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Taipei (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 - A Chinese film set during the Covid-19 pandemic won the top prizes in Taiwan's prestigious Golden Horse Awards, which saw the highest number of entries from China in recent years despite political tensions.
Nov 23, 2024
Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 - A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed nine people, including a mother and her seven children, in the conflict-wracked eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said Saturday.
Nov 23, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 - The United States and Fiji have started work on a key agreement that could see American troops ramp up their presence in the Pacific nation, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said Saturday.
Nov 23, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 - The world's most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference Saturday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open.
Nov 23, 2024
Belgrade (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Balkan countries faced traffic disruptions and electricity outages due to heavy snowstorms and winds on Friday.
Nov 22, 2024
Naxos (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Greece this week signed a clean energy deal with the EU in a bid to fast-track the green transition on its fragile islands threatened by overtourism and climate change.
Nov 22, 2024
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Kyiv shuttered parliament on Friday for one day, citing a potential Russian missile attack after President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the West by launching a new intermediate-range missile at Ukraine.
Nov 22, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Lloyd Austin touched down in Fiji on Friday, becoming the first US defence secretary to visit the Pacific Island nation, which has become increasingly important in a tussle for influence with China.
Nov 22, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 - An international research initiative led by the University of Oulu, Finland, is tackling the global species identification challenge with cutting-edge DNA technologies. This project aims to create a
Nov 22, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai on Friday said he had advocated for peaceful resistance against China's erosion of the city's freedoms and tried to reduce violence during huge democracy protests in 2019.
Nov 22, 2024
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 - It's well known that cargo vessels and whales don't mix; whale-ship collisions are one of the leading causes of death for the majestic creatures. However, between high-profile accidents, careful obs
Nov 22, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Confined to her family's ramshackle shanty by the toxic smog choking India's capital, Harshita Gautam strained to hear her teacher's instructions over a cheap mobile phone borrowed from her mother.
Nov 22, 2024
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 - The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), already known for extreme heat and arid landscapes, face accelerated climate change that will push regional temperatures to alarming levels. A recent study w
Nov 22, 2024
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree on the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem.
Nov 22, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 22, 2024 - India's top court on Friday ordered authorities in the smog-choked capital New Delhi to establish checkpoints on all 113 roads into the city to stop the entry of polluting vehicles.
Nov 22, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2024 - The origins of life's preference for left-handed amino acids, a defining trait of life on Earth, remain unresolved following new NASA-supported research. The study found that RNA, a critical molecul
Nov 22, 2024
