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New space object 'black hole star' discovered by astronomers
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Grieving Argentine icon Messi unsure about playing on 'much longer'
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England captain Root tells players to be 'adults' as he ditches curfew
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Nigeria kidnap victims escape 'hellfire' captivity beaten, malnourished
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US inflation slows slightly in July despite elevated fuel prices
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Google unveils finder tag, new AI smartphone features
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Total solar eclipse to cast its shadow over Europe
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US equities gain as inflation report eases fear of rate rise
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US consumer inflation slows slightly in July despite elevated fuel prices
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Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
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Warholm on track in bid for fourth Euro hurdles gold
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44 lives lost after ferry capsizes on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba
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Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact
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WallStreetPR Releases Report on China’s Gold Purchases and African Mining Investment
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Extreme weather, jellyfish knock one-fifth of France's nuclear capacity offline
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Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji dies aged 97
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Skywatchers gather in Europe to see total solar eclipse
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Markets steady awaiting US inflation data
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Zhu Rongji, trailblazing ex-premier who transformed China's economy
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WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against evidence
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China tech giant Tencent's Q2 profit down as AI push builds
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Eclipse chasers flock to Spain for 'breathtaking' experience
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China's C919 jet makes first international commercial flight
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'To make the civilians leave': Russia pummels Ukraine's petrol stations
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Mideast war impact on travel bookings fading, TUI says
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Japan brushes off Australian PM's melon drama
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Bangladesh get Das fitness boost for daunting Australia task
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Rod Stewart cancels tour dates after heart surgery
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One dead, 172 rescued as second ferry in days catches fire in Indonesia
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How Britain's mapmakers track climate change
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Foxconn posts quarterly profit surge on AI server demand
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Australian delivery drivers win 'world-leading' pay rise
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Hazlewood gets Australia nod ahead of Boland for Bangladesh Test
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Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment in court
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Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dead at 93
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Art or medicine? Japan's cosmetic tattoo artists in limbo
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Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 200
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Rybakina ousts Osaka to book Toronto semi-final against Gauff
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New Zealand PM survives leadership challenge months from election
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Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 240
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Passengers rescued as second ferry in days catches fire in Indonesia
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Charges dropped against Bondi Beach attack hero
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Oil prices rise, stocks mixed ahead of crucial US inflation data
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Parched and desperate for rain, Kazakhstan turns to cloud-seeding
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UK 'joke' candidate Binface pushes serious point about politics
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The perfect storm that turbocharged Venezuela's twin quakes
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New Zealand PM Luxon survives leadership challenge months from election
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2.4 million girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return: UNESCO
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Cuba celebrates Castro's 100th as his revolution faces its toughest test
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Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240
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COP28 chair urges tripling of renewables capacity by 2030
The president of upcoming UN climate talks Sultan Al Jaber on Tuesday called on participants to drastically ramp up their use of renewable energy ahead of the key summit in the United Arab Emirates later this year.
Conservation groups sue US regulator over SpaceX launches
US conservation groups on Monday announced they are suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for not doing enough to protect the environment from SpaceX's Starship program.
Solo rower launches Europe trek to expose river pollution
An intrepid French traveller embarked on Monday on a solo rowing expedition from Poland to France to shed light on the pollution of waterways of Europe.
Colombia urges evacuation near volcano
Authorities in Colombia on Saturday recommended that towns closest to a rumbling, notorious volcano be evacuated, ahead of a a possible eruption.
Sculpture of euthanised walrus Freya unveiled in Oslo fjord
A bronze sculpture was unveiled Saturday in Norway of the walrus Freya who gained global attention last summer after playfully basking in the Oslo fjord until officials euthanised her.
Brazil's Lula decrees six new Indigenous reserves
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, the first after a dearth of such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
Meltdown: 2023 looking grim for Swiss glaciers
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US climate activists smear paint on Degas sculpture enclosure
Climate activists attacked a famous Degas sculpture in a Washington museum Thursday, smearing its Plexiglas enclosure with paint.
Spain hit by summer-strength heat in April
An unusually early heatwave in drought-hit Spain is set to peak on Thursday and Friday with temperatures expected to break April records in the south of the country.
Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: report
A devastating drought that has struck the Horn of Africa could not have occurred without global warming, according to a new report released Thursday from an international team of climate scientists.
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Major green energy projects are sprouting up across Spain as it seeks to position itself as a future green energy leader -- but experts have urged caution over costs and demand uncertainty.
Drought threatens Panama Canal shipping traffic
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Climate activists block Berlin roads again
Climate activists sought on Tuesday to glue themselves onto the asphalt and block traffic in Berlin, a day after similar action caused heavy disruptions across the German capital.
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European leaders vow to boost North Sea wind energy production
Nine European countries pledged at a summit Monday to massively scale up wind power generation in the North Sea to further climate goals and durably move further away from dependency on Russian fossil fuel supplies.
Drought-hit Spain braces for early heat wave
Drought-hit Spain was bracing Monday for an unusually early heat wave, prompting fears for wildfires in a nation already so dry that some farmers have opted not to plant crops.
Second cheetah brought from Africa dies in India
A cheetah brought from South Africa to India has died, wildlife officials said, the second such death within a month in a country where the big spotted cat was declared extinct seven decades ago.
South African rhino-lover seeks billionaire successor
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Air pollution kills 1,200 children a year: EU agency
Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday.
Sudan lions reserve warns running low on food amid fighting
Heavy fighting in Sudan, which has plunged the nation into chaos and killed hundreds, has also raised fears about the fate of 25 lions and other animals in a wildlife reserve.
Climate protesters launch four-day mass action in London
Environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion on Friday began four days of action in London, promising less disruption and more inclusion than the mass blockades that became its trademark.
EasyJet CEO 'confident' after last summer's travel chaos
The aviation sector has endured chaos at airports after the end of Covid restrictions, high inflation and strikes, but easyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren is upbeat about the British airline's future.
Biden urges climate forum to 'step up' against global warming
President Joe Biden announced another $1 billion in US climate funding Thursday at a virtual meeting with leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations to coordinate efforts to push back on global warming.
'Hotter and hotter': Swathes of Asia sweat in heatwave
Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region.