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Trump says Kyiv can win back 'all of Ukraine' in major shift
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US veterans confident in four Ryder Cup rookies
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Ecuador's president claims narco gang behind fuel price protests
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Qatar's ruler says to keep efforts to broker Gaza truce despite strike
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Pakistan stay alive in Asia Cup with win over Sri Lanka
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S.Korea leader at UN vows to end 'vicious cycle' with North
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Four years in prison for woman who plotted to sell Elvis's Graceland
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'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN
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Schools shut, flights axed as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong, south China
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Celtics star Tatum doesn't rule out playing this NBA season
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Trump says NATO nations should shoot down Russian jets breaching airspace
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Trump says at Milei talks that Argentina does not 'need' bailout
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Iran meets Europeans but no sign of sanctions breakthrough
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NBA icon Jordan's insights help Europe's Donald at Ryder Cup
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Powell warns of inflation risks if US Fed cuts rates 'too aggressively'
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Arteta slams 'handbrake' criticism as Arsenal boss defends tactics
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Jimmy Kimmel back on the air, but faces partial boycott
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Triumphant Kenyan athletes receive raucous welcome home from Tokyo worlds
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NASA says on track to send astronauts around the Moon in 2026
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Stokes 'on track' for Ashes as England name squad
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Djokovic to play Shanghai Masters in October
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In US Ryder Cup pay spat, Schauffele and Cantlay giving all to charity
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Congo's Nobel winner Mukwege pins hopes on new film
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Scheffler expects Trump visit to boost USA at Ryder Cup
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Top Madrid museum opens Gaza photo exhibition
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Frank unfazed by trophy expectations at Spurs
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US says dismantled telecoms shutdown threat during UN summit
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Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years
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Cities face risk of water shortages in coming decades: study
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Trump mocks UN on peace and migration in blistering return
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Stokes named as England captain for Ashes tour
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Does taking paracetamol while pregnant cause autism? No, experts say
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We can build fighter jet without Germany: France's Dassault
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Atletico owners negotiating with US firm Apollo over majority stake sale - reports
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Stocks mark time with eyes on key economic data
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Tabilo stuns Musetti for Chengdu title, Bublik wins in Hangzhou
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Trump returns to UN to attack 'globalist' agenda
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No.1 Scheffler plays down great expectations at Ryder Cup
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WHO sees no autism links to Tylenol, vaccines
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US Fed official urges proactive approach on rates to boost jobs market
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Nearly 100 buffaloes die in Namibia stampede
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UN chief warns 'aid cuts are wreaking havoc' amid slashed budgets
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Schools shut, flights axed as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong, southern China
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Hundreds trapped as typhoon triggers barrier lake burst in Taiwan
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EU proposes new delay to anti-deforestation rules
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Man City have 'recovered many things': Guardiola
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Thailand to 'clarify misunderstandings' after SEA Games petanque ban
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Through magisterial Vatican pronouncements about the dangers posed by the warming planet, Pope Francis gave the Roman Catholic church a voice that influenced climate change talks, experts said.

Two missing after deadly spring snowstorm wreaks havoc in the Alps
Two people were still missing in Italy on Friday after unusually heavy spring storm across the Alps dumped more than a metre of snow in some areas, shutting ski areas, halting transport and leaving at least one person dead.

Vietnam ups wind, solar targets as energy demand soars
Vietnam has dramatically increased its wind and solar targets as it looks to up its energy production by 2030 to meet soaring demand, according to a revised version of its national power plan.

Wine consumption falls heavily into the red
Worldwide consumption of wine fell in 2024 to its lowest level in more than 60 years, the main trade body said Tuesday, raising concerns about new risks from US tariffs.

Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital
A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said Tuesday.

'Slow travel' start-up launches cross-Channel crossings by sail
The crossing may be "a bit choppy", Captain Andrew Simons warns a dozen of his passengers waiting in the French port of Boulogne to cross the Channel with only wind to get them to England.

Bogota ends one year of climate-induced water rationing
Residents in Colombia's biggest city Bogota won a much-desired reprieve from year-long water rationing Friday, with authorities announcing tough climate-induced cuts will end.

Papua New Guinea lifts ban on forest carbon credits
Papua New Guinea will "immediately" lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation's climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global emissions.

