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Bogota, Colombia (AFP) April 11, 2025 - Residents in Colombia's biggest city Bogota won a much-desired reprieve from year-long water rationing Friday, with authorities announcing tough climate-induced cuts will end.
Apr 11, 2025
Bucharest (AFP) April 10, 2025 - A census of brown bears using DNA for the first time has revealed that up to 13,000 of the protected species are living in Romania, much more than the 8,000 previously estimated, the government announced on Thursday.
Apr 10, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided critical new data on asteroid 2024 YR4, confirming that this near-Earth object poses no significant risk of impact in 2032 or the foreseeable future.
Apr 10, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 - The devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Mandalay, Myanmar on March 28 caused catastrophic damage across the region and led to over 5,000 confirmed fatalities. Preliminary findings prese
Apr 10, 2025
Lille, France (AFP) April 10, 2025 - A French court on Thursday ordered a Romanian truck driver to pay a 28.8 million euro ($29 million) fine and sent him to jail for 10 years after finding 438 kilograms of cocaine in his vehicle, prosecutors said.
Apr 10, 2025
London, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 - More mammals were moving from life in the trees to living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs, according to a new study led by the Universi
Apr 10, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 - An international coalition of scientists is closely monitoring near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, with new calculations showing a dramatic reduction in its potential to strike Earth in 2032. Initially es
Apr 10, 2025
Sydney (AFP) April 10, 2025 - Pacific nation Palau will not cave to diplomatic pressure from China and will remain an ally of Taiwan until death do us part, President Surangel Whipps said Thursday.
Apr 10, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) April 10, 2025 - Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers could help preserve them for future generations.
Apr 10, 2025
Paris (AFP) April 10, 2025 - Two orcas, Wikie and Keijo, and 12 dolphins are stuck in a shuttered French Riviera marine park after Spanish authorities refused to let them move to their country, an official told AFP on Thursday.
Apr 10, 2025
Sydney (AFP) April 10, 2025 - Papua New Guinea will immediately lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global emissions.
Apr 10, 2025
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2025 - US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would make America's showers great again.
Apr 10, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 10, 2025 - Aquatic enthusiasts have an opportunity to join a virtual deep sea expedition with underwater explorers this week, as remotely operated vehicles take cameras below the surface of the ocean to investigate uncharted waters off Hawaii.
Apr 10, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025 - NASA's Lucy spacecraft is preparing for a pivotal encounter on April 20, 2025, as it targets asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, a three-mile-wide object located in the main asteroid belt. This flyby,
Apr 10, 2025
Paris (AFP) April 10, 2025 - A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth about two million euros that prosecutors likened to cocaine trafficking.
Apr 10, 2025
Otangani, Gabon (AFP) April 10, 2025 - Otangani fishing village, a short boat ride from Gabon's capital, has no running water or electricity but hopes to attract tourists.
Apr 10, 2025
