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Tokyo (AFP) June 26, 2025 - A remote island chain in southern Japan has been rattled by more than 470 earthquakes since Saturday, the national weather agency said on Thursday, calling for residents to stay alert.
Jun 26, 2025
Rome (AFP) June 26, 2025 - An Italian court on Thursday sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water used by hundreds of thousands of people with PFAS, or forever chemicals.
Jun 26, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 26, 2025 - European leaders gathered in Brussels are expected Thursday to discuss the EU's delayed 2040 emission reduction target, with nations divided between keeping the bloc's ambitious plans or scaling them down.
Jun 26, 2025
Santiago (AFP) June 26, 2025 - Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow.
Jun 26, 2025
Dhaka (AFP) June 26, 2025 - Photographs of a leopard snapped by camera traps in forests in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts have raised hopes among conservationists working to save the critically endangered species.
Jun 26, 2025
Raleigh, NC (SPX) Jun 26, 2025 - A new study is shedding light on why solar radiation is more effective than other forms of energy at causing water to evaporate. The key factor turns out to be the oscillating electric field inheren
Jun 26, 2025
Rome (AFP) June 26, 2025 - A verdict is expected Thursday in the trial of 15 managers of a chemical plant accused of knowingly contaminating the water of hundreds of thousands of people in Italy.
Jun 26, 2025
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2025 - Six people have died from floods inundating China's Guizhou province, state media said Thursday, after more than 80,000 people were driven from their homes this week.
Jun 26, 2025
Sun City, South Africa (AFP) June 26, 2025 - Africa must take charge of its development through trade and investment, a senior World Trade Organization official said Thursday, warning that rising defence budgets in donor countries will further squeeze aid.
Jun 26, 2025
Dalton, United States (AFP) June 25, 2025 - Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift for their children and grandchildren.
Jun 25, 2025
Chittagong, Bangladesh (AFP) June 25, 2025 - Mizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33 feet) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh - where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet their end - when the vibrations shook him from the upper deck.
Jun 25, 2025
Bogotá (AFP) June 25, 2025 - A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 10 people and injured eight others Tuesday near the Colombian city of Medellin, government officials said.
Jun 25, 2025
Bonn (AFP) June 25, 2025 - Turkey on Wednesday doubled down on its pitch to host 2026 UN climate talks, defying calls to step aside and let rival candidate Australia stage the high-profile global event.
Jun 25, 2025
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2025 - China's top prosecutor has issued a rare admission that torture and unlawful detention takes place in the country's justice system, vowing to crack down on illegal practices by law enforcement officials.
Jun 25, 2025
Paris (AFP) June 25, 2025 - Legal efforts to block or unwind action on climate change are rising across the globe, new research showed Wednesday, particularly in the United States which leads the world on anti-green litigation.
Jun 25, 2025
Zagreb (AFP) June 25, 2025 - Firefighters across the Balkans were facing warnings of more wildfires and millions were told to stay at home during the hottest parts of the day, as a heatwave intensified on Wednesday.
Jun 25, 2025
