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Latest evacuee from hantavirus-hit cruise lands in Europe
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Rubio meets US pope in bid to ease tensions
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Women linked to IS fighters return to Australia from Middle East
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Shell profit jumps as Mideast war fuels oil prices
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Oil sinks, Tokyo leads Asia stock surge on growing Mideast peace hopes
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India vows to crush terror 'ecosystem', a year after Pakistan conflict
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Circus tackles jihadist nightmares of Burkina Faso's children
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Iran denies ship attack as Trump warns of renewed bombing, eyes deal
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Badminton looks to future with 'evolution and innovation'
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Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish
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Senegal's children mourn in silence when migrant parents disappear
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EU weighs options as summer jet fuel threat looms
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Spurs thrash Timberwolves as Knicks edge Sixers in NBA playoffs
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Australia to force gas giants to reserve fuel for domestic use
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AirAsia signs $19bn deal for 150 Airbus A220 jets
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Japan fires missiles during drills, drawing China rebuke
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Toluca rout Son's LAFC to set up all-Mexican CONCACAF final
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Vingegaard begins bid for Giro-Tour double with Pellizzari boosting home hopes
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Roma's Champions League return back on as Milan, Juve wobble
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Tokyo leads Asia stock surge on growing Mideast peace hopes
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Australia cricket great Warner to 'accept' drink-drive charge: lawyer
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Brunson steers Knicks to 2-0 lead with tight win over Sixers
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Rubio seeks to ease tensions with US pope
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AI disinfo tests South Korean laws ahead of local elections
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Australian state overturns Melbourne ban on World Cup watch party
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Colombian ex-fisherman swaps trade for saving Caribbean coral
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Lobito Corridor: Africa's mega-project facing delivery test
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Africa's Lobito Corridor chief tells AFP business, not geopolitics, drives strategy
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Trump to host Lula in test of fitful relationship
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K-pop stars BTS draw 50,000-strong crowd in Mexico
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Britons set to punish Starmer's Labour in local polls
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Wars in Middle East, backyard loom over ASEAN summit
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US court releases purported Epstein suicide note
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Israeli court rejects flotilla activists' appeal challenging detention
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Victim's lawyer alleges Boeing was 'negligent' in 2019 Ethiopian crash
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Williamson named in New Zealand squad for Ireland, England Tests
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PSG add muscle to magic as another Champions League final beckons
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Tigers' pitcher Valdez suspended for hitting opponent
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Trump says Iran deal 'very possible' but threatens strikes if talks fail
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Musk's SpaceX strikes data center deal with Anthropic
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Bayern lament lack of 'killer' instinct after PSG elimination
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Virus-hit cruise ship heads for Spain as evacuees land in Europe
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Holders PSG edge Bayern Munich to reach Champions League final
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Russia warns diplomats in Kyiv to evacuate in case of strike
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Hantavirus ship passenger: 'They didn't take it seriously enough'
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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise: WHO expert
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Kentucky Derby-winner Golden Tempo to skip Preakness Stakes
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Trump says Iran deal 'very possible', but threatens strikes if not
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Lula heads to Washington to meet Trump in fraught election year
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The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced on Thursday.
Argentine MPs to debate watered-down glaciers protection
Argentine MPs on Wednesday were set to begin debating a bill promoted by President Javier Milei which authorizes mining in ecologically sensitive areas of glaciers and permafrost.
Solar push helps Pakistan temper Gulf energy shock
Pakistan's solar power push has cushioned the full impact of the war in the Middle East, analysts said, despite lingering concerns over fuel supplies and rising prices.
Blood clots, burning eyes: pollution chokes north Thailand
After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
Spain rethinks how to turn tide against beach erosion
Every winter, storms wipe out swathes of the picturesque Spanish coast, undoing summer reconstruction work and threatening the foundations of the country's vital tourism industry.
'Something borrowed': Dutch bride opts for recycled wedding
"Within like 30 minutes I knew this was the one," Lara Peters said of the second-hand wedding dress she had just worn to her marriage -- in the Netherlands' busiest rail station.
New frog species carrying eggs on back discovered in Peru
Scientists have discovered a new species of miniature marsupial frog in the Peruvian Amazon that carries its young in a natural pouch on its back, a research institute reported Wednesday.
Germany halts rescue efforts for stranded whale
Experts said Wednesday they were halting rescue efforts for a humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off the German coast and had given up hope for its survival.
