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South Africa vows firm response to anti-migrant violence
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New Zealand make England toil as Stokes returns for series decider
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Poland, Ukraine hold key Gdansk conference without Zelensky
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Americans impacted by climate change demand answers from lawmakers
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Massive police deployment blocks Kenya protest anniversary
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Heat-struck Italians cool off in ancient stone 'trulli'
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Court orders TotalEnergies to account for clients' emissions
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French teaching unions call strike over 'unacceptable' heat
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Stocks rally on renewed AI optimism, oil price declines
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US Fed's preferred inflation gauge hits fresh three-year high
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Venezuela twin quakes kill at least 164 with many trapped under rubble
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Dominant Osaka cruises into Bad Homburg semis
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IOC votes to continue ski mountaineering for 2030 Games
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New Zealand frustrate England as Stokes returns for series decider
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Stocks rally on AI optimism after Micron's blowout forecast
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Poland, Ukraine tone down dispute at reconstruction conference
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Tunisia's short-lived World Cup experience lays bare deep dysfunctions
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At-risk UK elderly bid to stay cool as heatwave bears down
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'Everything collapsed': Venezuela region hit hardest by quakes cries for help
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'Need each other': Macron hosts Meloni after Trump rift
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Kenya police turn out in force on protest anniversary
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Stokes straight back into the action as New Zealand bat in 3rd Test
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Baking heatwave gives Europe no respite
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Amazon pledges additional $13 bn in India AI investment
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Trump climate pushback spurs courtroom battles, report says
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Struggling VW to sell majority stake in marine engine unit
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Kenya police in massive show of force on protest anniversary
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Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron's blowout forecast
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USA, Germany in control as Dutch eye World Cup knockouts
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Trump-linked resort shines light on Albania's 'stolen' land
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Violence feared as Kenya marks protest anniversary
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French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle
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Ukraine recovery summit opens, overshadowed by Kyiv-Warsaw row
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Municipal misery weighs on looming S.African elections
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Chad sees influx of drone victims from Sudan
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Hong takes blame as South Korea's World Cup hopes fade
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'We shut up big mouths,' says South Africa's World Cup coach Broos
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Brazil advance at World Cup, history for South Africa, Canada, Bosnia
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Mothers search, men weep amid debris of Venezuela quakes
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Confirmation still a rite of passage in Denmark but less Christian
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South Africa stun South Korea to make World Cup history
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Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron blowout forecast
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Clarke fears Scotland 'probably going home' after Brazil World Cup loss
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Moriyasu vows Japan will play to win and top group against Sweden
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Secret cameras, mics and AI reveal rare Cambodia wildlife
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Beloved spiritual utopia under threat in Modi's India
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Bulgaria's milk farmers falter in former yogurt empire
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Ancelotti hails Vinicius as Brazil march on at World Cup
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Trump opens US 250th birthday party with rally-style speech
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Morocco have 'ingredients' of World Cup winners, says coach Ouahbi
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Nearly a year after Greece's second-largest island of Evia was devastated by some of the worst wildfires in the country's history, nature is making a slow comeback.
French co-discoverer of 'Lucy' dies at 87
French palaeontologist Yves Coppens, credited with the co-discovery of the famous fossil find known as "Lucy", died on Wednesday aged 87 after a long illness, his publisher said.
Warming climate upends Arctic mining town
Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a region warming faster than anywhere else, to human-caused climate change.
NASA Moon rocket test met 90% of objectives
NASA's fourth attempt to complete a critical test of its Moon rocket achieved around 90 percent of its goals, but there's still no firm date for the behemoth's first flight, officials said Tuesday.
South Korea space rocket launch puts satellites in orbit
South Korea said Tuesday it had successfully launched its homegrown space rocket and placed a payload into orbit in a "giant leap" for the country's quest to become an advanced space-faring nation.
South Korea launches domestically-developed space rocket
South Korea launched its first domestically-developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt after a launch last October failed.
For Iraqis a sweltering summer of 'hell' has begun
Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air.
Africa needs $25 bn a year for full electricity access: IEA
The number of Africans with access to electricity fell during the Covid pandemic, but $25 billion in annual investments could bring full coverage by 2030, the International Energy Agency said Monday.
Belgium returns Lumumba tooth to family
Belgium on Monday handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba -- a tooth -- to his family, turning a page on a grim chapter in its colonial past.
