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Taipei (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is set to deliver a key speech on Thursday as part of the self-ruled island's National Day celebrations that is likely to elicit an angry response from China.
Oct 10, 2024
Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - Hurricane Milton crashed into the US presidential election Thursday as President Joe Biden told Donald Trump to get a life and Kamala Harris rebuked her election rival for spreading misinformation.
Oct 10, 2024
Middelburg,South Africa (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy.
Oct 10, 2024
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for endangered species such as orangutans, a report said Thursday.
Oct 10, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - The hosts of the upcoming UN climate summit urged countries on Thursday not to waste time assigning blame over global warming and instead find common ground in tackling the problem.
Oct 10, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - China on Thursday condemned Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te for being hell bent on independence, after he vowed to resist annexation in a speech marking the self-ruled island's National Day.
Oct 10, 2024
Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2024 - Former US president Barack Obama will lend some star power to Kamala Harris's campaign in the must-win swing state of Pennsylvania Thursday as Democrats struggle to move the dial against Donald Trump.
Oct 10, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2024 - Starting October 11th, Northern Hemisphere observers will have the chance to see Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the evening sky for the first time in years. The comet will make its first evening a
Oct 10, 2024
Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - US President Joe Biden on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of unleashing an onslaught of lies over the government's response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene.
Oct 9, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - Beyond the complex byways of international finance, a simple solution is gaining ground to protect populations caught in the path of destructive extreme weather: transfer a little money via their mobile phones before disaster strikes.
Oct 9, 2024
Asheville, United States (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - Carl Schreck spent his career studying tropical storms thousands of miles away from home.
Oct 9, 2024
Lima, Peru (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - In the mountains of northeast Peru, a group of women beekeepers have plucked millions of bees from the jaws of death and saved their own livelihoods with the help of UN climate funding.
Oct 9, 2024
Bangkok (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel.
Oct 9, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - China has accused Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te of escalating hostility and pursuing independence, as the self-ruled island prepared to celebrate its National Day.
Oct 9, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday.
Oct 9, 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Oct 9, 2024 - After weeks of anxiety under Israeli air strikes, Lebanese-Turkish mother-of-four Mona was gripped by a mixture of relief and sorrow as she prepared to evacuate Lebanon by sea.
Oct 9, 2024
