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Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - A type of forever chemical linked to health problems and birth defects has been found in the tap water of many French cities and towns including Paris, according to a study released on Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan's breadbasket, farmers said Thursday, with the region parched by a 40 percent drop in rainfall.
Jan 23, 2025
Pekalongan, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - The death toll from a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java rose to 22 with four people still missing on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers raced against time and bad weather to find survivors.
Jan 23, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - Legislation to reduce the impact of increasingly devastating forest fires on US federal land passed the House of Representatives on Thursday as firefighters battled to tame the latest in a series of blazes threatening southern California.
Jan 23, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 - A recent study utilizing data from ESA's Swarm satellite mission has uncovered subtle magnetic signatures generated by Earth's ocean tides. These findings not only offer new insights into how magma
Jan 23, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - China said Thursday it had lodged solemn representations with Afghanistan's Taliban government over the killing of a Chinese mine worker in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Jan 23, 2025
Rome (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - Italy's government said Thursday a Libyan police chief arrested on a war crimes warrant was flown home after a court found no basis to detain him - and he was too dangerous to remain.
Jan 23, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time.
Jan 23, 2025
Valencia, Spain (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 - Spain's central government will cover the full cost of rebuilding schools, libraries and other municipal buildings damaged in last year's deadly floods, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
Damascus (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 - Syria's defence minister said on Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with a Kurdish-led group on its dismantling, but did not rule out the use of force should negotiations fail.
Jan 22, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 - A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on unlawful imprisonment do not apply.
Jan 22, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 - Thai authorities denied Wednesday there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's detention centres, after UN experts warned the group could face torture if they return.
Jan 22, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 - When crises strike, how do humans adapt and endure? Whether facing food shortages, dwindling resources, or sudden environmental changes, the ability to survive often hinges on the choices individual
Jan 22, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 - A jumbo operation is moving 20 elephants across the breadth of India to the mammoth private zoo set up by the son of Asia's richest man, adjoining a sprawling oil refinery.
Jan 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 - For thousands of years, the Arctic-boreal region acted as a vital storage system for the planet's carbon. However, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change, escalating temperatures and wild
Jan 22, 2025
Kabul (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 - Police said Wednesday a Chinese mine worker was killed in an attack in Afghanistan which the Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for, as the Taliban government attempts to project an image of security to encourage investment from Beijing.
Jan 22, 2025
