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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 - A recent study presents ACA-SIM, an atmospheric correction algorithm that uses satellite-in situ matchup data and neural networks to improve ocean color retrievals over coastal waters. The approach
Jan 1, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 - Wildland fires that burn forests, grasslands and peat may release more airborne organic compounds than previously recognized, according to a new analysis of emissions from 1997 to 2023. Researchers
Jan 1, 2026
Taipei (AFP) Jan 1, 2026 - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed on Thursday to defend the democratic island's sovereignty in a New Year's speech, after China carried out military drills.
Jan 1, 2026
Sydney (AFP) Jan 1, 2026 - Australia's government is disappointed with China's decision to impose new beef import tariffs, with one industry group warning the move could damage trade worth over AU$1 billion between the two countries.
Jan 1, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 - Researchers tracking how antibiotic resistance genes move from soil into soybean plants report that black carbon produced by straw burning can offset the resistance intensifying effects of plastic m
Jan 1, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 - Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to AFP analysis based on data from the European Copernicus programme.
Dec 31, 2025
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 - For eight days, Sudanese farmer Ibrahim Hussein led his family through treacherous terrain to flee the fighting in southern Kordofan - the latest and most volatile front in the country's 31-month-old conflict.
Dec 31, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 - China successfully completed military drills around Taiwan that included live-fire exercises aimed at simulating a blockade of key ports and assaults on maritime targets, its military said on Wednesday.
Dec 31, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 - China said on Wednesday it will impose additional 55 percent tariffs on some beef imports from countries including Brazil, Australia and the United States that exceed a certain quantity from January 1.
Dec 31, 2025
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 30, 2025 - The French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives.
Dec 30, 2025
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 30, 2025 - A French ban on the production and sale of cosmetics and most clothing containing polluting and health-threatening forever chemicals goes into force on Thursday.
Dec 30, 2025
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 30, 2025 - Fourteen-year-old Estella spends her weekdays studying Spanish, rock climbing or learning acupuncture in her living room as part of her homeschooling since she left China's gruelling public school system.
Dec 30, 2025
Helsinki (AFP) Dec 29, 2025 - Finland will allow limited hunting of wolves next year to manage their growing population, repealing year-round protections that had been in place since 1973.
Dec 29, 2025
Manila (AFP) Dec 29, 2025 - In a library in the Philippines, a dice rattles on the surface of a board before coming to a stop, putting one of its players straight into the path of a powerful typhoon.
Dec 29, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2025 - China strongly criticized on Monday the weekend demolition by Panamanian authorities of a monument to Beijing's contributions to the Panama Canal.
Dec 29, 2025
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 29, 2025 - Iraq's new parliament elected a senior figure from the Sunni Taqadom party as its speaker Monday, the first session since November elections that consolidated the main parties' grip on power.
Dec 29, 2025