Hong Kong's 'hero trees' lose their glory as climate warms
Hong Kong's beloved kapok trees are not blooming the way they used to, drawing concern from conservationists who see it as a sign that nature is falling out of sync as the climate warms.
The reality of restarting North Sea oil drilling
As the Middle East war drives up oil prices, the UK's main opposition Conservative party is urging the government to restart drilling in the North Sea -- echoing repeated calls from US President Donald Trump.
Kast putting conservative stamp on Chile in first 30 days
Just three weeks into his term, Chile's new President Jose Antonio Kast has lost no time in tilting the rudder sharply to the right as he looks to slash spending and crack down on immigration, both policies a major about-turn on predecessor Gabriel Boric.
Brazil court quashes Neymar environmental damage fine
A Rio de Janeiro court has overturned a fine of more than $3 million against football star Neymar for allegedly damaging the environment by building an artificial lake at his mansion.
Stranded whale frees itself again off German coast and disappears
A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has freed itself for a third time and has now disappeared, a police spokesman told AFP Tuesday.
Australia to halve fuel tax in response to Middle East war
Australia will halve a fuel tax to help motorists experiencing soaring petrol prices due to war in the Middle East, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday.
Forty new migratory species win international protection: UN body
The UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international protection, including the snowy owl featured in the Harry Potter saga.
Freed whale gets stranded again off German coast
A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has become stranded for a third time, experts said on Sunday, just hours after the animal had freed itself from a sandbank.
Freed whale gets stranded again on German coast
A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has become stranded for a third time, experts said on Sunday, just hours after the animal had freed itself from a sandbank.
Beached whale frees itself from German coast
A humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said Friday.
Virus kills tiger cubs in Indonesian zoo
Two Bengal tiger cubs born in Indonesia's Bandung Zoo last year have died from a viral infection, a conservation official told AFP on Friday.
Sacred leaf offers hope for Vanuatu's threatened forests
The feather-shaped namele leaf is so central to Vanuatu it features on the national flag, and now it is being enlisted to protect some of the country's most important forests.
Mexico blames oil slick on illegal dumping
An oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico affecting hundreds of kilometers of coastline was caused by "illegal dumping" from a ship and exacerbated by seepage from natural sources, Mexican authorities said Thursday.
Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter
Arctic sea ice reached its lowest level ever recorded, statistically tying last year's record, a leading US climate observatory for this geopolitically significant region said on Thursday.
US cannot meet Iran war-induced LNG shortfall: industry leaders
Business leaders are warning that the United States lacks the infrastructure to alleviate a global LNG shortage caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, which has kept a fifth of the world's energy supplies from leaving the Gulf.
EU urged to broadly restrict 'forever chemicals'
"Forever chemicals" pose a growing risk to health and the environment and should be broadly banned across the European Union, with some exceptions, EU experts said in findings published on Thursday.
Rare mountain gorilla twins born in DR Congo: park authorities
In a rare occurrence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, twin mountain gorillas were recently born in the Virunga National Park, renowned for its biodiversity but threatened by conflict.
Study links major polluters to big climate damages bill
The economic cost of carbon emissions is far higher than previously estimated, said a new study Wednesday that links big polluters to tens of trillions of dollars in climate-related damages worldwide.
Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough
Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan -- more from seniors than babies -- but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease of life, one hot mess at a time.
Eight people arrested in Brazil for 'brutal' attack on capybara
Rio de Janeiro police said Monday they had arrested eight people for brutally beating a capybara -- the world's largest rodent whose chill demeanor has inspired countless memes online in recent years.
Middle East war to dominate Houston's 'Davos of Energy'
Energy industry leaders will converge on Texas this week for an annual conference dominated by oil and gas supply disruptions from the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
Records shattered as US heatwave moves eastward
A record-breaking heatwave afflicting the western half of the United States moved eastward Saturday toward the center of the country, bringing unseasonably warm temperatures to places that were at freezing or below just a week prior.
In Finland, divers learn to explore icy polar waters
In a square hole carved out of the thick ice, two divers vanished into the depths of an Arctic lake, leaving nothing but bubbles at the surface.
Vanishing glacier on Germany's highest peak prompts ski lift demolition
Vanishing glaciers atop Germany's highest mountain prompted the demolition of a ski lift Friday, as global warming reshapes the Alps.