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Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 - Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting in northern Brazil for two weeks outside the port terminal of US agribusiness giant Cargill, angered over the dredging and development of Amazonian rivers for grain exports.
Feb 5, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 - Species that are not native to an area can displace the species that already live there, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Nature has identified invasive alien organisms as one of the greatest thre
Feb 5, 2026
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 - New research from Australian and Chinese scientists is filling key gaps in the evolutionary story of some of the oldest fishes on Earth, including early lungfishes closely related to land vertebrate
Feb 4, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 4, 2026 - Wildfires are growing larger, lasting longer and happening more often as the climate warms - but the toll from their toxic smoke, especially from long-term exposure, remains poorly understood.
Feb 4, 2026
Dakar (AFP) Feb 4, 2026 - Anger is mounting in Senegal over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers by a leading Chinese firm, which denies any wrongdoing or bribery.
Feb 4, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Feb 4, 2026 - China's announcement its top general was under investigation stunned defence watchers, hollowing out the country's top military body and confirming President Xi Jinping's far-reaching power.
Feb 4, 2026
Columbia, MO (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 - For generations, farmers have spent backbreaking hours tearing down and rebuilding fences just to move livestock to fresh grazing fields. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking project at the University of
Feb 4, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 - Wetlands do not need to be fully submerged to deliver major climate benefits, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. The study shows that keeping the water table slightly below
Feb 3, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 - Unusually heavy snow in Japan has been blamed for 30 deaths in the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found under a three-metre pile outside her home.
Feb 3, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 - On a sweltering summer night 30 years ago, infant Li Yuanpeng was finally fast asleep, nestled between his parents, when a group of men burst into their home in southern China's Guangdong province.
Feb 3, 2026
London (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 - Britain unveiled Tuesday its first-ever plan to tackle forever chemicals and reduce the risks they pose to health and the environment.
Feb 3, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 - A sediment core from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean has provided a research team led by geochemist Dr Torben Struve from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, with evidence of an unexpecte
Feb 3, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 - Some brands of bottled water contain far more microplastics and nanoplastics than municipal tap water, according to a new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University. The work compares tr
Feb 3, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 - Deep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. A team from the Cluster of Excell
Feb 3, 2026
Geneva (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - A UN expert took Norway to task Monday over punitive and repressive sanctions slapped on four activists who threw paint on sculptures and a government ministry to protest oil exploration.
Feb 2, 2026
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 - A wild bull elephant killed a tourist in central Thailand's Khao Yai National Park on Monday, a park official said, the third fatality linked to the same animal.
Feb 2, 2026
