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Taif, Saudi Arabia (AFP) April 23, 2025 - After decades spent pruning thorny bushes and working arduous harvests, Khalaf Allah al-Talhi has perfected the art of capturing the fragrant aroma of the desert rose in a bottle.
Apr 23, 2025
San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 - In its second asteroid encounter, NASA's Lucy spacecraft obtained a close look at a uniquely shaped fragment of an asteroid that formed about 150 million years ago. The spacecraft has begun returnin
Apr 23, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) April 23, 2025 - Thailand will conduct tests of a cellphone disaster alert system, senior officials said on Wednesday, after criticism that no alarm was sent after last month's deadly Myanmar earthquake caused damage in Bangkok.
Apr 23, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) April 23, 2025 - India unveiled a raft of punitive diplomatic measures against arch-rival Pakistan on Wednesday, accusing Islamabad of supporting cross-border terrorism after a deadly attack on civilians in Kashmir.
Apr 23, 2025
San Diego (AFP) April 23, 2025 - In his California laboratory, Ralph Keeling examines a graph created from data his father began collecting that keeps a record of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Apr 23, 2025
Pahalgam (AFP) April 23, 2025 - Indian security forces in Kashmir were conducting a major manhunt on Wednesday, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists and killed 26 people in the region's worst attack on civilians in a quarter of a century.
Apr 23, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) April 23, 2025 - A tricky operation to remove a second sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed, the site operator said Wednesday.
Apr 23, 2025
Pahalgam (AFP) April 23, 2025 - India's defence minister vowed on Wednesday a swift response to those who carried out and planned the Kashmir region's worst attack on civilians in years.
Apr 23, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2025 - In the quest for sustainable energy, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen is a key step toward producing clean hydrogen fuel. However, this process remains less efficient than theoretical models
Apr 22, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) April 22, 2025 - An Indonesian soldier gives a thumbs up as he crosses a rice field on a combine harvester in remote Papua, where a government food security mega-project has raised fears of mass deforestation.
Apr 22, 2025
Abidjan (AFP) April 22, 2025 - Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a major plot in the making aimed at sowing total chaos, saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Ivory Coast.
Apr 22, 2025
Kampala (AFP) April 22, 2025 - Uganda's army chief met Tuesday near Kampala with leaders of a militia from northeastern DR Congo following deadly clashes last month, the military said.
Apr 22, 2025
Kathmandu (AFP) April 22, 2025 - Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
Apr 22, 2025
Berlin (AFP) April 22, 2025 - German chemicals giant BASF said Tuesday it had exited two joint ventures in China's Xinjiang region after its local partner was alleged to have participated in rights abuses against the local Uyghur minority.
Apr 22, 2025
Yangon (AFP) April 22, 2025 - Myanmar's junta on Tuesday prolonged a ceasefire declared after last month's devastating earthquake to April 30, after aid groups and international mediators called for an extension to ease relief efforts.
Apr 22, 2025
M'Hamid El Ghizlane, Morocco (AFP) April 22, 2025 - It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the environment - the rubbish humanity discards.
Apr 22, 2025
