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Lusaka (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 - The Zambian government is allowing hazardous mining in the lead-contaminated central town of Kabwe, worsening severe health risks to children, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
Mar 5, 2025
Paris (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 - Deforestation in the Amazon causes more rain in the wet season and less rain in the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday underscoring the rainforest's pivotal role in regulating local and global climate.
Mar 5, 2025
Athens (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Schools in the Greek travel island of Santorini and other neighbouring islands reopened Tuesday, with residents returning after a month-long shutdown caused by intense seismic activity.
Mar 4, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - A heavily populated stretch of Australia's eastern coast scrapped major sports fixtures as people battened down Tuesday for what could be the first tropical cyclone to pummel the region in 50 years.
Mar 4, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Workers' rights, a housing crisis and marital disputes are among the issues that China's leaders will discuss at annual political meetings that open Tuesday in Beijing.
Mar 4, 2025
Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Tanzania received 18 white rhinos from South Africa on Tuesday as it seeks to boost conservation and tourism, local authorities said.
Mar 4, 2025
Dublin (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Ireland risks paying a 26 billion euros ($27.4 bn) fine to other EU members if it fails to meet agreed 2030 climate targets, according to an Irish report published Tuesday.
Mar 4, 2025
Agavedzi, Ghana (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Heavy waves have since Saturday flooded Ghana's coastal Volta Region, displacing some 1,000 people and destroying homes and schools, prompting local authorities to declare a state of emergency.
Mar 4, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - China said Tuesday it would slap fresh tariffs on a range of agricultural imports from the United States as of next week, in retaliation against a hike in levies by Washington.
Mar 4, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - A Thai court on Tuesday accepted a class-action lawsuit filed by hundreds of fishermen seeking $73 million in damages from a agribusiness giant over invasive blackchin tilapia, a representative of the Thai lawyers' council said.
Mar 4, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 local residents.
Mar 4, 2025
Taipei (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - The United States will not abandon the Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan's defence minister said, days after US President Donald Trump's fiery clash with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky fuelled concern in Taiwan over US support for the island.
Mar 4, 2025
Paris (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said Tuesday.
Mar 4, 2025
N'Djamena (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - The party of Chad's military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby won 43 of 46 seats in the country's first senate elections, according to final results released Tuesday.
Mar 4, 2025
Sargodha, Pakistan (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Under a dry, smoggy sky, a beekeeper in Pakistan's Punjab province carefully loads boxes filled with tens of thousands of bees onto the back of a truck.
Mar 4, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 - Hundreds evacuated from dozens of flooded neighbourhoods around Jakarta on Tuesday as torrential rains pounded the Indonesian capital and its surrounding satellite cities, causing several rivers to overflow.
Mar 4, 2025
