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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - On 10 February 2026 the European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB Italia to develop the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, known as Ramses, securing the next phase of Europes dedicated m
Feb 16, 2026
Ithaca, NY (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - To lower agricultural emissions, policymakers and communities first need to pinpoint the sources. Not just by country but crop by crop, field by field. In other words, they need maps. Detailed maps.
Feb 16, 2026
Toamasina, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 - Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar's death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted for, the country's disaster agency said on Monday.
Feb 16, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 - An explosion at a fireworks store in eastern China killed eight people and injured two, authorities said late Sunday.
Feb 16, 2026
Lagos (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 - Some 100 US soldiers are being deployed to Nigeria as part of increased military cooperation to fight insecurity in the West African country, the Nigerian defence ministry announced Monday.
Feb 16, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - Deforestation in the Amazon is reshaping regional climate conditions when compared with areas that retain more than 80 percent forest cover. Using satellite observations, researchers show that
Feb 16, 2026
London, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - New analysis shows that Arctic peatlands have expanded in recent decades as the region has warmed far faster than the global average. Average temperatures in the Arctic have risen by about 4 C over
Feb 16, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 - From Wyoming to Florida and the capital Washington, 'Make America Healthy Again' activists have notched wins across the United States against agricultural and chemical giants long protected by the conservative politicians they generally support.
Feb 16, 2026
Nuuk (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 - Greenland's capital Nuuk registered its warmest ever January - beating a record that stood for 109 years - as temperatures soared across the Arctic island's west coast, the Danish Meteorological Institute said Monday.
Feb 16, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 - A chance observation on a Moroccan hillside has revealed that some wrinkled rock textures from the deep sea may actually be fossilized microbial communities, not just products of underwater landslid
Feb 16, 2026
Abidjan (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 - Suspected Islamist militants attacked an army unit in northern Burkina Faso Sunday, the latest in a series of alleged jihadist attacks that have killed at least 10 people in four days, security sources told AFP.
Feb 15, 2026
Suwa, Japan (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 - The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred.
Feb 15, 2026
Papeete (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 - French authorities said Saturday they had seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine from a vessel in the Pacific during a joint operation with the United States, as officials step up interceptions in Polynesian waters.
Feb 15, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 - Authorities in China have granted bail to an investigative journalist taken into custody after publishing an article alleging corruption among local officials, police said on Saturday.
Feb 14, 2026
Munich, Germany Feb 14, 2026 - Russia, which has invaded Ukraine and is accused of trying to destabilise Europe and the Baltic Sea, has instead taken a more cautious approach in the Arctic, the head of Norwegian intelligence told AFP on Saturday.
Feb 14, 2026
Maputo (AFP) Feb 14, 2026 - Cyclone Gezani has killed at least four people in Mozambique, authorities in the southern African country said Saturday, days after it left a trail of death and destruction across Madagascar.
Feb 14, 2026
