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Washington (AFP) June 14, 2025 - Flooding from heavy rains in the southern US state of Texas led to at least 10 deaths, officials reported Friday, with several additional people reported missing.
Jun 14, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 14, 2025 - A credible threat led to the temporary closing of the Texas Capitol building in Austin on Saturday, but it reopened after police arrested the suspect.
Jun 14, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 14, 2025 - Rain dampened President Donald Trump's parade to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th birthday with thousands of troops, 150 vehicles and 50 aircraft as a flyover was canceled because of poor weather.
Jun 14, 2025
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2025 - As Donald Trump supporters queued to watch a military parade in Washington, hundreds of protesters marched less than a mile away chanting that the US president was a fascist.
Jun 14, 2025
Nice, France (AFP) June 13, 2025 - A summit on the state of global oceans concludes Friday with nations having tested the waters on deep-sea mining and making strides towards protecting unpoliced reaches of the high seas.
Jun 13, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) June 13, 2025 - A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president's decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Governor Gavin Newsom's objections was illegal.
Jun 13, 2025
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 13, 2025 - Kazakhstan on Friday blamed human activity and climate change for the mass deaths of an endangered seal species in the Caspian Sea, the world's biggest inland body of water.
Jun 13, 2025
Beijing (AFP) June 13, 2025 - Chinese authorities on the southern island of Hainan have evacuated thousands of people, closed schools and halted rail services ahead of the expected landfall of Typhoon Wutip later on Friday, state media said.
Jun 13, 2025
Mthatha, South Africa (AFP) June 13, 2025 - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Friday with survivors of devastating floods that killed at least 78 people in the impoverished Eastern Cape province, blaming the catastrophic disaster on climate change.
Jun 13, 2025
Paris (AFP) June 13, 2025 - Harnessing ocean currents to boost fuel efficiency of vessels, or tracking whales using sensor data and AI - startups at Paris trade fair Vivatech have been showing off the latest innovations aimed at protecting the environment.
Jun 13, 2025
Nice, France (AFP) June 13, 2025 - A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown when nations meet to negotiate rules for deep-sea mining next month.
Jun 13, 2025
Mthatha, South Africa (AFP) June 12, 2025 - South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll rose to at least 78.
Jun 12, 2025
Washington (AFP) June 12, 2025 - Donald Trump's dream of hosting a grand military parade in Washington will come true on Saturday when tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops rumble through the capital on the US president's 79th birthday.
Jun 12, 2025
Taipei (AFP) June 12, 2025 - A Chinese ship captain was sentenced to three years in a Taiwanese prison on Thursday for deliberately severing an undersea telecoms cable off the self-ruled island.
Jun 12, 2025
Copenhagen (AFP) June 12, 2025 - Oil pollution forced the closure Thursday of beaches on a tourist island off eastern Denmark, authorities announced.
Jun 12, 2025
Paris (AFP) June 12, 2025 - Away from the heady rush to build ultra-capable, sci-fi style artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley, ambitious Nairobi-based startup Amini AI is betting on the technology addressing emerging countries' prosaic problems in the here and now.
Jun 12, 2025
