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Beijing (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 - China on Tuesday said Western criticism of the sentencing of dozens of democracy campaigners in Hong Kong desecrates and tramples on the rule of law, after the United States and other nations slammed the rulings.
Nov 19, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused $71 billion in environmental damage and led to a surge in greenhouse gas emissions, the Ukrainian government told the COP29 summit in Baku.
Nov 19, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 - Activists and a key negotiating group at the stalled COP29 climate talks on Tuesday cautiously welcomed a G20 leaders statement backing a finance deal for poorer countries, but some slammed a missing reference to fossil fuels.
Nov 19, 2024
Rovaniemi, Finland (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 - Thousands of NATO soldiers are taking part in large-scale artillery exercises in Finland's Arctic this month, seen by some as a signal to neighbouring Russia over its war on Ukraine.
Nov 19, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 - A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under its sweeping national security law, with mastermind Benny Tai receiving the longest term of 10 years.
Nov 19, 2024
Mbour, Senegal (AFP) Nov 19, 2024 - Senegal's navy has intercepted nearly 1,000 would-be illegal migrants departing from the coast of the West African county in the last month, according to posts on its social media account.
Nov 19, 2024
Cagliari, Italy (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - The bolts securing the towering wind turbine were unscrewed under cover of darkness, an act of sabotage symbolising a vehement pushback against renewable energy in Sardinia.
Nov 18, 2024
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 18, 2024 - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in partnership with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), has launched an initiative to create an advanced global early warning and response syste
Nov 18, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.
Nov 18, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Floodwaters hit hundreds of houses in the northern Philippines on Monday after water released from a dam following Typhoon Man-yi caused a major river to break its banks.
Nov 18, 2024
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of injured or sickly seabirds.
Nov 18, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Filipinos cleared fallen trees and repaired damaged houses on Monday after the sixth major storm to batter the Philippines in a month smashed flimsy buildings, knocked out power and claimed at least one life.
Nov 18, 2024
Nouakchott (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Khadidjatou Taher has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighbourhood on the far outskirts of Mauritania's capital, but is yet to have running water in her home.
Nov 18, 2024
Strasbourg (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - UN climate conference host Azerbaijan has imprisoned activists and journalists merely due to their work and opposition to the authorities, the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights said in a letter published Monday.
Nov 18, 2024
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2024 - Destructive winds from storms and cyclones often lead to tree failures, such as uprooting and stem breakage. Understanding how trees react to wind across different forest densities and weather condi
Nov 18, 2024
Quito (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Ecuador on Monday declared a national emergency due to water shortages, drought and forest fires that have razed more than 10,000 hectares in the south of the country so far this month.
Nov 18, 2024
