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Washington (AFP) Sept 05, 2013 - The giant panda cub born 13 days ago at the National Zoo in Washington is female and she has a live-in dad, the zoo said Thursday.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2013 - The gunman who slaughtered 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard stalked his victims like a hunter, officials said Thursday in the chilling first portrait of how the carnage unfolded.
Jun 26, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2020 - Hong Kong's plan to test every resident for the coronavirus is being hobbled by limited take-up as a wary public steer clear of the China-backed health scheme.
Jun 26, 2026
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2016 - UN member-states adopted a plan on Monday to tackle the biggest refugee crisis since World War II amid dire warnings about rising xenophobia in Europe and the collapse of countries bordering war-shattered Syria.
Jun 26, 2026
Almasfuzito, Hungary (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 - Greenpeace staged Thursday a protest against the storage of dangerous substances at a red mud reservoir in Hungary like the one where a massive spill killed 10 people last year.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2013 - A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts on Friday.
Jun 26, 2026
Honolulu (AFP) Sept 6, 2016 - Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the planet, a major scientific report said on Monday.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2020 - Global warming is making the oceans more stable, increasing surface temperatures and reducing the carbon they can absorb, according to research published Monday by climate scientists who warned that the findings have profound and troubling implications.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2023 - Warmer seas, political chaos and inadequate infrastructure combined with devastating effect in the flooding that has killed more than 2,300 people in Libya, experts said on Tuesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Werder, Germany (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 - The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, where climate change has transformed winemaking.
Jun 26, 2026
Sydney (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 - A secret world of animals and plants - including unknown species - may live in warm caves under Antarctica's glaciers, scientists said Friday.
Jun 26, 2026
New York (AFP) Sept 19, 2008 - At the end of a week that saw global stock markets plunge to dizzying lows and soar to breathtaking heights, shell-shocked traders seem to agree on one thing: they had never seen anything like this before.
Jun 26, 2026
Monaco (AFP) Sept 23, 2019 - The fate of the world's coastal regions and the hundreds of millions of people who inhabit them depend on a block of ice atop West Antarctica on track to lift global oceans by at least three metres.
Jun 26, 2026
Kathmandu (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Asian countries to prepare for a surge in swine flu cases as the northern hemisphere's winter approaches.
Jun 26, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 22, 2009 - The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was worried that up to a quarter of the fatal swine flu cases in the Western Pacific were patients with no underlying medical condition.
Jun 26, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Sept 22, 2021 - The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year.
Jun 26, 2026
