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Pope Leo XIV to revive papal holidays at summer palace
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Bank of Japan holds rates, will slow bond purchase taper
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Thai cabinet approves bid to host Bangkok F1 race
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Oil prices swing with stocks as traders keep tabs on Israel-Iran crisis
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Amsterdam honours its own Golden Age sculpture master
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Russian strikes kill 14 in 'horrific' attack on Kyiv
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Taiwan tests sea drones as China keeps up military pressure
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Survivors of Bosnia 'rape camps' come forward 30 years on
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Australian mushroom murder suspect told 'lies upon lies': prosecutor
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Israel, Iran trade blows as air war rages into fifth day
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G7 urges Middle East de-escalation as Trump makes hasty summit exit
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G7 urges Iran de-escalation as Trump makes hasty summit exit
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Verdict due for Sweden's 'Queen of Trash' over toxic waste
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Israel, Iran trade missile fire as Trump warns Tehran to 'evacuate'
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UK MPs eye decriminalising abortion for women in all cases
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Climate activists are using shareholder meetings to turn up the heat on corporations about their carbon footprints, from flooding them with questions to more colourful tactics like singing or throwing cake at executives.

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The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to at least 81 on Tuesday, according to local leaders, officials and state media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support.

Cyclone Mocha death toll rises to 60 in Myanmar
The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar rose to 60 on Tuesday, according to local leaders and junta-backed media, as villagers tried to piece together ruined homes and waited for aid and support.

Cyclone toll in Myanmar's Rakhine state at least 41: local leaders
The death toll in cyclone-hit villages of Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to at least 41 on Tuesday, local leaders told AFP.

New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires
In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires.

Myanmar port city slowly reopens after deadly Cyclone Mocha
Contact was slowly being restored on Monday with tens of thousands of people cut off in a major Myanmar port city as the death toll from a cyclone that tore through the west of the country and neighbouring Bangladesh rose to at least five.
Category 5 Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar, Bangladesh
Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore in Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, uprooting trees, scattering flimsy homes in Rohingya displacement camps and bringing a storm surge into low-lying areas.

Category 5 Cyclone Mocha set to crash over Myanmar, Bangladesh
Cyclone Mocha intensified into a category five hurricane on Sunday, hours ahead of its predicted landfall in Myanmar and Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from the coasts were taking shelter.

Thousands flee as Cyclone Mocha approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.

Families seek shelter in Myanmar as Cyclone Mocha approaches
Hundreds sought shelter and higher ground in western Myanmar on Friday ahead of a looming cyclone forecast to bring high winds and a storm surge to the eastern Bay of Bengal.

Australian bushfires may have helped trigger La Nina
Australia's "Black Summer" bushfire catastrophe coughed up so much smoke it may have fuelled the global onset of La Nina in 2020, according to new research published Thursday.

Climate maths 'doesn't add up' without carbon capture: COP28 chief
The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get "serious" about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.

World near positive 'tipping point' on climate solutions: expert
With climate-enhanced droughts, heatwaves and fires ravaging three continents and the threat of a new surge in global warming, the world urgently needs to ramp-up solutions for slashing carbon pollution. But which solutions are most critical?

'Perfect storm' of heat, dryness fuel western Canada's extreme wildfires
Dry vegetation, record temperatures and powerful winds: this "perfect storm" of weather phenomena fueled the massive forest fires in western Canada's Alberta province this year, according to researchers.

Western Canada seeks urgent help to fight wildfires
Canada struggled on Monday to control wildfires that have forced thousands to flee, halted oil production and threaten to raze towns, with the western province of Alberta calling for federal help.

Europe's produce at stake in Spain's water war
Spanish farmer Juan Francisco Abellaneda's salads and watermelons fill the shelves of European supermarkets winter and summer. But maybe not for much longer.

Heed the reed: thatcher scientist on mission to revive craft
Once upon a time many homes in the picturesque Burgenland wine-growing region of eastern Austria were thatched.

Spain heatwave to peak with record April temperatures
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.

Watchdog raps Murdoch's Australian broadcaster over climate coverage
Australia's media watchdog has rapped the climate coverage on Rupert Murdoch's Sky News, finding multiple inaccurate and unfair statements that led to breaches of broadcasting rules.

European countries aim to boost wind energy production
Nine European countries were holding a summit Monday aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fallout of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables.

Climate activists stop Berlin traffic to pressure goverment
Environmental activists blocked dozens of streets in Berlin on Monday to protest Germany's climate policy, causing widespread transport disruption in the capital.

Malaria cases spike in Malawi, Pakistan after 'climate-driven' disasters
Extreme weather events in Malawi and Pakistan have driven "very sharp" rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25.

Thousands rally outside UK parliament in biodiversity protest
Thousands of protesters descended on Britain's parliament Saturday as part of a four-day campaign designed to "highlight the environmental failures" of government.

Climate change, farmers draining ancient Balkan lake
For millennia, Lake Prespa was pristine. But under pressure from climate change, unchecked pumping and pollution, the prehistoric body of water in southeast Europe is shrinking at an alarming rate.

Bangladeshis pray for rain as temperatures soar
Hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims gathered on an open field in Dhaka on Monday to pray for rain after the metropolis of 20 million people recorded its hottest day in almost 60 years.

'Big sponge': new CO2 tech taps oceans to tackle global warming
Floating in the port of Los Angeles, a strange-looking barge covered with pipes and tanks contains a concept that scientists hope to make waves: a new way to use the ocean as a vast carbon dioxide sponge to tackle global warming.

G7 faces pressure on fossil fuels at Japan climate talks
G7 allies kicked off two days of "difficult" climate talks in northern Japan on Saturday, facing pressure to show progress on key fossil fuel commitments in an example to other major economies including China.

Cyclone hits Australia bringing 'record-breaking' wind speeds
A severe tropical cyclone lashed northwestern Australia Friday bringing the strongest winds the country has ever recorded, but officials said towns and cities appeared to have escaped the worst of the storm.

World Bank members endorse moves to boost lending by $50bn over decade
World Bank member countries have endorsed measures allowing a $50 billion lending boost over the next decade, its outgoing president David Malpass said Wednesday.

Sun, wind power make record 12% of world electricity: survey
Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12 percent of the world's electricity in 2022, a climate think tank calculated in a report Wednesday -- though coal remained the leading source globally.

No evidence yet of credit crunch after banking turmoil: Yellen
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that she has not seen evidence of a contraction in credit, despite fears that households and firms could have a tougher time borrowing after recent banking sector turmoil.

Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm
Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed two people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal.