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Madrid (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - Three men died and thousands were forced from their homes on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.
Aug 12, 2025
Paris (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - More than half (52 percent) of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was hit by drought in July for the fourth consecutive month, according to an AFP analysis of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data.
Aug 12, 2025
Santiago (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - Scientists have discovered the fossil of a tiny mouse-sized mammal that lived in the time of the dinosaurs in Chilean Patagonia.
Aug 12, 2025
Paris (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a controversial bill that bars the reintroduction of a bee-killing pesticide following a groundswell of public opposition.
Aug 12, 2025
Madrid (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - A man died after suffering burns and thousands fled their homes in Spain on Tuesday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.
Aug 12, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but not at any cost, the EU's environment commissioner insisted Tuesday.
Aug 12, 2025
Paris (AFP) Aug 12, 2025 - Ahead of the first UN climate summit in the Amazon, its president has defended the choice of Belem to host the conference where scarce affordable accomodation could exclude the very people Brazil says it wants to bring into the heart of the debate.
Aug 12, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 - Talks on sealing a landmark treaty to tackle the global scourge of plastic pollution were still stuck in second gear on Monday, with time running out to bridge the chasm between the most ambitious countries and oil-producing states.
Aug 11, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2025 - The United States on Monday designated the Pakistan-based separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army and its Majeed Brigade suicide attack unit as foreign terrorist organizations.
Aug 11, 2025
Rome (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 - Italy's defence minister said in an interview published Monday that Israel's government had lost its reason and humanity over Gaza and signalled an openness to potential sanctions.
Aug 11, 2025
Paris (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 - As Europe and North America endure or brace for yet another wave of sweltering heat and out-of-control wildfires this summer, experts are sounding the alarm over heat stress.
Aug 11, 2025
Bamako (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 - Mali's junta has carried out arrests to quash an alleged plot to overthrow the government within the army's ranks, sources told AFP, but the circumstances of the detentions remain unexplained.
Aug 11, 2025
Manila (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos warned Monday that his country would be dragged kicking and screaming into any war over Taiwan, but must prepare for it.
Aug 11, 2025
London Aug 11, 2025 - England's water shortfall was classed as nationally significant as it experienced its driest first six months of the year since 1976, the Environment Agency said on Tuesday.
Aug 11, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 - Japanese authorities on Monday urged residents to evacuate their homes after heavy rains unleashed floods and landslides in the country's southwest, leaving several people missing.
Aug 11, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2025 - The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss Gaza and the Middle East, specifically Israel's plan announced Friday to seize control of Gaza City.
Aug 10, 2025
