White Out
Skier killed in Swiss avalanche
Geneva (AFP) Dec 28, 2024 - An avalanche has killed a cross-country skier in southwestern Switzerland, police said Saturday.
Dec 28, 2024
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The Stans
Pakistan soldier killed in border clash with Afghan forces: security source
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 28, 2024 - A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghanistan's forces, a security source said Saturday, while hundreds of Afghans protested against the deadly air strikes that sparked the clashes.
Dec 28, 2024
Froth And Bubble
Russia says oil spill ‘critical’ as Crimea declares emergency
Moscow (AFP) Dec 28, 2024 - Russia warned on Saturday of severe environmental damage from a huge oil spill in the Black Sea caused when two tankers collided in a storm near Crimea, which declared a state of emergency.
Dec 28, 2024
Climate Science
‘Alarming’ rise in climate disasters in Brazil: study
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 28, 2024 - Brazil has seen a dramatic rise of climate disasters in recent years, compared to two previous decades, a new study says.
Dec 28, 2024
Africa News
10 civilians killed in ‘accidental’ Nigerian army strike
Kano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - Airstrikes by Nigerian military forces targeting suspected jihadists in the northwest Sokoto state killed 10 civilians and injured six others, local officials said Thursday.
Dec 27, 2024
Democracy
China rails at ‘interference’ after US criticism of Hong Kong bounties
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - China on Friday warned the United States it did not tolerate interference after the US State Department called Hong Kong's announcement of bounties on six democracy campaigners based overseas a form of transnational repression.
Dec 27, 2024
Farm News
China launches investigation into beef imports
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - China's commerce ministry on Friday launched an investigation into imported beef at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry, it said.
Dec 27, 2024
Climate Science
‘Dangerous new era’: climate change spurs disaster in 2024
Paris (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.
Dec 27, 2024
Democracy
US calls Hong Kong bounties ‘transnational repression’
Washington (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - Hong Kong's announcement of bounties on six democracy campaigners based overseas is a form of transnational repression, the US State Department said on Thursday.
Dec 27, 2024
Flora and Fauna
Mayotte faces environment, biodiversity crisis after cyclone
Dzaoudzi, France (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and biodiversity crisis that could last for a decade or more, scientists say.
Dec 27, 2024
White Out
Tens of thousands still without power in Bosnia snowstorm
Sarajevo (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 - Tens of thousands of people in Bosnia were still without electricity Friday due to a snowstorm, as rescuers found the body of a weather station employee dead on a mountain.
Dec 27, 2024
Africa News
US says kills two Al-Shabaab fighters in airstrike; Gabon jails eight officers over torture
Washington (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The US military said Thursday it had killed two members of the jihadist Al-Shabaab group in southern Somalia in an airstrike.
Dec 26, 2024
Disaster Management
What we know about disappearance of four Ecuadoran minors
Quito (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The discovery of several charred bodies during a search in Ecuador for four adolescent boys who disappeared during a military operation has deepened shock and anger at the case.
Dec 26, 2024
The Stans
Pakistan military convicts 60 more civilians of pro-Khan unrest
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - Pakistan military courts have sentenced 60 more civilians for taking part in pro-Imran Khan unrest last year, the armed forces said Thursday, after international outcry over earlier announced convictions.
Dec 26, 2024
Disaster Management
Human civilization at a tipping point between authoritarian collapse and technological superabundance
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2024 - A new study published in the journal Foresight asserts that humanity stands at a critical juncture, poised for a transformative leap in evolution. Yet, this shift risks being derailed by centralized
Dec 26, 2024
Water World
Key public service makes quiet return in Gaza
Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 - The quiet resumption of operations at a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip last month marked a small but significant step toward restoring public services in the Palestinian territory ravaged by more than 14 months of war.
Dec 26, 2024