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Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, was walking through the Dades Valley in the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco when she saw somethi
Jan 14, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 - The United States said Wednesday that hurricane relief flights it promised Cuba months ago would now begin, even as Washington talks tough with Havana after ousting Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.
Jan 14, 2026
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 - Indian writer Amitav Ghosh has long chronicled the entangled histories of empire, trade and migration.
Jan 14, 2026
Patna, India (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - Indian wildlife officers are hunting a rampaging wild elephant blamed for killing at least 20 people and injuring 15 others in the forests of Jharkhand, villagers and officials said Tuesday.
Jan 13, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 - When audiences watched the film The Day After Tomorrow, they saw an exaggerated Hollywood depiction of abrupt climate disruption, but the underlying concept that Earth's climate can shift rapidly ha
Jan 13, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - Are You Dead?, an app that sounds the alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, was one of China's top-selling paid apps on Tuesday as the country's growing class of solo dwellers flocked to download it.
Jan 13, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - David Webb, a Hong Kong activist investor who campaigned for market transparency and democratic accountability, died on Tuesday aged 60, according to a statement posted on his social media.
Jan 13, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - A panel of Hong Kong judges will mull the sentence of convicted media mogul Jimmy Lai after concluding two days of arguments on Tuesday, with one judge saying it was not an easy task.
Jan 13, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 - About 445 million years ago, a global environmental crisis reshaped life in the oceans, drying out many shallow seas and driving one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's history. During this L
Jan 13, 2026
Yangon, 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.
Jan 13, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take Greenland by force from NATO ally Denmark in order to keep the Arctic island from Beijing's hands.
Jan 13, 2026
Vienna (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - Freezing rain led to travel disruptions in Central Europe on Tuesday, including flights being temporarily suspended at several airports.
Jan 13, 2026
Lagos (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - The United States on Tuesday said it had delivered critical military supplies to Nigeria after staging Christmas Day strikes targeting militants in the restive northwest.
Jan 13, 2026
Vienna Jan 13, 2026 - An avalanche killed a 13-year-old skiing off-piste in the Austrian alpine resort of Bad Gastein on Tuesday, in the country's second avalanche death since Sunday, rescuers said.
Jan 13, 2026
Tirana, Albania (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - As flooding receded in parts of Albania on Tuesday, the Balkan nation's polluted waterways are being blamed for worsening the impacts amid fears that floodwaters filled with plastic waste could reach the Adriatic Sea.
Jan 13, 2026
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 - At least 18 people have died while several homes were swept away in a landslide triggered after heavy downpours overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources told AFP Tuesday.
Jan 13, 2026
