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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 - ExLabs has partnered with Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology and its Planetary Exploration Research Center to deliver university-led payloads to the surface of asteroid Apophis during its close a
Jan 21, 2026
Tunis (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - Flooding in Tunisia has killed five people, authorities said, as media reported four others missing on Wednesday after the country experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 70 years.
Jan 21, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - A Hong Kong ferry collision in which 39 people died more than a decade ago was an unlawful killing, according to a long-awaited court ruling on Wednesday.
Jan 21, 2026
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 - Carbon released from Earths spreading tectonic plates rather than from long chains of volcanoes may have driven major transitions between ancient ice ages and warm greenhouse climates, according to
Jan 21, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 - Remnants of coastal ice fastened to the Antarctic shoreline are opening a detailed window onto climate variability over the past 3,700 years and its connection to long-term changes in solar activity
Jan 21, 2026
Sihanoukville, Cambodia (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.
Jan 21, 2026
Nuuk (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - Greenlanders were sceptical on Wednesday following US President Donald Trump's announcement that he had settled the question of the Arctic island's future.
Jan 21, 2026
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had reached a framework for a deal over Greenland, which he had threatened to conquer from Denmark, and scrapped his threat of tariffs on European allies.
Jan 21, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?
Jan 21, 2026
Lirquen, Chile (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - Police in south-central Chile have arrested a man on suspicion of starting one of the recent wildfires that killed 20 people and razed entire neighborhoods, the government said Wednesday.
Jan 21, 2026
Erbil, Iraq (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 - An Iranian Kurdish opposition party headquartered in Iraq accused Iran on Wednesday of conducting a rocket and drone attack on its premises, killing one of its members and wounding two others.
Jan 21, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 - After years of international negotiation and diplomacy, the High Seas Treaty has come into force in January 2026, with 61 states ratifying the agreement to protect international waters and marine li
Jan 21, 2026
Kabul (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Mourners gathered Tuesday for the funeral of a Chinese man killed in a restaurant bombing in central Kabul, where Afghans were picking up the pieces of their shattered shops.
Jan 20, 2026
Papeete (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - France's navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said.
Jan 20, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday.
Jan 20, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - As the temperature in Beijing hit -7C on Tuesday, 62-year-old Yang Zi stripped down to his swimming briefs and plunged into a frozen lake, as dozens of residents do every winter.
Jan 20, 2026
