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Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
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After wins abroad, Syria leader must gain trust at home
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German factory orders rise more than expected
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Flooding kills two as Vietnam hit by dozens of landslides
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Italy to open Europe's first marine sanctuary for dolphins
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Hong Kong university suspends student union after calls for fire justice
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Asian markets rise ahead of US data, expected Fed rate cut
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Georgia's street dogs stir affection, fear, national debate
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Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note
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TikTok to comply with 'upsetting' Australian under-16 ban
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Pentagon endorses Australia submarine pact
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Softbank's Son says super AI could make humans like fish, win Nobel Prize
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OpenAI strikes deal on US$4.6 bn AI centre in Australia
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Rains hamper Sri Lanka cleanup after deadly floods
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Unchecked mining waste taints DR Congo communities
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Asian markets mixed ahead of US data, expected Fed rate cut
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French almond makers revive traditions to counter US dominance
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Aid cuts causing 'tragic' rise in child deaths, Bill Gates tells AFP
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Abortion in Afghanistan: 'My mother crushed my stomach with a stone'
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Mixed day for US equities as Japan's Nikkei rallies
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To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be 'clear' about human role: IPCC chief
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Facebook 'supreme court' admits 'frustrations' in 5 years of work
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South Africa says wants equal treatment, after US G20 exclusion
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One in three French Muslims say suffer discrimination: report
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Microsoft faces complaint in EU over Israeli surveillance data
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Milan-Cortina organisers rush to ready venues as Olympic flame arrives in Italy
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Truth commission urges Finland to rectify Sami injustices
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Stocks rise eyeing series of US rate cuts
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Italy sweatshop probe snares more luxury brands
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EU hits Meta with antitrust probe over WhatsApp AI features
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Russia's Putin heads to India for defence, trade talks
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South Africa telecoms giant Vodacom to take control of Kenya's Safaricom
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Asian markets mixed as traders struggle to hold Fed cut rally
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In Turkey, ancient carved faces shed new light on Neolithic society
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Asian markets stumble as traders struggle to hold Fed cut rally
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Nintendo launches long-awaited 'Metroid Prime 4' sci-fi blaster
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Trump scraps Biden's fuel-economy standards, sparking climate outcry
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US stocks rise as weak jobs data boosts rate cut odds
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Poor hiring data points to US economic weakness
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Germany to host 2029 women's Euros
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Satellite surge threatens space telescopes, astronomers warn
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Greek govt warns farmers not to escalate subsidy protest
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EU agrees deal to ban Russian gas by end of 2027
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Former king's memoirs hits bookstores in Spain
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German lithium project moves ahead in boost for Europe's EV sector
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UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather were not enough.
Brazil's climate wins ahead of COP30
Brazil's president has slashed deforestation in the Amazon and worked to better protect Indigenous people, giving him a generally positive environmental record as he prepares to host COP30 UN climate talks in a month.
Brazil hopes Amazon summit can unite world for climate action
Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.
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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.
Trees, targets and trillions: what's on the agenda at COP30?
This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon. But what is actually on the agenda?
World's coral reefs crossing survival limit: global experts
The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday.
In minutes, Mexico's rains swept away homes and people
Standing near the lifeless body of her sister, Rosalia Ortega is grateful to have found her in the river of mud that suddenly swept away her house as torrential rains pounded this Mexican mountain town.
Top nature group to unveil new 'red list' of threatened species
The world's top conservation body is holding its world congress starting Thursday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi and will unveil its updated "red list" of threatened species.
Veggie 'burgers' face the chop as EU lawmakers back labeling ban
Plant-based "steaks" and "veggie burgers" may be on the way out in the European Union after the bloc's parliament voted Wednesday to restrict such labels to meat only, in a win for disgruntled farmers.
Wildlife flee as floods swamp Indian parks
A herd of elephants, along with tigers and leopards, have escaped after raging floods in India submerged two of West Bengal's famed wildlife sanctuaries, state officials said Wednesday.
