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Mainz, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 - Nitrogen-based fertilizers are essential for modern agriculture, and compounds like ammonia and urea are also widely used in industry. However, their conventional production and use pose major envir
Oct 31, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 - Researchers from Binghamton University will investigate how increased moisture transport during ancient warm climates contributed to the growth of Antarctic ice sheets. This work, funded by the Nati
Oct 31, 2025
Samburu, Kenya (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 - God, God, God, protect them, chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn't rained since April.
Oct 31, 2025
Mumbai, India (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 - Indian customs officers have arrested a plane passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from smugglers at Mumbai's airport.
Oct 31, 2025
London, UK (SPX) Oct 31, 2025 - University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new way to measure the impact of global food production on the survival of other species. Their analysis shows that between 700 and 1,100 vertebr
Oct 31, 2025
Bissau (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 - Guinea-Bissau's army announced Friday it had thwarted an attempt to subvert the constitutional order and arrested several senior military officers on the eve of the start of general election campaigning.
Oct 31, 2025
Comoe National Park, Ivory Coast (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 - Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.
Oct 31, 2025
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 - President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the Nuclear Option of scrapping the key 60-vote threshold required for the Senate to advance legislation, as Republicans face mounting pressure to end the US federal shutdown.
Oct 31, 2025
Mexico City (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - Mexico's navy on Thursday rescued 28 teenagers from a boat in the Pacific Ocean off its west coast, authorities said.
Oct 30, 2025
Macau (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - One of the last independent media outlets in Macau will close operations in December, the platform said on Thursday, citing increasing pressure and risks.
Oct 30, 2025
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Oct 30, 2025 - Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crysta
Oct 30, 2025
Hoi An, Vietnam (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - Major flooding that killed 10 people in central Vietnam this week also turned streets in Hoi An into canals on Thursday after a major river reached a 60-year high, authorities said.
Oct 30, 2025
Athens (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - Greece on Thursday said it would invest 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) over the next decade to tackle a mounting drought challenge threatening Athens and Thessaloniki, its two largest cities, and many of its islands.
Oct 30, 2025
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 30, 2025 - 2024 was the hottest year on record and likely the hottest in at least 125,000 years, according to an annual report issued by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists.
Oct 30, 2025
St. Ann, Jamaica (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - In the north coast parish of St. Ann, almost all residents are without power - and many of them woke up without a roof over their heads after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, downing trees, utility poles and anything in its path.
Oct 30, 2025
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - The head of the UN's flagship climate fund has announced a record-breaking year for approving projects in vulnerable countries, crediting red-tape-cutting reforms for the achievement that includes a major desalination project in Jordan.
Oct 30, 2025
