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Dhaka (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Bangladesh's interim government has extended the judicial powers of the armed forces granted after the August revolution that toppled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina.
Nov 17, 2024
Manaus, Brazil (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Joe Biden will make the first trip to the Amazon rainforest by a sitting US president Sunday - but his visit will be overshadowed by incoming leader Donald Trump's vows to roll back his green policies.
Nov 17, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - The erosion of political freedoms in Hong Kong will come under the spotlight this week with key developments in two high-profile national security trials.
Nov 17, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Super Typhoon Man-yi uprooted trees, brought down power lines and ripped off corrugated iron roofing as it swept across the storm-weary Philippines on Sunday, following an unusual streak of violent weather.
Nov 17, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - Hunted to the brink of extinction in the 20th century, the Antarctic blue whale population, once estimated at around 200,000, dwindled to just over 300 individuals. By 2004, the numbers remained bel
Nov 16, 2024
Taipei (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - A Taiwanese fishing boat captain held in China for more than four months on allegations of illegal fishing has been released after paying a fine, Taiwan's coast guard said Saturday.
Nov 16, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Donald Trump's Republican allies in Congress showed up at UN climate talks to tout natural gas and nuclear energy, but they tiptoed around the elephant in the room: a looming US withdrawal from the Paris agreement.
Nov 16, 2024
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low e
Nov 16, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - The Colombian president of the COP16 UN conference on biodiversity expressed confidence Saturday that a key financial accord for species protection could be reached in the first quarter of 2025.
Nov 16, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect - a former student - has been arrested, police said.
Nov 16, 2024
Paris (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Climate change is responsible for nearly a fifth of the record number of dengue cases worldwide this year, US researchers said on Saturday, seeking to shine a light on how rising temperatures help spread disease.
Nov 16, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Negotiations were deadlocked Saturday at the midway point of the UN climate summit, with hopes pinned on G20 leaders intervening to strike a critical finance pact at the crunch talks.
Nov 16, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - The rapid spread of human development into natural landscapes has significantly expanded the wildland-urban interface (WUI), increasing wildfire risks globally, a recent study indicates. A tea
Nov 16, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Super Typhoon Man-yi battered the Philippines on Saturday, with the national weather forecaster warning of a potentially catastrophic and life-threatening impact as huge waves pounded the archipelago's coastline.
Nov 16, 2024
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat - you might see shooting stars, and maybe even fireballs, the biggest and brightest mete
Nov 16, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 16, 2024 - Being an expert on global warming from an African nation prone to disaster can depress Joyce Kimutai during the creaking COP climate summits, where politics often drowns out science.
Nov 16, 2024
