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Baghdad (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Summer has come early for Iraq this year, with temperatures soaring to dangerous levels in the southern provinces on Thursday, the national weather centre said.
May 22, 2025
Sydney (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Rising floodwaters stranded more than 50,000 people in eastern Australia on Thursday, as torrential rain pummelled water-logged towns for a second day and engorged rivers swallowed roads, leaving two dead.
May 22, 2025
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Hundreds of young Mongolians turned out this week in the country's capital calling for the prime minister's resignation on allegations of corruption, a longstanding source of deep public anger in the landlocked democracy.
May 22, 2025
Yangon (AFP) May 22, 2025 - A retired Myanmar general who formerly served as ambassador to Cambodia was shot dead on Thursday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by anti-coup fighters.
May 22, 2025
Athens (AFP) May 22, 2025 - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the Greek island of Crete on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with no major damage immediately reported.
May 22, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2025 - The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday predicted a more intense Atlantic hurricane season this year - even as the Trump administration moves to gut the agency's workforce and slash its budget.
May 22, 2025
Panama City (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Tariff wars will hinder trade in green technologies such as solar panels and electric vehicles, and hamper the fight against climate change, says Ana Toni, CEO of the UN's COP30 climate conference.
May 22, 2025
Damascus (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Syria said Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese company to invest in free zones for 20 years.
May 22, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2025 - Analysis of a massive boulder in Tonga has unveiled rare evidence of ancient tsunamis and their capacity to reshape Pacific coastlines. Researchers from the University of Queensland identified the M
May 22, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.
May 22, 2025
Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2025 - At least 19 people have been trapped by landslides in southwestern China's Guizhou province on Thursday, state media reported, with rescuers struggling to reach them in the mountainous terrain.
May 22, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 22, 2025 - In a surprising twist to assumptions about life in Earth's harshest environments, scientists have discovered a rich and diverse community of microbes thriving in Antarctic glacier forefields, sugges
May 22, 2025
Dhaka (AFP) May 22, 2025 - Bangladesh's powerful army chief has said the first elections since the country's former leader was ousted in a mass uprising should be held by December, local media reported and military sources confirmed on Thursday.
May 22, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 22, 2025 - US President Donald Trump on Thursday will host a private event for hundreds of top investors in his crypto memecoin, with leaders of the Democratic opposition blasting it as an orgy of corruption.
May 22, 2025
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 22, 2025 - The SWOT mission captured the flood waves, which stretched from 47 to 166 miles long, as they traveled down rivers in Montana, Texas, and Georgia. In a first, researchers from NASA and Virgini
May 22, 2025
Mogadishu (AFP) May 22, 2025 - After his home in the Somali capital was battered by torrential rains, Mohamed Abdukadir Teesto worries about his future at a time when local and foreign aid is vanishing.
May 22, 2025
