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Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA
AFP, Published on 12/11/2025
» PARIS - Renewable energy is still expanding faster than fossil fuels around the world despite policy changes in the United States, with oil demand possibly peaking "around 2030", the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported on Wednesday.
Twenty troops killed in Georgia plane crash
Published on 12/11/2025
» ANKARA — Turkey's defence ministry said on Wednesday that 20 soldiers were killed in the crash of its military aircraft in Georgia a day earlier, as inspectors continued to seek clues what caused the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) member's cargo plane to go down.
West Bank's ancient olive tree a 'symbol of Palestinian endurance'
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» AL WALAJAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - As guardian of the occupied West Bank's oldest olive tree, Salah Abu Ali prunes its branches and gathers its fruit even as violence plagues the Palestinian territory during this year's harvest.
Pentagon chief visits Vietnam amid prolonged arms supply talks
Published on 02/11/2025
» HANOI - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to meet Vietnamese senior officials on Sunday as he visits Hanoi amid prolonged talks over Washington's potential supply of military equipment to its former foe, including transport planes and helicopters.
Three escaped research monkeys at large after US crash
Online Reporters, Published on 30/10/2025
» JASPER COUNTY, Mississippi — Several rhesus monkeys escaped after a truck transporting them overturned on a highway in this southern US state, with three still reported to be at large as of Wednesday.
Not nothing, not enough: is the Paris climate agreement working?
AFP, Published on 13/10/2025
» PARIS - Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit.
Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» SYDNEY — Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.
China endured its hottest summer on record in 2025
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» BEIJING — China experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, the meteorological authority said, as heatwaves continued to scorch the country's south.
Spain and Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» MADRID - Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began.
AI porn victims see Hong Kong unprepared for threat
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» HONG KONG - For Hong Kong law student "C", AI-made pornography was a distant danger until a university classmate created graphic images of her and multiple other women.