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Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped outLirquen, Chile (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 Wildfires that have killed 20 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns raged for a third day Monday, fanned by warm temperatures and strong winds at the height of the southern hemisphere summer. ... more  
Death toll from floods rises in Mozambique, South AfricaMaputo (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 Mozambique battled severe flooding Monday as the death toll after weeks of rain climbed, with more bodies also recovered in neighbouring South Africa. ... more  
China's birth rate falls to lowest on recordBeijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 China's birth rate plunged last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed on Monday, as its population shrank for a fourth straight year despite efforts to curb the decline. ... more  
Penguins bring forward breeding season as Antarctica warms: studyParis, France (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday. ... more |
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Tourists hit record in Japan, despite plunge from ChinaTokyo (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 A record number of tourists flocked to Japan in 2025, officials said Tuesday, despite a steep fall in Chinese visitors in December as a diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo rumbled on. ... more  
Freeze, please! China's winter swimmers take the plungeBeijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 As the temperature in Beijing hit -7C on Tuesday, 62-year-old Yang Zi stripped down to his swimming briefs and plunged into a frozen lake, as dozens of residents do every winter. ... more  
China factory explosion death toll rises to 9Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 The death toll from an explosion at a steel factory in northern China rose to nine, state media said Tuesday, after dozens were also injured in the weekend blast. ... more 
Spectacular ice blocks clog up Germany's Elbe riverGeesthacht (Schleswig-Holstein), Germany (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 People in northern Germany flocked to the Elbe river Monday to marvel at giant Arctic-style ice floes that have clogged up a stretch of the waterway, creating a headache for shipping but delighting visitors. ... more |
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French navy seizes almost 5 tonnes of cocaine from ship in PacificPapeete (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 France's navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said. ... more |
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Vietnam leader pledges graft fight as he eyes China-style powersHanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 Vietnam's top leader promised to fight corruption in an address Tuesday to a twice-a-decade congress of the Communist Party, where he is seeking expanded powers similar to China's political structure. ... more  
China bids to host secretariat of new high seas treatyWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 China on Friday proposed to host the secretariat of a new treaty governing the high seas, a surprise bid that underscores Beijing's desire to have greater influence over global environmental governance. ... more
South Africa flood toll rises, large parts of Mozambique submergedGiyani, South Africa (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Authorities in South Africa on Friday recovered two more bodies from widespread flooding that has cut access to the famed Kruger National Park and put parts of neighbouring Mozambique under water. ... more 
Pendulum device taps power from ocean currentsParis, France (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 A new energy harvesting concept uses a pendulum like cylinder system to capture power from moving water in oceans and rivers. The design, developed by Francisco Huera of the Department of Mechanical ... more |
 
Ancient Tethys Ocean helped build Central Asia mountainsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 New research from Adelaide University links the power of the ancient Tethys Ocean to the way Central Asia's landscape developed during the Cretaceous period. The work draws on decades of thermochron ... more  |
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Cosmogenic krypton reveals ancient landscape evolutionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 An international research team involving the University of Cologne has developed a new way to reconstruct how landscapes evolved tens of millions of years ago and to determine how long sediments rem ... more  
Rare Mojave milkvetch thrives amid Gemini solar arrayLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Surveys at one of the largest solar energy facilities in the Mojave Desert indicate that a rare annual plant is not only persisting but flourishing under a construction approach designed to preserve ... more 
Seafloor clay layer linked to destructive 2011 Japan tsunamiLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 A new seafloor study of the Japan Trench is shedding light on why the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami grew into one of Japan's deadliest modern disasters and how similar events might unfold in th ... more  
Warming trend to intensify crop droughts across Europe and beyondLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 Europe and western North America face more frequent and intense agricultural droughts this century as rising temperatures dry out soils faster than additional rainfall can replace lost moisture, acc ... more |
Austria avalanche kills 3, bringing toll to 8Vienna (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 An avalanche killed three Czech skiers in central Austria, police said, bringing the total to eight killed in the country's Alps on Saturday. ... more  
Chad says seven soldiers killed in clash at Sudanese borderNdjamena, Chad (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan. ... more 
Indonesia sues firms over environmental harm in flood zoneJakarta (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Indonesia's government has filed multiple lawsuits seeking over $200 million in damages against six firms, after deadly floods wreaked havoc across Sumatra, killing more than 1,000 people last year. ... more 
Uganda army denies seizing opposition leader as vote result loomsKampala (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Uganda's army denied claims on Saturday that opposition leader Bobi Wine had been abducted from his home, as counting continued in an election marred by reports of at least 10 deaths amid an internet blackout. ... more |
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Hundreds in London protest against Beijing 'mega embassy'London (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Hundreds of people on Saturday rallied in London against Beijing's controversial new "mega" embassy, days ahead of a decision on the plan. ... more 
China tells Cambodia scam hub disappearances threaten tiesPhnom Penh (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 China's embassy in Cambodia said on Saturday that a recent spate of disappearances of Chinese nationals into cyberfraud compounds poses a "serious obstacle" to the allies' ties. ... more 
Ecuador deploys 10,000 soldiers to fight drug violenceGuayaquil, Ecuador (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Ecuador on Friday deployed 10,000 soldiers in three coastal provinces to fight drug-trafficking gangs blamed for a surge in violence in the once-peaceful country. ... more  
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining beltLikasi, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Valery Kyembo was leading an inspection of his community's protected forest reserve deep in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining belt when two armed Congolese soldiers blocked their way. ... more |
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In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines' perilsKedougou, Senegal (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 Michel Tama Sadiakhou's future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is the fate of many in Senegal's far southeast, he now researches rare chimpanzees. ... more |
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2025 was third hottest year on record: EU, US expertsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 The planet logged its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, US researchers and EU climate monitors said Wednesday. ... more  
Myanmar pro-military party claims most seats in junta-run electionYangon, Myanmar (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 Myanmar's dominant pro-military party on Tuesday claimed a majority of elected lower house seats in the country's junta-run polls, which democracy watchdogs say will prolong the armed forces' grip. ... more 
As world burns, India's Amitav Ghosh writes for the futureNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 Indian writer Amitav Ghosh has long chronicled the entangled histories of empire, trade and migration. ... more  
Fire on Ice: The Arctic's Changing Fire RegimeMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 The number of wildland fires burning in the Arctic is on the rise, according to NASA researchers. Moreover, these blazes are burning larger, hotter, and longer than they did in previous decades. ... more |
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