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Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025 - For the first time, scientists have detected a tsunami generated by a landslide using satellite data from a ship's navigation system, marking a significant step forward in early warning technology f
May 15, 2025
Sydney (AFP) May 15, 2025 - An Australian author jailed in China has detailed his unbearable prison suffering in a letter to supporters, saying he still dreams of returning home one day.
May 15, 2025
Algiers (AFP) May 15, 2025 - Five people have died and more than a hundred were injured as heavy rain caused flooding in several regions of Algeria, the country's civil defence service said Thursday.
May 15, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) May 15, 2025 - Unfounded online rumours warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines who report less demand from worried Hong Kongers.
May 15, 2025
Nairobi (AFP) May 15, 2025 - The Ugandan president's son said Thursday that any citizen who voted against his father in upcoming polls would be deported, while also banning women in the army from wearing trousers.
May 15, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2025 - Indian security forces have killed 31 alleged Maoist rebels in what it Modi government officials called the biggest-ever operation against Naxalism.
May 15, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 - A new study led by the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has revealed a significant depletion of global soil moisture, pushing large vo
May 15, 2025
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) May 15, 2025 - Deforestation slowed in all of Brazil's nature biomes for the first time in six years in 2024, according to a report issued months before the country hosts a major UN climate conference.
May 15, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) May 15, 2025 - A Thai court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for 17 people over the collapse of a Bangkok skyscraper that fell in a major earthquake, killing dozens of workers.
May 15, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2025 - Pentagon lawyers are reviewing a request by the Department of Homeland Security for the Defense Department to activate 20,000 National Guard troops to enforce immigration laws as part of the Trump administration's effort to rein in illegal migration.
May 15, 2025
Ankara (AFP) May 15, 2025 - Turkey's military will continue acting against PKK militants in regions where they are present until it is certain the threat is removed following the Kurdish group's decision to disband, the defence ministry said Thursday, in a nod to its presence notably in Iraq.
May 15, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 - Chinese scientists have uncovered an intriguing instance of tool use in the insect world, revealing that the assassin bug, Pahabengkakia piliceps (P. piliceps), uses resin from stingless bee nests a
May 15, 2025
Doha (AFP) May 15, 2025 - US President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed talk of seeking a third term in office, which is barred by the Constitution, in a highly political address to US troops in Qatar.
May 15, 2025
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2025 - The US Supreme Court hears a case Thursday that could result in a radical reversal of constitutional interpretation and sharply curb the judiciary's ability to rein in Donald Trump - or future American presidents.
May 15, 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
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 - Fossil tracks uncovered in the Mansfield district of northern Victoria, Australia, indicate that reptiles may have appeared on Earth up to 40 million years earlier than previously believed. These ne
May 15, 2025
