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Seoul (AFP) Mar 22, 2025 - At least three firefighters and a public servant have been killed in a wildfire in South Korea, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in southeastern regions, authorities said on Saturday.
Mar 22, 2025
Urim, Israel (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - For the volunteer watchers scanning southern Israel's wheatfields, protecting migratory falcons from poachers is a highly coordinated security operation.
Mar 21, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that saving the planet's glaciers was now a matter of survival.
Mar 21, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - The melting of glaciers - a direct consequence of global warming - is accelerating, with dramatic consequences for lives and livelihoods.
Mar 21, 2025
Taipei (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - Taiwan will give pay rises to some service members in a bid to tackle manpower shortages, officials said on Friday, as the island faces intensifying military pressure from China.
Mar 21, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - A Japanese panel of experts issued guidance to greater Tokyo residents on Friday in the event Mount Fuji erupts, telling them to stay indoors unless the ashfall becomes severe.
Mar 21, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - For nearly 70 years scientists have been probing, measuring, drilling and generally getting to know South Cascade Glacier in the US Northwest, developing and honing skills now used worldwide.
Mar 21, 2025
Taipei (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - Taiwan faces a growing existential threat from its own people spying for China, experts warn, as the government seeks to toughen measures to stop Beijing's infiltration efforts and deter Taiwanese turncoats.
Mar 21, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - At least seven international flights from Indonesia's resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation's east erupted, shooting dark ash eight kilometres into the sky.
Mar 21, 2025
Rennes, France (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - Police broke up an operation smuggling critically endangered eels in western France, arresting seven people suspected of causing nearly half a million euros' worth of ecological damage, authorities said Friday.
Mar 21, 2025
Khartoum (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - Sudan's army said it recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday after a fierce battle.
Mar 21, 2025
Kampala (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - At least 18 journalists were violently attacked by Ugandan armed forces while covering a by-election, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said late on Thursday.
Mar 21, 2025
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - Brazil is home to 12 percent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday.
Mar 21, 2025
Tulle, France (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 - A rare discovery in France of a pair of wolves, each from a distinct genetic background, has excited animal lovers demanding their protection and objections from farmers eager to protect livestock.
Mar 21, 2025
Guayaquil, Ecuador (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 - At least one person was killed and two others were missing after a busy 200-meter (656-foot) suspension bridge in Ecuador collapsed, tipping several vehicles into a river, local authorities said Thursday.
Mar 20, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 - Chinese tariffs on Canadian products including rapeseed oil and pork come into effect Thursday, with an industry lobby warning the new levies will have a devastating impact on farmers.
Mar 20, 2025
