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Engineered microbes use light to build new moleculesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Researchers are developing new ways to reprogram the cellular machinery of microbes such as yeast and bacteria so they can manufacture useful products for medicine and industry. A team at the Carl R ... more  
Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Prompt, individual dose assessment is a critical part of protecting people after large scale nuclear or radiological incidents, but traditional dosimetry relies on expensive instruments or laborator ... more  
Targeted northern tree planting could deliver major carbon drawdown for CanadaLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 A new study shows that Canada could remove at least five times its current annual carbon emissions by strategically planting trees along the northern edge of the country's boreal forest. Researchers ... more  
Zoantharian cousins blur long held divide between Atlantic and Indo Pacific reefsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 For decades, marine biogeography has treated the Atlantic and Indo Pacific oceans as distinct biological worlds, with reef communities and coral assemblages thought to share little overlap across th ... more |
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Bangladesh nationalists celebrate landslide win, Islamists cry foulDhaka (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) celebrated a landslide victory on Friday in the first elections held since a deadly 2024 uprising, with leader Tarique Rahman to become prime minister. ... more  
Death toll in Madagascar cyclone rises to 38, 12,000 displacedAntananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 At least 38 people were killed when a cyclone slammed into Madagascar's second-largest city this week, authorities said Thursday, as Mozambique braced for the storm's arrival. ... more  
China instructs infant milk makers to test for toxin in major recallBeijing Feb 12, 2026 China's national market regulator instructed infant formula manufacturers on Thursday to conduct tests for the toxin identified in a global product recall, which has been linked to a Chinese biotech company. ... more 
China to reduce levies on EU dairy products from FridayBeijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 China will reduce duties on 'certain dairy products' imported from the European Union but still impose levies of up to 11.7 percent for five years, the commerce ministry in Beijing said on Thursday. ... more |
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WHO urges US to share Covid origins intelGeneva (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Washington to share any intelligence it may be withholding on the Covid-19 pandemic's origins, despite the United States quitting the WHO. ... more 
Johannesburg residents 'desperate' as taps run dryJohannesburg (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Sitting in the middle of a Johannesburg road as traffic snaked around her, Susan Jobson banged empty bottles to protest the water cuts that have upended her life for nearly three weeks. ... more 
Eat less meat, France urges, for sake of health, climateParis, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 The French government issued a long-awaited report Wednesday urging people to limit meat consumption for their health and also to fight climate change - and not everyone in the country of 'steak-frites' is thrilled. ... more  
Noisy humans harm birds and affect breeding success: studyParis, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Noise pollution is affecting bird behaviour across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday. ... more |
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Climate change fueled conditions for Chile, Argentina wildfires: scientistsBuenos Aires, Argentina (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Climate change made the hot, dry conditions that fueled recent devastating wildfires in southern Chile and Argentina up to three times as likely, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution network of scientists. ... more 
Three-year heatwave bleached half the planet's coral reefs: studyParis, France (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 - a record-setting episode now being eclipsed by another series of devastating heatwaves. ... more  
January was fifth hottest on record despite cold snap: EU monitorParis, France (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 The planet experienced its fifth-hottest January on record despite a cold snap that swept across the United States and Europe, the EU's climate monitor said Tuesday. ... more 
Swiss probing infant formula after babies show symptomsZurich (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Swiss authorities said Monday they were investigating batches of infant formula, following reports of several babies showing symptoms of possible exposure to a toxin. ... more |
 
Somalia signs defence agreement with Saudi ArabiaMogadishu (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Somalia Monday signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, as the Horn of Africa becomes an arena for proxy wars between Gulf monarchies, with Abu Dhabi at loggerheads with Riyadh. ... more  
Japan PM Takaichi basks in historic election triumphTokyo (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Japanese shares rose to record highs Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's conservatives won a historic election landslide with a projected two-thirds majority. ... more  
Warming climate threatens Greenland's ancestral way of lifeSisimiut, Denmark (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 Standing in his boat with binoculars in hand, hunter Malik Kleist scans the horizon for seals. But this February, the sea ice in southwestern Greenland has yet to freeze, threatening traditional livelihoods like his. ... more 
UK's crumbling canals threatened with collapseWhitchurch, United Kingdom (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation. ... more |
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Three dead, many without power after storm lashes France and SpainParis, France (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 Three people have died in weather-related accidents in France and Spain after a storm tore through the region, officials said Friday, ripping up trees and flooding roads and leaving many thousands without power. ... more 
Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward ruptureTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Researchers at Kyoto University have outlined a new physical model in which disturbances in the ionosphere can generate electrostatic forces inside Earths crust that may help trigger large earthquak ... more  
Death toll from heavy snowfall in Japan rises to 46Aomori, Japan (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 Almost three weeks of heavy snowfall has killed 46 people and injured 558 others in Japan, fresh data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency showed Tuesday. ... more  
Huge pit visible in Shanghai after viral sinkhole videoShanghai (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 A gaping sinkhole was visible at a Shanghai construction site on Friday, according to an AFP reporter, a day after dramatic footage purporting to show the ground collapsing went viral. ... more |
Man arrested in Thailand for smuggling rhino horn inside meatBangkok (AFP) Feb 10, 2026 Thai authorities arrested a man for allegedly smuggling more than 11 kilograms of rhino horns inside wrapped meat, in a case officials linked on Tuesday to an international wildlife trafficking network. ... more  
Climate activist group files second lawsuit against SwedenStockholm (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 A group of climate activists said Friday they were filing another lawsuit against the Swedish state for alleged climate inaction, after the Supreme Court threw out their case last year. ... more 
Morocco to spend $330 million on regions ravaged by floods: govtRabat (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 Morocco plans to spend some $330 million on regions hit hardest by weeks of flooding across the country's north that have battered its key agricultural zones, the government said Thursday. ... more 
Senegal Navy searches for three missing sailorsDakar (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 Senegal's Navy launched a massive search effort for three sailors missing after their patrol boat capsized in inclement weather. ... more |
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French court to rule on July 7 in Marine Le Pen graft appeal trialParis, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 A Paris appeals court said Wednesday it will rule on July 7 in a fraud case against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, in what is expected to be a pivotal moment for French politics. ... more 
Southern Indian Ocean waters lose salt as climate shifts currentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 The Southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming markedly less salty, as rising global temperatures reshape wind patterns and ocean currents and drive more freshwater into the r ... more  
Some early life forms may have breathed oxygen well before it filled the atmosphereBoston MA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that has not always been the case. It was not until around 2.3 billion years ago that oxygen became a permanent fixture in the atmosphere, ... more 
Ancient trilobite shells reveal durable chitin and long term carbon storageLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 A UT San Antonio led international team has identified chitin in trilobite fossils more than 500 million years old, marking the first confirmed detection of this organic molecule in the extinct arth ... more |
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