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Moscow (AFP) Jan 19, 2025 - Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, officials said, despite concerns about the toxic pollution.
Jan 19, 2025
Ternate, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 19, 2025 - A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report Sunday as efforts were underway to evacuate thousands of villagers living near the rumbling mountain.
Jan 19, 2025
Madrid (AFP) Jan 18, 2025 - A staircase collapsed Saturday in a building damaged by last year's floods in Spain - the deadliest in decades - killing one person and injuring another, emergency services said.
Jan 18, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Jan 18, 2025 - Authorities declared a natural disaster Saturday in parts of eastern Australia where gales have toppled trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes.
Jan 18, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 18, 2025 - Firms investing heavily to explore the seabed for valuable minerals have criticized long delays in crafting deep-sea mining rules, urging an international oceans watchdog in a letter this week to pass regulations this year.
Jan 18, 2025
Kobe, Japan (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe.
Jan 17, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - China said Friday that President Xi Jinping would send Vice President Han Zheng to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, vowing to enhance dialogue with the new administration.
Jan 17, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - Donald Trump confirmed that his inauguration as US president on Monday will move indoors due to expected freezing weather, undercutting the Republican's hopes for a grandiose spectacle to kick off his second term.
Jan 17, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 17, 2025 - The United States has sanctioned the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, accusing Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of destabilizing the war-torn Northeast African nation and undermining peace efforts.
Jan 17, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 - Approximately 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid known as the Chicxulub impactor struck the Yucatan Peninsula in present-day Mexico. Measuring an estimated 10 to 15 kilometers in diameter, the
Jan 17, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - Fidias Panayiotou, a Cypriot YouTuber-turned-lawmaker who snatched his 15 minutes of fame by hugging Elon Musk, is doubtless the tech titan's biggest fan in the European Parliament - but far from the only one.
Jan 17, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - China said Friday it would restart some group tours to Taiwan in the near future, a boost to a travel industry still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jan 17, 2025
Sao Paulo (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - At least 11 people have been killed in a week of clashes between Brazilian officers and one of the country's most powerful criminal groups in the Amazon region, according to a government report.
Jan 17, 2025
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 - In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of observations to show that the global water cycle is shifting in unprecedented ways. The majority of those shifts are driven by a
Jan 17, 2025
Paris (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - In an era of town-torching megablazes spewing smoke plumes visible from space, scientists say there is still a lot they don't know about the effects of extreme fire on people, nature and the climate.
Jan 17, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2025 - The US Federal Reserve is pulling out of an international climate change initiative, it announced Friday, just days before Republican President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Jan 17, 2025
