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Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2025 - Asian elephants possess brains approximately 20 percent heavier than those of African elephants, despite being smaller in overall body size, according to a new study by researchers from Humboldt-Uni
May 21, 2025
Kabul (AFP) May 21, 2025 - Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband's meagre daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply residents of Afghanistan's increasingly parched capital.
May 21, 2025
Rio Indio, Panama, Panama (AFP) May 21, 2025 - Magdalena Martinez has lived next to the Indio River all her life, but a planned dam aimed at shielding the Panama Canal from drought now threatens to swallow her home.
May 21, 2025
Sydney (AFP) May 21, 2025 - Fast-moving floodwaters rose Wednesday in eastern Australia, inundating homes and leaving residents stranded on their roofs overnight, as authorities warned more rain was expected in coming days.
May 21, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2025 - Tanks, helicopters and troops will parade through Washington next month, the Army said Wednesday, in a display of US military might to celebrate the service's 250th anniversary - and overseen by President Donald Trump as he marks his own birthday.
May 21, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) May 21, 2025 - At least five local media outlets in Hong Kong and multiple journalists had their taxes from years ago audited on unreasonable grounds, a press association said Wednesday.
May 21, 2025
Amritsar, India (AFP) May 20, 2025 - India said Tuesday it would resume a daily border ceremony with neighbouring Pakistan which it briefly halted earlier this month following the most serious conflict between the nuclear armed arch-rivals for decades.
May 20, 2025
Sydney (AFP) May 20, 2025 - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck on Tuesday off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said.
May 20, 2025
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2025 - A Chinese deep-sea mining company has been cleared for exploratory seabed tests in the Pacific, it said Tuesday, becoming the country's first firm to receive an international regulator's green light.
May 20, 2025
Paris (AFP) May 20, 2025 - Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy the odds and cap global warming at the ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius target, researchers said Tuesday.
May 20, 2025
Nottingham UK (SPX) May 20, 2025 - Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time. Many meteorites are made of crystalline materials, formed under exotic co
May 20, 2025
London, UK (SPX) May 20, 2025 - New research indicates that glaciers around the world will require centuries to recover, even if global temperatures are eventually reduced to pre-industrial levels. The study, led by scientists fro
May 20, 2025
Le Lavandou, France (AFP) May 20, 2025 - At least three people died, including a couple in their eighties, when thunderstorms hit southeast France on Tuesday, leaving behind what one official described as scenes of war.
May 20, 2025
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2025 - Swathes of northern and central China sweltered this week under record May heat, state media said Tuesday, with temperatures rising well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in several major cities.
May 20, 2025
Taipei (AFP) May 20, 2025 - Taiwan is prepared to talk to China as equals but will continue to build up its defences, the island's President Lai Ching-te said Tuesday as he marked his first year in office.
May 20, 2025
Ramsey, United Kingdom (AFP) May 20, 2025 - UK farmers are praying for rain as Britain suffers its driest spring in well over a century, which has left the soil parched and crops stunted from lack of water.
May 20, 2025
