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Geneva (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 - Negotiations on a global treaty on plastic pollution are being blocked by oil-producing countries and getting bogged down in a dialogue of the deaf, sources at the talks told AFP on Thursday.
Aug 7, 2025
Cairo (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 - Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first official foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries.
Aug 7, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 - A remote Pacific nation selling passports to fund climate action has approved just six applicants since early this year, but officials said Thursday that interest in joining the low-lying, largely barren island is increasing.
Aug 7, 2025
Saint-Laurent-De-La-Cabrerisse, France (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - French firefighters on Wednesday battled to halt the spread of a wildfire in the south of the country that has left one person dead as emergency workers in Spain subdued a fire that had forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from a resort.
Aug 6, 2025
Gevgelija, Macedonia (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - Deep in the rugged forests of North Macedonia, small-hydropower developers are facing off with activists who warn that a thirst for lucrative green energy contracts is threatening the country's rivers.
Aug 6, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - Cases of chikungunya fever are rising in southern China, prompting local authorities to take measures to curb its spread.
Aug 6, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - Pacific nation the Cook Islands said Wednesday it will work with the United States in a push towards deep-sea mining, an emerging industry of keen interest to both Washington and Beijing.
Aug 6, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - China has extended a months-long investigation into whether beef imports had harmed the domestic industry, the commerce ministry said Wednesday.
Aug 6, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 6, 2025 - The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak in mid August, allowing stargazers to see up to 100 shooting stars per hour.
Aug 6, 2025
Lusaka (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - The US on Wednesday ordered staff in Zambia to immediately leave an area around a massive copper dam spill six months ago following new information about toxic pollution including carcinogens.
Aug 6, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment on Wednesday to search for scores of people missing a day after deadly Himalayan flash floods.
Aug 6, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 - A major aquifer in Australia's Northern Territory is drying at a concerning pace, with losses now visible from satellite observations, according to a new study led by Griffith University.
Aug 6, 2025
Zurich (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Wednesday.
Aug 6, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 - Scientists at Harvard University have reconstructed the movement and function of 500-million-year-old trilobite limbs, offering new insight into one of Earth's earliest arthropods. By analyzing 156
Aug 6, 2025
London (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - The British government on Wednesday asked China explain partially redacted plans it has submitted for its new London embassy project, which has fanned worries from residents and human rights advocates.
Aug 6, 2025
Lagos (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 - Nigerian weather forecasters on Wednesday warned that parts of 21 of the country's 36 states are likely to experience flooding in coming days due to heavy rains, as Lagos officials warned residents in some areas to evacuate.
Aug 6, 2025
