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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
New York (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges at a defiant appearance in a New York court Monday, two days after being snatched by US forces in a stunning raid on his home in Caracas.
Jan 6, 2026
Binghamton NY (SPX) Jan 06, 2026 - Finding one tick on your body is scary enough - tick-borne diseases are serious - but what if you found more than 10 on yourself in just one month? That's the plight of some farmers as the threat of
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
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
Afghanistan (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 - A clash over gold mining in northern Afghanistan has resulted in casualties, a Taliban official told AFP on Tuesday, after a resident said multiple people were killed in the violence.
Jan 6, 2026
Manila (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - A former Philippine air force general accused of encouraging the military to abandon President Ferdinand Marcos was arrested on a charge of sedition Monday at Manila's international airport.
Jan 5, 2026
Ghunjan, Afghanistan (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - Habibullah set off from his home in western Afghanistan determined to find work in Iran, only for the 15-year-old to freeze to death while walking across the mountainous frontier.
Jan 5, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo's main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.
Jan 5, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Guinea's junta chief on his presidential election victory, state media reported Monday, a day after the African country's supreme court validated his landslide result.
Jan 5, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - A conservation group sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over its failure to act on protecting American horseshoe crabs, which are increasingly threatened by the harvesting of their blood for drug safety testing.
Jan 5, 2026
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 - A new international assessment details how the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai volcano in the South Pacific altered the stratosphere, atmospheric chemistry, and radiation while
Jan 5, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - Close to 200 US military personnel entered the Venezuelan capital Caracas as part of the operation to seize leftist leader Nicolas Maduro, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Monday.
Jan 5, 2026
Moscow (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - Three members of a family, including a child, have been injured by a polar bear in a rare attack in the far north of Siberia, Russian officials said Monday.
Jan 5, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 5, 2026 - The Pentagon has issued a letter of censure to Democratic Senator Mark Kelly and may reduce his military rank in retirement over a video urging US personnel to refuse illegal orders, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday.
Jan 5, 2026
Altadena, United States (AFP) Jan 4, 2026 - Less than a year after watching flames raze his home in the Altadena foothills, Ted Koerner has moved into a brand new house, one of the first to rebuild in this Los Angeles suburb.
Jan 4, 2026
