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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
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
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
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
Baghdad (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - Several Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have called for a general strike on Thursday in Iran in support of the protests in the Islamic republic, one of the exiled parties told AFP.
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
Caracas (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 - Fifty-five Cuban and Venezuelan military personnel were killed during the US raid to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, according to tolls published Tuesday by the two Latin American allies.
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
Damascus (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - Clashes between government personnel and Kurdish-led forces in the north Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least seven people on Tuesday, mostly civilians, with both sides trading blame over who started the fighting.
Jan 6, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - Freezing temperatures plunged swathes of Europe into a second day of travel chaos on Tuesday, with six people dying in weather-related accidents during the continent's bitterest cold snap this winter so far.
Jan 6, 2026
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - Torrential rains battered Indonesia's Siau island, causing a flash flood that killed at least 16 people, with another three missing, authorities said Tuesday.
Jan 6, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - US air strikes on Venezuela and the seizing of the country's leader on the weekend clearly undermined a fundamental principle of international law, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Jan 6, 2026
Bangkok (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said Tuesday, warning the trend was likely a widespread phenomenon.
Jan 6, 2026
Buffalo NY (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 - The first study from GreenDrill - a project co-led by the University at Buffalo to collect rocks and sediment buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet - has found that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap was com
Jan 6, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - A Japanese nuclear plant operator said it may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks to regulators, as Japan moves to revive nuclear power nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.
Jan 6, 2026
