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London (AFP) Feb 8, 2025 - Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday protested at a site earmarked for Beijing's controversial new embassy in London over human rights and security concerns.
Feb 8, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 8, 2025 - India's Hindu-nationalist ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated a landslide victory Saturday in key elections in the capital province Delhi, with the former chief minister suffering a crushing defeat.
Feb 8, 2025
Tehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - Authorities in Iran have announced the closure of educational institutions and government offices across the country because of a cold snap, media reports said Friday.
Feb 7, 2025
London (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday warned that US President Donald Trump's moves to freeze foreign aid and dismantle the USAID agency could see China and others step into that gap.
Feb 7, 2025
Washington (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - President Donald Trump on Friday raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor Joe Biden, and pledged that the United States would return to plastic ones.
Feb 7, 2025
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - The threatened Eurasian otter appears to have disappeared in Kyrgyzstan, officials and scientists warned on Friday, following a long decline in its numbers linked to human activity.
Feb 7, 2025
Buenos Aires (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - A stream on the outskirts of Buenos Aires turned blood red on Thursday, causing anxiety among residents who blamed it on pollution.
Feb 7, 2025
Athens (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted Friday there was no immediate danger from an unprecedented wave of quakes on the tourist island of Santorini that has forced thousands of residents to leave.
Feb 7, 2025
Budapest (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - Hungary is planning to outlaw NGOs that receive funds from the United States, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday, taking inspiration from US President Donald Trump's crackdown on foreign aid.
Feb 7, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - New Zealand said Friday it had been blindsided by the Cook Islands' plans to sign a major agreement with China and issue its own passports.
Feb 7, 2025
Tai Po (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 - Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for the valuable wood inside.
Feb 7, 2025
Brasilia (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 - The UN's climate chief, seeking to shore up solidarity on combating global warming as the United States retreats from its leadership role, appealed to nations' self-interest in a speech Thursday.
Feb 6, 2025
Antakya, Turkey (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 - At first glance, it's a happy image - hundreds of smiling faces torn from newspapers and pasted into a frame. But these are ghosts, victims of the 2023 earthquake in Turkey that claimed more than 53,000 lives.
Feb 6, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 - The origins of Earth's essential elements-and the absence of certain key components-have long perplexed scientists. A recent study led by Arizona State University is now challenging established theo
Feb 6, 2025
Lilongwe, Malawi (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 - Malawi has ordered its military to prepare to withdraw from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group has launched a new offensive, the president's office said.
Feb 6, 2025
Athens (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 - A fresh series of quakes hit the Aegean island of Santorini early on Thursday, part of an unprecedented seismic wave that has baffled scientists and led to a mass exodus of residents.
Feb 6, 2025
