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Red heat alert issued for third of France, alcohol banned at music festival
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Bagnaia scorches to Czech MotoGP sprint victory, Bezzecchi crashes
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Iran says Hormuz closed again after Israel strikes Lebanon
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Trump escalates spat with Italy’s Meloni over G7 photo claim
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New Zealand set England record 463 to win second Test
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Driver killed, 28 in hospital as UK train collision probed
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Diplomats hold US-Iran preparatory discussions at Swiss retreat
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New Zealand pile on the runs to leave England facing record chase in 2nd Test
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Shahidi hits ton but India bowl out Afghanistan for 218
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Court bans Spanish PM's wife from leaving country
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Israel strikes south Lebanon despite truce announced with Hezbollah
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Japan's Ogura smashes own track record to take Czech MotoGP pole
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Hurricanes blow away Chiefs in record-breaking Super Rugby final
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Germany meet Ivory Coast in high-stakes World Cup clash, Sweden face Dutch
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Ancient Greek theatre revives legendary Callas opera Medea
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Indian guru urges broader view of yoga
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Portugal's unofficial exorcism fever worries Church
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Paraguay's Almiron sent off under new FIFA 'mouth-covering' rule
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Ancelotti hails 'complete game' as Brazil sink Haiti at World Cup
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Tunisia ask how Sweden World Cup star Ayari slipped its net
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Scotland remain bullish despite Morocco World Cup setback
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USA down Australia to reach World Cup knockout rounds, Brazil swat Haiti
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Brazil cruise past Haiti to re-ignite World Cup campaign
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Australia detects first case of contagious H5 bird flu
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Scheffler career Slam chances blowing in Shinnecock winds
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Iran's treatment at World Cup 'a dark point' for football: official
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McIlroy seven back but likes his chances at US Open
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Nagelsmann eyes same German lineup against I. Coast after Curacao trouncing
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Clark leads US Open by four with major champs in the hunt
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Saibari early strike gives Morocco World Cup win over Scotland
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Archaeologists discover 'never before seen' pre-Hispanic ruins in Mexico
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Pochettino backs 'high IQ' players to block out World Cup hype
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James Burrows, prolific innovator in US TV comedies, dead at 85
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Douglass breaks 50m free world record at Indy Pro Swim
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World Cup warning with Sweden star Isak 'getting stronger and stronger'
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'Like China': Cubans welcome reforms but exiles remain skeptical
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Tunisia coach says 'I am no wizard' after World Cup SOS call
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USA down Australia to reach World Cup knockout rounds
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USA beat Australia 2-0 to reach World Cup knockouts
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Imperious Dupont guides record-breaking Toulouse to Top 14 final
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Qatar-gifted Air Force One replacement unveiled
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Venezuelan opposition figure heads to US after transition talks
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Niemann fires 65 at US Open after upsetting two-shot penalty
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Canada star Kone to miss rest of World Cup after surgery: team
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Spain's Yamal says 'too soon' to play full match at World Cup
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Confident Fitzpatrick makes a run at another US Open title
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Neymar? He is working remotely at the World Cup, jokes Lula
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England captain Stokes strikes for Durham as Test recall looms
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Three-time Stanley Cup champion Toews retires
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Clark wants to win back fans as well as US Open title
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A record fire season in Brazil last year caused the rate of deforestation to accelerate, in a blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pledge to protect the Amazon rainforest, official figures showed Friday.
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Brazil charges man with killings of UK journalist, activist
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TotalEnergies in landmark greenwashing trial in France
Environmental groups took TotalEnergies to court Thursday in a landmark Paris trial, accusing the French oil and gas giant of misleading consumers with ads that overstate its climate commitments and fossil fuel transition.
Turkmenistan reduces 50-year fire dubbed 'Gateway to Hell'
Turkmenistan said Thursday it had significantly reduced a gas fire that has been raging for half a century at a site dubbed the "Gateway to Hell" .
Clean energy investment rising despite economic uncertainty: IEA
Investment in clean energy technologies is set to strike a record this year despite global economic uncertainty, double the spending on fossil fuels that will dip for the first time since 2020, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Greenpeace slams Coca-Cola for producing billions of plastic bottles
Coca-Cola produces 120 billion throwaway plastic bottles a year, Greenpeace Africa said at a protest in South Africa Thursday, urging the soda maker to use glass and tin packaging to cut back on plastic pollution.
