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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 - As part of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look event in June 2025, Rubin announced that it had observed thousands of asteroids cruising about our Solar System, about 1900 of which have
Jan 8, 2026
Copenhagen (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - US President Donald Trump has stepped up his designs on taking over Denmark's autonomous territory Greenland, but questions abound about why he has taken an aggressive stance when the US already has extensive access to the Arctic island.
Jan 8, 2026
Nairobi (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - The African Union reaffirmed its commitment to the One China policy, denying Taiwan's independence, during a visit by China's top diplomat Wang Yi to its headquarters in Ethiopia on Thursday.
Jan 8, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty and the world's leading global warming assessment body, as part of a sweeping exit from the United Nations system, the White House announced Wednesday.
Jan 8, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty as part of a sweeping exit from collective global action, the White House announced Wednesday.
Jan 8, 2026
Tirana, Albania (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - The body of a man was pulled from floodwaters in Albania on Thursday, police said, as swollen rivers in the country's south forced more evacuations following days of heavy snow and torrential rain across the Balkans.
Jan 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 - New analyses of oxygen isotopes in deep-sea microfossils indicate that large shifts in the mid Oligocene benthic foraminifera record primarily reflect temperature changes in the abyssal Southern Oce
Jan 8, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 08, 2026 - Researchers at the University of Delaware have transformed discarded corn cobs and other agricultural byproducts into high performance biochar filters that capture both ammonia and tiny plastic part
Jan 8, 2026
Sydney (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - Firefighters warned millions of Australians of catastrophic bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country.
Jan 8, 2026
Oslo (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - Norway recorded its hottest year ever in 2025, following a strong summer heatwave and an unusually mild winter that started late in the year, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute said Monday.
Jan 7, 2026
Binghamton NY (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 - When we think of global warming, what first comes to mind is the air: crushing heatwaves that are felt rather than seen, except through the haziness of humid air. But when it comes to melting ice sh
Jan 7, 2026
Phnom Penh (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was indicted by the United States on fraud and money-laundering charges for running a multibillion-dollar cyberscam network from Cambodia, has been arrested there and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said Wednesday.
Jan 7, 2026
Berlin (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - The North Sea experienced its warmest year on record in 2025, Germany's national agency for maritime affairs and hydrology (BSH) said Wednesday.
Jan 7, 2026
Epuyen, Argentina (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - Argentine authorities have evacuated some 3,000 tourists from a sparsely populated Patagonian district ravaged by wildfires for days, officials said Wednesday.
Jan 7, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - China's top diplomat kicks off a New Year trip to Africa on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said, seeking to boost trade on a four-country circuit that includes several recent political hotspots.
Jan 7, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 07, 2026 - Hydrothermal vent fields along mid-ocean ridges form where seawater penetrates the oceanic crust, heats to more than 400 degrees Celsius, and then rises back to the seafloor with dissolved chemicals
Jan 7, 2026
