the Helmholtz Cent ... more  
Bionic Eye Restores Reading Vision for Patients Blinded by Macular DegenerationLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 A wireless bionic eye implant known as PRIMA has achieved what was once thought impossible - restoring central reading vision in people who were completely blind due to advanced age-related macular ... more |
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Iron from deep-sea vents travels across oceans to fuel marine lifeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2025 Most of the iron released by hydrothermal vents rapidly reacts with oxygen and sulfur, forming solid minerals that settle on the seafloor. Yet a small fraction defies this fate, remaining dissolved ... more  
Solar-powered lights keep sea turtles out of fishing netsTempe AZ (SPX) Oct 16, 2025 Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short lived, expensive to replace and raise disp ... more  
300 airlifted out of villages in Alaska after typhoon, floodsWashington DC (UPI) Oct 16, 2025 Rescue efforts have airlifted at least 300 people from parts of Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halgong sent storm surge of over 6 feet into the state's coast. ... more
China hawk Takaichi named Japan's first woman PMTokyo (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. ... more |
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SYOS Aerospace expands into underwater robotics with acquisition of Bay DynamicsSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 SYOS Aerospace, a joint UK-New Zealand manufacturer of advanced land, sea, and air drones, has entered the subsea robotics market through the acquisition of underwater systems specialist Bay Dynamic ... more |
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Greenland shrinks slightly and is slowly drifting northwestCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 Remarkable changes are taking place in Greenland these years, according to new research. The vast ice masses are warming and melting at an accelerating rate. At the same time, movements in the bedro ... more  
After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photosValencia, Spain (AFP) Oct 21, 2025 Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain. ... more  
Europe's new Sentinel-4 mission delivers first look at hourly air pollution mapsParis, France (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 Europe has taken a major step toward real-time air quality monitoring with the release of the first images from the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission. Operating aboard EUMETSAT's Meteosat Third Generati ... more 
US appeals court says Trump can deploy soldiers in PortlandLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Oct 20, 2025 A US appeals court said Monday that President Donald Trump can send National Guard troops to Portland, despite objections from Oregon's governor. ... more |
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