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Jakarta (AFP) May 19, 2025 - A flood and landslide near a gold mine in remote eastern Indonesia killed at least six people and rescuers were searching for more than a dozen missing, officials said on Monday.
May 19, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2025 - China is set to launch its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, within the next two weeks from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, as confirmed by the China National
May 19, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025 - Efforts to reintroduce ancient, once-abandoned crops in eastern North America could provide new pathways for sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change. Natalie Mueller, an assistant prof
May 19, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) May 19, 2025 - A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted Monday, spewing an ash cloud more than a kilometre high after authorities raised the country's highest alert level.
May 19, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025 - OroraTech has expanded its Series B funding round to euro 37 million, with significant support from BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund and Rabo Ventures, alongside continued backing from Bayern
May 19, 2025
Islamabad (AFP) May 18, 2025 - Pakistan's foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said on Sunday, a little over a week after Islamabad reached a ceasefire with India to end their most serious conflict in decades.
May 18, 2025
London, United States (AFP) May 18, 2025 - Severe storms that tore through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, leveling homes and businesses while knocking out power for tens of thousands, authorities say.
May 18, 2025
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) May 17, 2025 - Sudan's army-aligned government on Saturday accused the United Arab Emirates of deporting its consular staff, nearly two weeks after Khartoum severed diplomatic ties with the Gulf state.
May 17, 2025
Damascus (AFP) May 17, 2025 - Syria's defence minister on Saturday gave holdout armed groups a 10-day deadline to join the war-torn country's forces, in the latest push to unify ranks following Bashar al-Assad's ouster.
May 17, 2025
Srinagar, India (AFP) May 17, 2025 - Military veterans will be redeployed as security guards in Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi said on Saturday, a week after it reached a ceasefire with Pakistan to end their most serious conflict in decades.
May 17, 2025
Nice, France (AFP) May 17, 2025 - A video posted online of two orcas circling in an algae-infested pool in southern France has brought a fresh wave of worldwide concern for cetaceans Wikie, 24, and her 11-year-old calf Keijo.
May 17, 2025
Dakar (AFP) May 17, 2025 - At least 20 civilians were killed and buried in mass graves after being arrested by soldiers in central Mali, local sources and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said on Saturday.
May 17, 2025
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) May 16, 2025 - China and the European Union have suspended imports of chicken meat from Brazil, the world's biggest exporter of the commodity, after an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in the South American country, officials said Friday.
May 16, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) May 16, 2025 - A Thai construction tycoon turned himself in on Friday to face charges of alleged negligence over the collapse of a skyscraper that killed dozens of people in a powerful earthquake, police said.
May 16, 2025
Sydney (AFP) May 15, 2025 - A vast bloom of toxic algae is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say.
May 15, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2025 - A day after US President Donald Trump's administration announced it was scrapping existing limits on several toxic forever chemicals in drinking water, a top official said new standards would be drawn up - and may end up even stricter.
May 15, 2025
