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Mexico City (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday she was confident of reaching an agreement with US President Donald Trump in a water-sharing dispute, after he threatened new sanctions.
Dec 9, 2025
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - The planet is on track to log its second hottest year on record in 2025, tied with 2023 after a historic high in 2024, Europe's global warming monitor said Tuesday.
Dec 9, 2025
Cotonou, Benin (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - Benin's military was Monday searching for fugitive soldiers behind a foiled coup attempt on the weekend that left several dead as other west African countries mobilised to offer military support.
Dec 9, 2025
Gir National Park, India (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - A powerful roar rocked the forest before the silhouette of a lioness appeared at an Indian reserve, a potent image of how conservation efforts have brought the creatures back from the brink.
Dec 9, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 - In many farming regions, a shortage of agricultural labor is driving interest in robots that can harvest fruit crops such as tomatoes. Tomatoes are difficult for machines to handle because the plant
Dec 9, 2025
Chilaw, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - Long before dawn, people were already queueing for medical aid on Tuesday at an emergency camp in Sri Lanka's coastal town of Chilaw, hit hard by a deadly cyclone and floods.
Dec 9, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported.
Dec 9, 2025
Nairobi (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - Scottish conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who pioneered new understandings of African elephants and made protecting the giant pachyderms a life-long passion, has died at the age of 83, his charity said Tuesday.
Dec 9, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose an additional five percent tariff on Mexico, alleging it is violating a water-sharing treaty.
Dec 9, 2025
Abidjan (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - When Benin's government over the weekend fought back a coup attempt, they had unlikely help: troops and air strikes from neighbouring countries.
Dec 9, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - Human Rights Watch called on allies of the United States on Tuesday to speak out against a series of unlawful strikes on what Washington says were drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
Dec 9, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 - The death toll in Hong Kong's worst fire in decades rose to 160 after an additional body was identified, police said on Tuesday, adding that six people were still listed as missing.
Dec 9, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 - US residents will be able to enter its national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite for free on President Donald Trump's birthday in the latest move by his administration to elevate his profile.
Dec 8, 2025
Colombo (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 - Sri Lanka has doubled its military deployment to regions struck by a cyclone that has killed 635, sending tens of thousands of troops to help areas hit by a wave of destruction, the army said Monday.
Dec 8, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 - The United Nations on Monday hit out at global apathy over widespread suffering as it launched its 2026 appeal for humanitarian assistance, which is limited in scope as aid operations confront major funding cuts.
Dec 8, 2025
Madrid (AFP) Dec 8, 2025 - Four people died in Tenerife over the weekend and one remained missing after a wave swept away bathers on the Spanish tourist island hotspot, according to the authorities.
Dec 8, 2025
