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Abeche, Chad (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - France on Saturday handed over its second army base in Chad as part of an agreement with the country's authorities to withdraw its military forces.
Jan 11, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - US President Joe Biden blasted Meta Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move really shameful after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries.
Jan 11, 2025
San Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - More than 3,000 flights were cancelled Friday and thousands more hit by delays due to a storm in the southern United States, airlines and tracking website FlightAware reported.
Jan 11, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - After ripping through thousands of buildings, wildfires in Los Angeles were looming Saturday toward the celebrated Getty Center and its priceless collection.
Jan 11, 2025
Moscow (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - Fuel oil that spilled from wrecked Russian tankers has spread into the Sea of Azov and reached the shores of Ukraine's partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region, a Moscow-installed official said Saturday.
Jan 11, 2025
The Hague (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - Dutch police on Saturday detained hundreds of climate activists and used two water cannons to break up a protest that blocked off a main highway into the city for several hours.
Jan 11, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 11, 2025 - A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Saturday, spewing hot lava and releasing a column of smoke and ash four kilometres (3.1 miles) into the air, an official said.
Jan 11, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 - At the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica, an international research team from twelve scientific institutions across ten European nations has reached a pivotal milestone in climate science. Und
Jan 10, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 - Los Angeles faces a critical challenge as hydroclimate whiplash - dramatic shifts between extreme wet and dry conditions - accelerates globally due to climate change. Recent years have demonstrated
Jan 10, 2025
Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 - Last year set a record for high temperatures across the mainland United States, with the nation also pummeled by a barrage of tornadoes and destructive hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in a report Friday.
Jan 10, 2025
Paris (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 - It is official: 2024 was the hottest year since 1850, around the time scientists began keeping reliable records of Earth's surface temperatures.
Jan 10, 2025
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 - The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts say.
Jan 10, 2025
Mexico City (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday officially launched a campaign to crack down on the number of weapons on the country's violence-wracked streets.
Jan 10, 2025
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 - Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa told visiting Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Friday that he was ready to stem illegal immigration to Europe, the European diplomat said.
Jan 10, 2025
Rogun, Tajikistan (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 - In a remote village in Tajikistan's soaring mountains, Muslikhiddin Makhmudzoda relies on a mobile phone to light his modest home as his family spends another winter without electricity.
Jan 10, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 - Researchers at Rice University, in partnership with Guangdong University of Technology, have devised an innovative approach for treating high-salinity organic wastewaters using dialysis-a method com
Jan 10, 2025
