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Paris, France (AFP) Dec 17, 2025 - Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record in 2025, the IEA said Wednesday, thanks in part to policy measures introduced by the Trump administration to boost the industry.
Dec 17, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 - A weak La Nina has re-established itself in the equatorial Pacific Ocean after a pause of several months, with below-average sea surface temperatures observed since September 2025 and persisting int
Dec 17, 2025
Joanópolis, Brazil (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - Brazil's megalopolis Sao Paulo faces a new water crisis as the lowest rainfall in a decade has turned its main reservoir into mere streams surrounded by cracked earth, prompting water rationing.
Dec 16, 2025
Zurich (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - Global economic losses from natural disasters are projected to have dropped by 33 percent to $220 billion in 2025, despite the damage wrought by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday.
Dec 16, 2025
Hanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse.
Dec 16, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather.
Dec 16, 2025
Kathmandu (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - Nepal launched on Tuesday a nationwide tiger census, a key step in conservation efforts to aid the recovery of the big cats that once faced near extinction in the Himalayan nation.
Dec 16, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - The EU proposed Tuesday to grant indefinite approval for some pesticides - barring the most hazardous - in a push to cut red tape and costs for companies criticised by environmental groups.
Dec 16, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 - Human activity in central Italy has coincided with the evolution of a small, isolated brown bear population that is now less aggressive and more closely adapted to living near people. A study
Dec 16, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 - Strikes on three alleged narco-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed eight people on Monday, according to the US military, as part of an ongoing campaign that has ended more than 90 lives.
Dec 16, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 - A Chinese man who left his country after filming at sites of alleged human rights violations against Uyghurs now faces the risk of removal from the United States, his lawyer and mother told AFP.
Dec 15, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 - China sanctioned the Japanese military's former top officer Monday for colluding with 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces, Beijing's foreign ministry said, as a weeks-long row with Tokyo simmers.
Dec 15, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 - Emergency officials on Monday urged evacuations for residents near the northwestern US city of Seattle after a levee breached from heavy rains in the region.
Dec 15, 2025
Rabat (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 - Flash-flooding caused by sudden, heavy rain killed at least 21 people in the Moroccan coastal town of Safi on Sunday, local authorities said.
Dec 15, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 - Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on all three charges in his national security trial on Monday, convictions that rights groups denounced as the death knell for press freedoms in the Chinese financial hub.
Dec 15, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 - The daughter of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was convicted on Monday, warned China her father would be a martyr if he dies in prison, as she voiced alarm again for his health.
Dec 15, 2025
