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Istanbul (AFP) July 4, 2025 - A rare blanket of heavy snow fell on parts of northeastern Turkey on Friday as other parts of the country battled a growing number of wildfires.
Jul 4, 2025
Sydney (AFP) July 3, 2025 - China's embassy in Fiji has insisted Beijing is not seeking a military base in the South Pacific, saying aid pledged to developing island nations came with no political strings attached.
Jul 3, 2025
Agadir, Morocco (AFP) July 3, 2025 - On the drought-stricken plains of Morocco's Chtouka region, cherry tomato farms stretch as far as the eye can see, clinging to life through a single, environmentally contentious lifeline: desalination.
Jul 3, 2025
Paris (AFP) July 3, 2025 - Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System - only the third ever spotted, though scientists suspect many more may slip past unnoticed.
Jul 3, 2025
Washington (AFP) July 3, 2025 - With the passage of his party's One Big Beautiful Bill, Republican President Donald Trump has largely delivered on his promise of curtailing Joe Biden's landmark climate law.
Jul 3, 2025
Leuk, Switzerland (AFP) July 3, 2025 - In a Swiss pine forest, the treetops are being sprayed with mist in a bid to discover the effect that drier or wetter air has on their ability to survive.
Jul 3, 2025
Serra Pelada, Brazil (AFP) July 3, 2025 - Four decades after Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado shot a human anthill of mud-spattered miners digging for gold in the middle of the Amazon, some of the garimpeiros, now into their 70s, are still hoping to get lucky.
Jul 3, 2025
Paris (AFP) July 2, 2025 - After days of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe, relief will start to arrive from the Atlantic on Wednesday, bringing thunderstorms and cooler temperatures to parts of western Europe.
Jul 2, 2025
Sydney (AFP) July 2, 2025 - Fiji's prime minister said Wednesday that China should not be allowed to gain a permanent military foothold in the strategically contested South Pacific region.
Jul 2, 2025
Brookes Point, Philippines (AFP) July 2, 2025 - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.
Jul 2, 2025
Bamako (AFP) July 2, 2025 - People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday following the major assault which killed a civilian.
Jul 2, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 2, 2025 - The Pentagon is establishing a fourth military defense zone along the U.S.-Mexico border, where American soldiers can apprehend noncitizens on charges of trespassing, the Pentagon's chief spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday, amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.
Jul 2, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 2, 2025 - President Donald Trump's decision to order the bombings of three nuclear sites in Iran has heightened concern about the United States entering another war in the Middle East.
Jul 2, 2025
Vlore, Albania (AFP) July 2, 2025 - As dawn broke, fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauled his net on board his battered skiff, but after a whole night in the Adriatic, the catch was too small to even feed his family.
Jul 2, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) July 2, 2025 - The Japanese government said that much more needs to be done to prepare for a possible megaquake to reduce the feared death toll of up to 300,000 people.
Jul 2, 2025
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) July 2, 2025 - Heavy rains spurred by global warming caused natural disasters in eight out of 10 Brazilian cities between 2020 and 2023, three times more than in the 1990s, according to a study published Tuesday.
Jul 2, 2025
