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NBA champion Thunder roll over Pelicans to remain unbeaten
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Eliud Kipchoge unveils plan to run 7 marathons on 7 continents
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Milan deny Roma top spot in Serie A, Inter beat Verona
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Lens back up to third in Ligue 1 as Lyon held at Brest
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NFL-best Colts fall to Steelers, Packers lose to Carolina
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'Regretting You' wins spooky slow N. American box office
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'Just the beginning' as India lift first Women's World Cup
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Will Still sacked by struggling Southampton
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Malinin wins Skate Canada crown with stunning free skate
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Barca beat Elche to recover from Clasico loss
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Jamaica deaths at 28 as Caribbean reels from colossal hurricane
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Verma and Sharma power India to first Women's World Cup triumph
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Auger-Aliassime out of Metz Open despite not yet securing ATP Finals spot
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Haaland fires Man City up to second in Premier League
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Sinner says staying world number one 'not only in my hands'
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Ready for it? Swifties swarm German museum to see Ophelia painting
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Pope denounces violence in Sudan, renews call for ceasefire
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Kipruto, Obiri seal Kenyan double at New York Marathon
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OPEC+ further hikes oil output
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Sinner returns to world number one with Paris Masters win
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Sinner wins Paris Masters, reclaims world No. 1 ranking
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Nuno celebrates first win as West Ham boss
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Obiri powers to New York Marathon win
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Two Louvre heist suspects a couple with children: prosecutor
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Verma, Sharma help India post 298-7 in Women's World Cup final
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Inter snapping at Napoli's heels, Roma poised to pounce
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India space agency launches its heaviest satellite
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Wolves sack Pereira after winless Premier League start
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Debutants Berkane among CAF Champions League top seeds
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Sundar steers India to five-wicket win over Australia in 3rd T20
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What we know about the UK train stabbings
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Jonathan Milan wins wet Tour de France Singapore Criterium
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Canadian teen Mboko wins Hong Kong Open for second WTA title
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Two children among dead in Russian blitz on Ukraine
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South Africa opt to bowl against India in Women's World Cup final
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Dominant McKibbin wins Hong Kong Open to seal Masters spot
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US Navy veterans battle PTSD with psychedelics
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'Unheard of': Dodgers in awe of iron man Yamamoto
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UK police probe mass train stabbing that wounded 10
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'It's hard' - Jays manager Schneider rues missed chances in World Series defeat
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Women's cricket set for new champion as India, South Africa clash
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Messi scores but Miami lose as Nashville level MLS Cup playoff series
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Dodgers clinch back-to-back World Series as Blue Jays downed in thriller
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Vietnam flood death toll rises to 35: disaster agency
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Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to determine, could help fight global warming, researchers say.
Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.
Nations call for strong plastics treaty as difficult talks loom
More than 90 countries called on Tuesday for a global treaty to restrict plastic production, ahead of another round of hard-fought negotiations on the pact.
Don't let deep sea become 'wild west', Guterres tells world leaders
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans "become the wild west", at the start in France of a global summit on the seas.
Farmed production of some fish - and seaweed - is soaring
The amount of farmed seafood we consume -- as opposed to that taken wild from our waters -- is soaring every year, making aquaculture an ever-more important source for many diets, and a response to overfishing.
UN summit to tackle 'emergency' in world's oceans
A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster protections for the world's overexploited marine areas.
World leaders urged to step up for overexploited oceans
World leaders arrive in the French Riviera on Sunday ahead a high-level summit on ocean conservation, as nations face pressure to adopt tougher stances on overfishing, pollution and marine protection.
Triple-hosted World Cup: huge ambition at a hefty cost to planet
The largest and most far-flung World Cup kicks off in 12 months with a record 48 teams spread across Canada, the United States and Mexico and sceptics are asking whether its frenzied growth is worth the environmental cost.
Money, mining and marine parks: The big issues at UN ocean summit
France is hosting world leaders this week to confront what the United Nations calls a global "emergency" in the oceans -- but what is expected, and can the summit make a difference?
US oyster gardeners rebuild nature's own water-cleaning system
For many just a tasty delicacy, the oyster may actually be the hero the world needs to fight environmental degradation -- and volunteers like Kimberly Price are battling to repopulate the surprisingly powerful species.
World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean threats
World leaders descend on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a high-level summit to tackle a deepening crisis in the oceans driven by overfishing, climate change and pollution.
Kenya NGO saves turtles from nets, plastic and rising tides
A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen's nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution.
Brazil fires drive acceleration in Amazon deforestation: report
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.
Missing merluza: Chile's battle to save its favorite catch
Before setting sail for the South Pacific, Chilean fisherman Rodrigo Gallardo blesses himself to invoke heavenly protection and luck in his pursuit of an increasingly elusive catch: hake.
Brazil charges man with killings of UK journalist, activist
Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday charged the suspected mastermind of the 2022 murders of Indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips over the killings, which caused international outcry.
Cannes red carpet gets second life as handbags, hats or slippers
After being walked for two weeks by stars from Tom Cruise to Rihanna, the legendary red carpets of the Cannes film festival are set for a second life thanks to an upcycling charity and some environmentally conscious designers.
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.
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.