Vietnamese say no to more kids after two-child limit scrapped
After Vietnam removed its two-child limit, pharmacy worker Nguyen Thi Nguyet Nga says she still has no plans to have more kids, since she barely has time to see her daughters or the money to provide them a good life.
Indonesia allowing nickel industry abuses to go unchecked: report
The Indonesian government is allowing environmental damage including deforestation and violations against Indigenous people to go unchecked around a multi-billion dollar industrial park on a once-pristine eastern island, a report said Thursday.
China lead mine plan weighs heavily on Myanmar tribe
Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture's giant milling machines stand ready to grind up the rocks of their ancestral homeland for lead ore.
Paris seeks personhood status for River Seine
French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and protect its fragile ecosystem, part of a global movement to grant legal personhood to nature.
Canada's reopened cod fishery on shaky ground
Canada has lifted a three-decade moratorium on commercial cod fishing, but there are signs Atlantic stocks have not fully recovered, raising questions about the government's rosy outlook for the sector.
Over half of Europe and Mediterranean bassin hit by drought in mid-May
More than half, or 53 percent of land in Europe and the Mediterranean basin were hit by drought in mid-May, according to an AFP analysis of data from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) from May 11-20, 2025.
Saudi readies for 'worst case scenario' in sweltering hajj
Near a sprawling tent city outside Mecca, Saudi hospital staff are preparing for a flood of heat-related cases as Muslim pilgrims begin hajj this week in sweltering summer temperatures.
Year after exodus, silence fills Panama island threatened by sea
Streets once filled with children's laughter have fallen silent on a Panamanian island where almost all residents left a year ago due to the threat of the sea swallowing their homes.
UK registers warmest spring on record: weather service
The UK experienced its warmest spring on record -- and its driest in more than 50 years -- the country's official weather service said on Monday.
Spain records highest May temperature on record
Mainland Spain experienced its hottest May day ever on Friday, with the average temperature surpassing 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit), national weather agency AEMET said on Monday.
Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers
A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from Thailand, Indian customs officials said.
CCL Industries Announces Bolt-on Acquisition for Avery
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Recycling contaminated soil from Fukushima: Japan's dilemma
To reduce radiation across Japan's northern Fukushima region after the 2011 nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swathes of land.
India monsoon floods kill five in northeast
Torrential monsoon rains in India's northeast triggered landslides and floods that swept away and killed at least five people in Assam, disaster officials said Saturday.
Flood fears recede after Swiss glacier collapse
An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, destroying a village, is beginning to drain, authorities said Friday, reducing fears of a second catastrophe.
Half the world faced an extra month of extreme heat due to climate change: study
Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change, a new study found Friday.
Booming tourism takes its toll on Croatia's coast
With its rugged coastline, pristine waters and more than a thousand inlets and islands, Croatia has seen a tourist boom in recent years. Last year alone, more than 20 million visited the Balkan nation, much of which stretches along the Adriatic Sea.
Airline chiefs meet in India amid turbulence of Trump
Airline bosses meet from Sunday in New Delhi at their annual industry conference, battling to mitigate the impact of Donald Trump's policies that have hit travel to the United States and potentially raised costs for aviation.
Rock and ice prevent rescue work after Swiss glacier collapse
Swiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing emergency services from working, but that they were cautiously optimistic no more homes were at risk.
Climate action could save half of world's vanishing glaciers, says study
More than three-quarters of the world's glaciers are set to vanish if climate change continues unchecked, a major new study warned Thursday, fueling sea-level rise and jeopardizing water supplies for billions.
One missing as village largely destroyed in Swiss glacier collapse
A massive glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday largely destroyed the small village of Blatten, with one person unaccounted for, authorities said.
Village partially destroyed in Swiss glacier collapse
A massive glacier collapse on Wednesday in southern Switzerland partially destroyed the small village of Blatten, which had been completely evacuated last week due to the impending danger, officials said.
German court sets climate precedent but rejects Peruvian farmer's claim
A German court on Wednesday rejected a climate case brought by a Peruvian farmer against German energy giant RWE, but set a potentially important precedent on polluters' liability for their carbon emissions.