Europe braces for blistering June weekend heat
France, Spain and other western European nations braced on Saturday for a sweltering June weekend that is set to break records and sparked concern about forest fires and the effects of climate change.
In a parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger
Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war.
Seaweed and 3D printers: Chile's innovative approach to feeding kids
Some dehydrated "cochayuyo" seaweed, some instant mashed potatoes and hot water: these are the ingredients for a nutritious menu of 3D printed food that nutritional experts in Chile hope will revolutionize the food market, particularly for children.
Problems soar for airlines despite pandemic recovery
Desperate to put the coronavirus pandemic behind them, airlines will hold talks on Sunday ahead of a potential summer of chaos with shortages and strikes that could threaten their recovery.
Developing countries left 'disappointed' at climate talks
Developing countries voiced "disappointment" as climate talks in Germany ended Thursday with frustrations flaring over a lack of momentum on helping vulnerable nations cope with the impacts of warming.
Record early heatwave sweeps France as fires flare in Spain
French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures.
Australia submits more ambitious 2030 emissions target to UN
Australia's new centre-left government submitted more ambitious emissions targets to the United Nations Thursday, seeking to end a decade of footdragging on climate change.
RIP Explorer: Microsoft's web browser retired
Internet Explorer, Microsoft's once dominant web browser that some users love to hate, was retired Wednesday after 27 years on the world's computer screens.
Spanish airline to fly UK-made helium airships
Spain's Air Nostrum has become the first airline to reserve 100-seat helium airships that emit just one tenth of harmful emissions produced by jet planes, their British manufacturer said Wednesday.
English bulldogs 'suffering', twice at risk of health issues
English bulldogs are twice as likely to get common health problems than other dogs, new research published Wednesday found, as vets urged people to look beyond the cuteness of flat-faced breeds to see that they are "suffering".
Echoes of WWI in Ukraine war's artillery duels and trenches
Looking at the shell-blasted, trench-marked landscapes of the front lines in Russia's invasion of Ukraine from above, it's easy to see why experts and leaders have drawn parallels with World War I.
France vows cash for urban vegetation as heatwave hits
The French government announced 500 million euros on Tuesday to encourage urban vegetation projects to tackle high temperatures in towns and cities as a heatwave began to strike in the south and southwest.
15 dead, half million impacted by heavy rains in Guatemala
At least 15 people have died in a dozen mudslides caused by heavy rains that have fallen since early May in Guatemala, where more than 500,000 people have been affected, officials said Monday.
Over 14% of world has had Lyme disease: study
More than 14 percent of the world's population has had Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, according to a major review of the available research published on Tuesday.
Wildfire tears through California forest as temperatures rocket
A wildfire was burning out of control Monday in forest outside Los Angeles after a weekend of record-breaking temperatures, and as forecasters warn of fire danger across the parched US West.
Heatwave grips Spain as France braces for soaring temperatures
Spain was on Monday in the grips of a heatwave expected to reach "extreme" levels with France set to follow suit as meteorologists blame the unusually high seasonal temperatures on global warming.
Iraq swept by tenth sandstorm in weeks
Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat".
Space probe reveals secrets of 'restless' Milky Way
The Gaia space probe on Monday unveiled its latest discoveries in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious "starquakes" which sweep across the fiery giants like vast tsunamis.
Milky Way's secrets revealed by massive space probe map
The Gaia space probe unveiled its latest discoveries on Monday in its quest to map the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, surveying nearly two million stars and revealing mysterious "starquakes" which sweep across the fiery giants like vast tsunamis.
NASA loses two hurricane monitoring satellites on launch
Two small NASA satellites that were meant to study hurricane development failed to enter orbit Sunday when their Astra rocket shut off before reaching the necessary altitude, the US space agency said.
Is AI the future of art?
To many they are art's next big thing -- digital images of jellyfish pulsing and blurring in a dark pink sea, or dozens of butterflies fusing together into a single organism.
US, Brazil upbeat on climate after leaders meet
Brazil's far-right leader said Friday that his country could expand agribusiness without harming the Amazon as he spoke highly of meeting US President Joe Biden, who raised the issue of climate change.
Italy's Pompeii tests new guard dog -- a robot named Spot
Under the amused gaze of many tourists, a robot dog wanders the ancient stone alleys of Pompeii's famous archaeological park.