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Spacecraft to probe how Earth fends off raging solar winds
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Bulgaria's 'Bangaranga' wins Eurovision, with Israel second
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Venezuela expels Maduro ally Alex Saab to US again
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Rising star Woad in charge at LPGA Queen City Championship
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Rodgers returning with Steelers for 22nd season
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Bulgaria's 'Bangaranga' beat sweeps Eurovision Song Contest
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Napoleon Solo wins 151st Preakness Stakes
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Canada cruise passenger 'presumptive positive' for hantavirus
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Decision time at full-throttle Eurovision final
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McIlroy charges into the hunt for epic major comeback win
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Iran confirms squad heading to Turkey for World Cup preparation
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Bolivian police clash with protesters blocking roads
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Eurovision final kicks off with Viennese grandeur
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Svitolina sees off Gauff to win Italian Open, Sinner in men's title showdown
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Stranded whale rescued in Germany found dead in Denmark
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Alonso set for appointment as Chelsea manager: reports
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Spanish star Javier Bardem says 'narrative changing' on Gaza
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Gujarat miss out on top spot as Kolkata stay alive in IPL
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Charging McIlroy grabs share of the PGA lead
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Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga dead: court
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No beer for City stars despite FA Cup win, says Guardiola
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Modi oversees semi-conductor deal on Dutch trip
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Americans 'should demonstrate like the French,' says Woody Harrelson
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Vienna abuzz for Eurovision final
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Scuffles from Europe to NYC as Swatch sale descends into chaos
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Man City still dream of Premier League glory after FA Cup win: Silva
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Narvaez doubles up as Team UAE rejig Giro d'Italia aims
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Kane hits hat-trick, St. Pauli relegated from Bundesliga
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Semenyo's magic moment fires Man City to FA Cup final win over Chelsea
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Football back on war-battered pitches in Sudan capital
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Opposition Latvian lawmaker tapped to form interim government
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Kane hits hat-trick, St. Pauli are relegated from Bundesliga
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Modi oversees semiconductor deal on Dutch trip
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UK's ex-health minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Keir Starmer
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An international vote to formally approve cutting maritime emissions was delayed by a year Friday, in a victory for the United States which opposes the carbon-cutting plan.
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Brazilian navigator Tamara Klink told AFP she encountered "very little" sea ice on her solo sail through the Northwest Passage -- a rare feat that would have been impossible without an icebreaker ship three decades ago.
'Bigger, hotter, faster': extreme blazes drive rise in CO2 fire emissions
Rampant wildfires in the Americas drove a jump in global greenhouse gas emissions from fires in the year to February, new research found Thursday, warning that climate change was fanning the flames.
In the doghouse: flying canines count as cargo, EU court rules
The European Union's top court ruled Thursday that a dog travelling in an aeroplane's cargo hold counts as baggage, meaning airlines are not required to pay higher compensation if the animal is lost.
Judge 'reluctantly' tosses youth case challenging Trump climate policies
A federal judge on Wednesday "reluctantly" dismissed a lawsuit brought by young Americans accusing President Donald Trump's administration of threatening their constitutional right to life and liberty through its aggressive fossil-fuel push.
US judge 'reluctantly' tosses youth case challenging Trump climate policies
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a youth-led lawsuit accusing US President Donald Trump's fossil-fuel agenda of trampling their inalienable rights, ruling that he lacked jurisdiction to intervene.
In China, climate litigation starts with the state
With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.
US Republicans seek to shield oil giants as climate lawsuits advance
President Donald Trump's second term has seen the United States go all-in to boost Big Oil and block renewables -- yet a wave of state and local climate-damage lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry continues to advance.
Animal welfare transport law deadlocked in EU
An EU proposal aimed at improving animal transport conditions has hit a wall two years after its introduction, with negotiations deadlocked and its future uncertain.
Four Brazilians to watch at COP30
Influential Brazilians, from government figures to Indigenous activists, will take center stage during UN climate talks in the Amazon next month.
Global goal to end deforestation nowhere near being met: experts
Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.
Who is setting fire to the Amazon?
"Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon.
Carmakers face massive UK dieselgate lawsuit
Five major car manufacturers go on trial at London's High Court on Monday in the latest chapter of the dieselgate emissions scandal that has rocked the global car industry for a decade.
Plastic pollution treaty not dead in the water: UN environment chief
The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this week.
Top conservation group meets in UAE on growing threats to nature
The world's top conservation body kicked off its world congress Thursday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, where it will unveil its updated "red list" of threatened species a day later.
'Let them live in peace': survivor's fight for uncontacted Amazon people
Atxu Marima survived the flu that killed his family after a jaguar attack drove them from their Indigenous group in the Amazon -- but he cannot return for fear of endangering his people.
Jane Goodall's final wish: blast Trump, Musk and Putin to space
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Thousands stranded as record floods submerge Vietnam streets
Record floods submerged streets and inundated homes in Vietnam on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded, with at least eight killed this week.
Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals overwhelmed with bite victims.
EU should scrap ban on new combustion-engine sales: Merz
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday he wants the EU to scrap its planned 2035 deadline for ending new combustion-engine vehicle sales as his country looks for ways to help its ailing car industry.
Americans, Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
Finally, something to unite President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponents and the Canadians he's threatening to annex: a ferociously hungry carp.
Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers' waste metal
A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking city, aimed at melting down and recycling the key industry's steel offcuts by using green energy.
First wolf-dog hybrid confirmed in Greece
A prominent Greek wildlife group on Friday said it had confirmed the first case of a wolf-dog hybrid in the north of the country.
UN-backed climate banking alliance ceases operations
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a UN-backed initiative seeking carbon neutral investments by banks, announced Friday its immediate shutdown -- at a time of faltering climate commitments in the United States and Europe.
Typhoon Bualoi death toll in Vietnam tops 50
The death toll from Typhoon Bualoi in Vietnam rose above 50, the government said Friday, with more than a dozen people still missing days after the storm triggered widespread flooding.
'Conservation giant': World reacts to Jane Goodall's death
World leaders and environmental advocates paid tribute Wednesday to renowned British chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall after she died at the age of 91.
Renowned British chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
British primatologist Jane Goodall, who transformed the study of chimpanzees and became one of the world's most prominent wildlife advocates, has died at the age of 91, her institute announced Wednesday.
Canada blocks theme park from sending whales to China
Canada on Wednesday denied a request from a controversial theme park to export 30 beluga whales to China, saying the refusal was necessary to protect the mammals from exploitation.
Schwarzenegger's 'action hero' pope says don't give up on climate change
Pope Leo XIV urged people Wednesday not to resign themselves to the global crisis of climate change but play an active part in stopping it, at an event with "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Swiss glaciers shrank by a quarter in past decade: study
Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost a quarter of their volume in the past decade alone, a study warned Wednesday, heightening concerns over accelerating melting.
Beaches shut on Spain's Ibiza as downpours spark floods
Spain's Mediterranean holiday islands of Ibiza and Formentera emerged relatively unscathed from torrential rainfall on Tuesday that triggered floods and prompted the closure of beaches and schools.
Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record
Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet's southern pole.