Record flooding hits Vietnam city, eight killed in north
Record floods submerged streets in several communities in Vietnam on Wednesday, with at least eight people killed this week, the government said.
New Zealand's seas warming faster than global average: report
The seas around New Zealand are warming much faster than global averages, scientists said Wednesday in a new study warning how climate change could batter the island nation.
Renewables overtake coal but growth slows: reports
Solar and wind farms generated more electricity than coal for the first time on record this year, but US and Chinese policy shifts are slowing growth, putting a global 2030 target out of reach, reports said on Tuesday.
Common inhalers carry heavy climate cost, study finds
The inhalers people depend on to breathe are also warming the planet, producing annual emissions equivalent to more than half a million cars in the United States alone, researchers said Monday in a major new study.
China trials 'energy-saving' underwater data centres
Power-hungry data centres run hot, so one Chinese company is planning to submerge a pod of servers in the sea off Shanghai with hopes of solving computing's energy woes.
Rising wildfires spur comeback for Canadian water bomber
The Canadair water bomber revolutionized the fight against wildfires after it debuted in the skies decades ago.
Jane Goodall: crusader for chimpanzees and the planet
British primatologist Jane Goodall imitated chimpanzees, sat with them in trees and shared their bananas during her trail-blazing research in Tanzania into the apes' true nature.
Hurricane Imelda bound for Bermuda as a Cat 2 storm
Hurricane Imelda, now a Category 2 storm, was churning toward Bermuda on Wednesday with sustained winds of 100 mph (160 kph), threatening damaging waves and flooding.
Typhoon Bualoi batters Vietnam coast, killing 11
Typhoon Bualoi ripped roofs from buildings and uprooted electrical poles along Vietnam's coast, killing at least 11 people, local and national officials said on Monday.
400,000 evacuated, 3 dead as fresh storm batters Philippines
The Philippines evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and confirmed at least three deaths Friday as a severe tropical storm battered the country, still feeling the effects of Super Typhoon Ragasa.
Clean-up underway in southern China after Typhoon Ragasa sweeps through
Hundreds of thousands of people in southern China were clearing up Thursday after powerful Typhoon Ragasa crashed through Guangdong Province, ripping down trees, destroying fences, and blasting signs off buildings.
Low bar, high hopes: China unveils new climate goals
China has announced its new climate action plan at a UN climate meeting -- its first ever pledge to include absolute targets for cutting planet-warming gases -- setting a goal of reducing emissions by 7–10 percent by 2035.
In first, China unveils specific emissions targets
China on Wednesday issued its first ever absolute targets for cutting planet-warming gases, a landmark pledge from the world's top polluter as the United States doubles down on fossil fuels and Europe falters.
Planetary health check warns risk of 'destabilising' Earth systems
Humans are gambling the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean acidity was yet another key planetary threshold to be breached.
Typhoon Ragasa slams into south China after killing 14 in Taiwan
Fierce winds, pounding rain and rough seas battered southern China on Wednesday as powerful Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in Guangdong province after killing at least 14 in Taiwan.
14 killed in Taiwan after barrier lake bursts
At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old barrier lake burst in Taiwan, government officials said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain.
'Everything broken': Chinese residents in typhoon path assess damage
Residents in southern China's Yangjiang were grappling with damaged property and power outages Wednesday evening in the immediate aftermath of Typhoon Ragasa, hours after the destructive storm made landfall near the city.
17 killed in Taiwan after barrier lake bursts
At least 17 people were killed when a decades-old barrier lake burst in Taiwan, government officials said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain.
14 killed, 152 missing in Taiwan after barrier lake burst
At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain.
14 killed by lake burst in Taiwan as Super Typhoon Ragasa wreaks havoc
Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan.
14 killed, 124 missing in Taiwan after barrier lake burst
At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains.
Hundreds trapped as typhoon triggers barrier lake burst in Taiwan
A decades-old barrier lake formed by a landslide in eastern Taiwan burst Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rains, flooding a nearby town and trapping over 260 people, officials said.