AI tool aims to help conserve Japan's cherry trees
Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers could help preserve them for future generations.

World's 'exceptional' heat streak lengthens into March
Global temperatures hovered at historic highs in March, Europe's climate monitor said on Tuesday, prolonging an unprecedented heat streak that has pushed the bounds of scientific explanation.

Once-dying Mexican river delta slowly nursed back to life
In a drought-hit Mexican border region at the center of growing competition with the United States for water, conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life.

Clean streets vs business woes: pollution charge divides Londoners
For Londoner Beau Boka-Batesa, air quality has drastically improved in the British capital following the rollout and expansion of a contested car pollution toll two years ago.

Torrential rains kill dozens in DR Congo capital
Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central African megacity, an official told AFP on Sunday.

Nations divided ahead of decisive week for shipping emissions
Members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are divided over whether to approve a carbon tax on international shipping, ahead of a meeting starting on Monday to finalise emissions-reduction measures.

Crops under threat as surprise March heatwave hits Central Asia: study
A surprise heatwave hit Central Asia in March, a new study published Friday showed, putting in danger crops and water supply in a largely rural region already heavily affected by the impacts of climate change.

Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: official data
Australia has just sweltered through its hottest 12 months on record, a weather official said Thursday, a period of drenching floods, tropical cyclones and mass coral bleaching.

Clouds and conspiracies: concerns over push to make rain
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Rain offers respite to South Korea firefighters as death toll rises
Overnight rain helped douse some of South Korea's worst-ever wildfires, authorities said Friday, as the death toll from the unprecedented blazes raging for nearly a week reached 28.

Rain gives some respite to South Korea firefighters as death toll rises
Overnight rain helped douse some of South Korea's worst-ever wildfires, authorities said Friday, as the death toll from the unprecedented blazes raging for nearly a week reached 28.

Why has Mexico's water debt opened new battle line with US?
Mexico's water debt to the United States under a decades-old supply treaty has opened a new battlefront between the two countries, in addition to US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

Parisians back 'garden roads' scheme in record low turnout
Residents of Paris have backed a scheme to pedestrianise and create green spaces on hundreds of roads in the French capital in a consultative vote marked by a record low turnout, according to results published on Monday.

In US Northwest, South Cascade is where glacier science grew up
For nearly 70 years scientists have been probing, measuring, drilling and generally getting to know South Cascade Glacier in the US Northwest, developing and honing skills now used worldwide.

US refuses water request for Mexico in new battleline
The United States said Thursday it refused a request by Mexico for water due to shortfalls in sharing by its southern neighbor, as President Donald Trump ramps up a battle on another front.

Greenpeace $660mn damages ruling shocks global NGOs
Civil society groups on Thursday condemned a US court order that Greenpeace pay over $660 million in damages to an oil pipeline company as a chilling attack on climate action around the globe.

'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away
Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks off of Africa's second-highest mountain.

Ice park threatened by climate change finds an ally in US silver mine
America's ice-climbing epicenter was facing a bleak future, with climate change endangering its water supply, until an unlikely savior came to its rescue: a nearby silver mine.

Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientists
The Trump administration plans to lay off hundreds of scientists and researchers from the US federal government as part of drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lawmakers warned Tuesday.

Colombian influencer puts the pizzazz into recycling
Colombian influencer Sara Samaniego braids her long straight hair, checks her make-up in a mirror, places her phone in the center of a ring light and flashes a big smile for the camera.

'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint
Countries must move rapidly to slash CO2 emissions from homes, offices, shops and other buildings -- a sector that accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas pollution, the United Nations said Monday.

At least 40 killed in weekend US tornadoes
At least 40 people were killed and dozens more injured by tornadoes and violent storms that ravaged the central and southern United States at the weekend, local authorities said.

Wind-powered mast to cut emissions sets sail to Canada
A pioneering rigid shipping mast has set off on its first journey, harnessing the wind to propel a cargo ship from England to Canada and using less fuel to help reduce emissions.
Greece rides a weather 'rollercoaster'
Greece is riding a weather "rollercoaster", with weekend temperatures spiking to a record high for March, just ahead of a forecast bout of snow and frost, meteorologists said on Sunday.