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Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon filmCumnock, United Kingdom (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Teaching children how to milk cows, combat food waste or embroider linen are among the programmes on sustainability offered at a charity founded by King Charles III two decades ago. ... more  
Lightning strike injures 89 at rally for Brazil's former presidentBrasilia (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 Lightning struck near a rally of supporters of Brazil's former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Sunday, injuring 89 people, according to the fire department. ... more  
Sudan army says breaks RSF siege on southern city DillingKhartoum (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 The Sudanese army said on Monday it had broken a long?running siege of Dilling, a city in the country's south, where paramilitary forces had choked off access for more than a year and a half. ... more  
US monster storm kills 30New York (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 More than half a million Americans woke up without power Tuesday, as freezing temperatures gripped swathes of the country in a monster storm that has killed at least 30 people. ... more |
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Icy cycles may have driven early protocell evolutionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 Modern cells rely on intricate molecular machinery and genetic programs to grow and divide, but the earliest protocells were likely simple lipid-bound compartments whose behavior depended mainly on ... more 
World not ready for rise in extreme heat, scientists sayParis, France (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday. ... more  
BlackSky expands Gen-3 satellite intelligence contracts worldwideLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured multiple expansion contracts for its Gen-3 satellite constellation as early access pilot programs transition into renewal agreements across customers in the Amer ... more  
UN report warns world is entering era of global water bankruptcyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A flagship report from the United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health warns that the world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy in which many human water systems c ... more |
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Japan's beloved last pandas leave for China as ties frayTokyo (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Hundreds gathered to say farewell to two popular pandas departing Tokyo for China on Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years as ties between the Asian neighbours fray. ... more |
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'Our children are next' fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestockMandera, Kenya (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes. ... more  
Firefighters order evacuation as heatwave bakes AustraliaSydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Firefighters told people to flee an out-of-control bushfire in southeast Australia on Tuesday as a heatwave baked much of the country. ... more  
Health threat of global plastics projected to soar; Tire companies face US trial on additive said to kill salmonParis, France (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 The threat posed by plastic production, usage and disposal to human health will skyrocket in the coming years unless the world does something to address this global crisis, researchers warned Tuesday. ... more  
Canada's Marineland gets 'conditional approval' to sell whales to USToronto, Canada (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 Canada's federal government on Monday gave Marineland conditional approval to sell its 30 imperilled beluga whales to parks in the United States, after rejecting an export request to China. ... more |
Over 1,000 evacuated after Sicily landslide; Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 17, dozens missingRome (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 More than 1,000 people were evacuated in Sicily after a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) section of cliff crumbled during a storm, leaving houses perched perilously on the edge, authorities said Monday. ... more
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HK uses old speeches to try democracy activists; California to probe TikTok on censorship allegationsHong Kong (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 A Hong Kong court heard recordings of defiant anti-Beijing speeches, some dating back nearly three decades, as prosecutors presented their case on Monday against two democracy activists facing national security charges. ... more 
US military working with Nigeria as part of wider Islamic State pivotAbuja (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom's deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push to work with African militaries to go after Islamic State-linked militants. ... more 
Minnesota ICE shooting puts new twist on gun rights debateWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 The shooting death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, by federal agents Saturday in Minneapolis has spurred a new kind of debate around gun rights in the United States. ... more 
Activists urge halt to Kushner's luxury Albania resort plansTirana, Albania (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 A luxury Albanian island resort project by Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has sparked outrage from dozens of environmental NGOs calling for its suspension, a statement seen Saturday by AFP said. ... more |
Long-awaited first snowfall brings relief to water-scarce KabulKabul (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 Children sliding around on plastic bags, boys engaging in lively snowball fights, and families taking selfies on white-covered streets: residents of Kabul rejoiced on Friday at the long-awaited first snowfall of the winter. ... more 
Protected forests under threat in DRC's lucrative mining beltLikasi, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 23, 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  
What are Russia and China doing in the Arctic?Moscow (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 While Russia and China strongly deny any plans to seize Greenland, as US President Donald Trump claims, both value the Arctic's strategic value and are seeking to boost their presence there. ... more  
Bats use sound flow to steer through cluttered habitatsLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A new study has resolved how wild bats navigate complex environments in complete darkness by showing they regulate their flight using a form of acoustic flow, offering fresh insight into biosonar an ... more |
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Hot spring soaking reshapes parasite and microbe balance in Japanese macaquesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Japanese macaques, often called snow monkeys, are well known for soaking in hot springs during harsh winters in central Japan. Researchers at Kyoto University have now shown that this behavior not o ... more  
Shifting seafloor carbon flows linked to ancient climate swingsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Carbon released from Earths spreading tectonic plates rather than from long chains of volcanoes may have driven major transitions between ancient ice ages and warm greenhouse climates, according to ... more 
Solar cycles seen in Antarctic fast ice historyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Remnants of coastal ice fastened to the Antarctic shoreline are opening a detailed window onto climate variability over the past 3,700 years and its connection to long-term changes in solar activity ... more 
Study links slower renewal of deep North Atlantic waters to climate changeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 The ocean constantly exchanges properties with the atmosphere when surface waters sink and carry oxygen, carbon and other tracers into the ocean interior. This ventilation process can be quantified ... more |
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Historic winter storm pounds US from south to northeastWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 A life-threatening winter storm brought hazardous conditions to a wide swath of the United States on Sunday, from Texas to New England, prompting warnings to stay off roads, along with mass flight cancellations and power outages. ... more |
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Women main victims of Sudan conflict abuses: minister to AFPPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 Women are the main victims of abuse in Sudan's war, facing "the world's worst" sexual violence and other crimes committed with impunity, a rights activist turned social affairs minister for the army-backed government told AFP. ... more 
In Greenland, locals fed up with deals done over their headsNuuk (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 A day after US President Donald Trump and NATO's chief purportedly struck a deal on Greenland, residents expressed anger and frustration that the Danish territory was again being sidelined in talks about its future. ... more 
US finalizes rule for deep-sea mining beyond its watersWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry. ... more 
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 |
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