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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
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
Paris (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - From US President Donald Trump's all-out push for fossil fuels to political squabbles in Europe, governments are retreating on their climate promises. But most people around the world still see global warming as a serious threat.
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
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
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - The US military on Wednesday struck another boat in the eastern Pacific it claimed was trafficking drugs, killing four people, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from Washington's controversial anti-narcotics campaign to at least 62.
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
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - Radio Free Asia, founded nearly three decades ago to report on China and other Asian countries without independent media, said Wednesday it will halt production after the US government ceased funding.
Oct 30, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2025 - The U.S. Department of State on Thursday ordered non-emergency employees and their family members to leave Mali, where the government is in armed conflict with al-Qaida-linked terrorists.
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
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 - Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, was made four times more likely because of human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis said Wednesday.
Oct 30, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 30, 2025 - Axelspace Corporation has signed memorandums of understanding with the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) and the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) i
Oct 30, 2025
Abidjan (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 - Alassane Ouattara begins his fourth term as Ivory Coast's president with his grip on the west African nation seemingly stronger than ever after winning re-election with a crushing 89.77 percent.
Oct 29, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025 - A team of US researchers has found the oldest directly dated ice and air samples on Earth in the Allan Hills of East Antarctica. The ice, aged at 6 million years, contains ancient air bubbles that p
Oct 29, 2025
Paris (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 - Wealthy countries are failing to meet their promised targets to provide a funding lifeline to help poorer nations prepare for worsening climate calamities, the UN warned Wednesday.
Oct 29, 2025
Madrid (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 - One year after historic floods killed 229 people in Valencia, the Spanish region's leader Carlos Mazon has faced mounting criticism over his handling of the disaster and defied calls to resign.
Oct 29, 2025
