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Washington (AFP) Jan 15, 2025 - Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, will say Wednesday that China cheated its way to superpower status and that the liberal world order long cherished by the US elite should be discarded.
Jan 15, 2025
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Jan 15, 2025 - Dozens more people have been injured and many displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent clashes between the Congolese army and M23 fighters, local sources and NGOs told AFP Wednesday.
Jan 15, 2025
Melbourne FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2025 - Emily Simpson '24 has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not
Jan 15, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Jan 15, 2025 - Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.
Jan 15, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Jan 15, 2025 - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two large areas of California as protected national monuments, after the initial ceremony was called off due to wildfires breaking out in Los Angeles.
Jan 15, 2025
Pacific Palisades, United States (AFP) Jan 15, 2025 - When the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles went up in smoke, Alexander Swedelson lost his apartment, but also a bit of his identity: the flames ravaged the businesses he loved, the trails he ran, and even the place he fished.
Jan 15, 2025
London (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Two woman were charged with criminal damage by UK police on Tuesday after Charles Darwin's grave was defaced with orange powder during a Just Stop Oil climate protest.
Jan 14, 2025
Montreal (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Damage from extreme weather in Canada last year pushed the bill facing insurers to an unprecedented CAN$8.5 billion ($5.9 billion), the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Monday.
Jan 14, 2025
Reykjavik (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic meteorological office said.
Jan 14, 2025
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Sudan's army denied on Tuesday any involvement in assaults against civilians in the central state of Al-Jazira, after rights groups accused it and allied militias of killing 13 people, including two children.
Jan 14, 2025
La Paz (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Bolivian shopkeeper Cristobal Quispe's humble brick home teeters precariously on the slope of an unstable hillside in La Paz, near the edge of a collapsed road.
Jan 14, 2025
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 - A healthy global food supply requires healthy soil, which requires fertilizer to replace and or enhance the nutrients found in the soil. Many farmers use synthetic fertilizers, which are produced fr
Jan 14, 2025
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Kazakhstan said on Monday the northern part of the Aral Sea now contains nearly 50 percent more water than in 2008, a rare environmental success story in a region plagued by pollution.
Jan 14, 2025
London (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - The UK on Tuesday banned imports of German cattle, pigs and sheep to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, as Berlin races to contain an outbreak of the virus.
Jan 14, 2025
Madrid (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Spanish police on Tuesday said they had broken up a network that made millions from illegally importing and dumping tens of thousands of tonnes of partially toxic waste from Italy, making 15 arrests.
Jan 14, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Jan 14, 2025 - Australian authorities closed nine Sydney beaches on Tuesday after mysterious white and grey balls washed up along the coast.
Jan 14, 2025
