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The Hague (AFP) July 21, 2025 - The top United Nations court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that also sets out top polluters' responsibilities towards the countries suffering most.
Jul 21, 2025
Reykjavik (AFP) July 21, 2025 - Iceland experts on Monday blamed a lack of wind for a volcanic cloud that has lingered over much of the island since an eruption last week.
Jul 21, 2025
Belgrade (AFP) July 21, 2025 - Firefighters battled forest blazes across North Macedonia and Albania on Monday as a new heatwave built up in the Balkans.
Jul 21, 2025
Athens (AFP) July 21, 2025 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday said that his government was creating two new protected marine areas, fulfilling a promise he made at a United Nations conference on the oceans in June.
Jul 21, 2025
Washington (AFP) July 21, 2025 - The 700 US Marines in Los Angeles are being withdrawn, ending a contentious deployment of the troops in the city, the Pentagon announced on Monday.
Jul 21, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP) July 21, 2025 - The International Seabed Authority (ISA) issued a veiled warning Monday to Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) over its plans to launch deep-sea mining operations in international waters via US authorization.
Jul 21, 2025
Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (AFP) July 21, 2025 - Gloria Cuevas thought she would live forever in her pink, century-old house on Puerto Rico's west coast - but then her landlord decided to transform the home into an Airbnb.
Jul 21, 2025
Washington (AFP) July 20, 2025 - Authorities in Texas have sharply lowered the number of people still believed missing after catastrophic flooding earlier this month, saying the search continued for three individuals in the worst-hit area of the US state.
Jul 20, 2025
Moscow (AFP) July 20, 2025 - A tsunami alert was lifted after a series of powerful earthquakes off the coast of Russia's far east on Sunday did not result in deadly waves, according to the Russian emergencies ministry.
Jul 20, 2025
Thailand (AFP) July 20, 2025 - The patient lay prone on the operating table. An IV line snaking from his left leg, near the wound from the tranquilliser dart that sedated him.
Jul 20, 2025
Paris (AFP) July 20, 2025 - More than a million people Sunday had signed a petition urging the French government to ditch a law allowing the reintroduction of a banned pesticide experts say is deadly to bees.
Jul 20, 2025
Tehran (AFP) July 20, 2025 - Iranian authorities have urged residents to limit water consumption as the country grapples with severe shortages amid an ongoing heatwave, local media said Sunday.
Jul 20, 2025
Sydney (AFP) July 20, 2025 - China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday.
Jul 20, 2025
Kafr Malik, Palestinian Territories (AFP) July 20, 2025 - From his monitoring station on a remote hill in the occupied West Bank, water operator Subhil Olayan keeps watch over a lifeline for Palestinians, the Ein Samiyah spring.
Jul 20, 2025
Kingston, Jamaica (AFP) July 20, 2025 - Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged sea floor ecosystems - or how long it would take.
Jul 20, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) July 20, 2025 - Hong Kong was battered by strong winds and heavy rain on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha skirted along China's southern coast, with fallen trees and collapsed scaffolding spotted across the city.
Jul 20, 2025
