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London (AFP) July 20, 2025 - The UK government on Sunday promised to halve sewage pollution caused by water companies by 2030, after the number of serious contamination incidents in England was revealed to have risen by 60 percent in a year.
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
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
Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2025 - China started building a mega-dam Saturday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.
Jul 19, 2025
Baghdad (AFP) July 19, 2025 - Iraq has detained six local officials and suspended other public employees following a fire that killed 61 people at a shopping mall earlier this week, authorities said Saturday.
Jul 19, 2025
Yangon (AFP) July 19, 2025 - Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country's assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago.
Jul 19, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2025 - Dozens of bags of mildly radioactive soil collected from near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were delivered Saturday to the Japanese prime minister's office, in an effort to show it is safe for reuse.
Jul 19, 2025
Kingston, Jamaica (AFP) July 18, 2025 - After two weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is still far from finalizing rules for extracting coveted metals on the high seas despite heightened pressure triggered by US efforts to fast-track the controversial practice.
Jul 18, 2025
Patna, India (AFP) July 18, 2025 - Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday.
Jul 18, 2025
Washington (AFP) July 18, 2025 - The US Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it was moving ahead with plans to axe its workforce by more than 3,700 employees, as part of sweeping government cuts under President Donald Trump's second term.
Jul 18, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 18, 2025 - In a small, refrigerated room at a Brussels university, parka-wearing scientists chop up Antarctic ice cores tens of thousands of years old in search of clues to our planet's changing climate.
Jul 18, 2025
Paris (AFP) July 18, 2025 - One billion Africans have to cook on open fires or with fuel that is hazardous to their health and the environment, the International Energy Agency said Friday.
Jul 18, 2025
Montreal (AFP) July 18, 2025 - Canada's wildfires have burned more than 13.6 million acres (5.5 million hectares) this year, an area roughly the size of Croatia, officials said Friday as the country endures one of its most destructive fire seasons.
Jul 18, 2025
Gilgit, Pakistan (AFP) July 18, 2025 - Pakistan will ban for five years the construction of new hotels around picturesque lakes in the north that attract tens of thousands of tourists each year, a government agency said.
Jul 18, 2025
Dakar (AFP) July 17, 2025 - France on Thursday formally handed back its last two military bases in Senegal, leaving Paris with no permanent army camps in either west or central Africa.
Jul 17, 2025
Sao Paulo (AFP) July 17, 2025 - Brazil's Congress passed a controversial reform loosening environmental licensing rules on Thursday, prompting backlash from environmentalists as the country prepares to host the COP30 climate summit in November.
Jul 17, 2025
