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Kenitra, Morocco (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 - In the Moroccan village of Ouled Salama, 63-year-old farmer Mohamed Reouani waded through his crops, now submerged by floodwaters after days of heavy downpours.
Feb 13, 2026
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 - A gaping sinkhole was visible at a Shanghai construction site on Friday, according to an AFP reporter, a day after dramatic footage purporting to show the ground collapsing went viral.
Feb 13, 2026
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 - Chinese levies on certain EU dairy products are 'unjustified', Brussels said on Friday after Beijing imposed duties of up to 11.7 percent for five years.
Feb 13, 2026
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide likely fell last year, analysis showed Thursday, raising hopes the world's biggest emitter might be nearing a peak, but continued coal growth means progress is fragile.
Feb 12, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - A US judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Pentagon's efforts to punish Democratic Senator Mark Kelly over a video in which he and other lawmakers urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders.
Feb 12, 2026
Beijing Feb 12, 2026 - China's national market regulator instructed infant formula manufacturers on Thursday to conduct tests for the toxin identified in a global product recall, which has been linked to a Chinese biotech company.
Feb 12, 2026
Havana (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - Two Mexican navy ships arrived in Cuba with more than 800 tons of much-needed humanitarian aid Thursday, as the island nation struggles under what amounts to a US blockade of oil deliveries.
Feb 12, 2026
Antananarivo, Madagascar (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - At least 38 people were killed when a cyclone slammed into Madagascar's second-largest city this week, authorities said Thursday, as Mozambique braced for the storm's arrival.
Feb 12, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - China will reduce duties on 'certain dairy products' imported from the European Union but still impose levies of up to 11.7 percent for five years, the commerce ministry in Beijing said on Thursday.
Feb 12, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked a landmark scientific finding underpinning US regulations to curb planet-warming pollution, marking his biggest rollback of climate policy to date.
Feb 12, 2026
Rabat (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - Morocco plans to spend some $330 million on regions hit hardest by weeks of flooding across the country's north that have battered its key agricultural zones, the government said Thursday.
Feb 12, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 - China's top internet regulator said on Thursday it would launch a crackdown during the Lunar New Year holiday period to curb social media content it deemed problematic including any that fanned fears about getting married or having children.
Feb 12, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 - The United States will deploy 200 troops to Nigeria to train its armed forces in their fight against jihadist groups, Nigerian and US officials said Tuesday, as Washington increases military cooperation with the West African country.
Feb 11, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 - The French government issued a long-awaited report Wednesday urging people to limit meat consumption for their health and also to fight climate change - and not everyone in the country of 'steak-frites' is thrilled.
Feb 11, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 - A Paris appeals court said Wednesday it will rule on July 7 in a fraud case against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, in what is expected to be a pivotal moment for French politics.
Feb 11, 2026
Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 - Sitting in the middle of a Johannesburg road as traffic snaked around her, Susan Jobson banged empty bottles to protest the water cuts that have upended her life for nearly three weeks.
Feb 11, 2026
