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Apple expects $900 mn tariff hit as shifts US iPhone supply to India
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US to end shipping loophole for Chinese goods Friday
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Forest's Champions League dreams hit by Brentford defeat
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Norris and Piastri taking championship battle in their stride
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Chelsea close in on UEFA Conference League final with win at Djurgarden
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Spurs take control in Europa semi against Bodo/Glimt
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Man Utd seize control of Europa League semi against 10-man Bilbao
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With minerals deal, Ukraine finds way to secure Trump support
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Amazon revenue climbs 9%, but outlook sends shares lower
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Trump axes NSA Waltz after chat group scandal
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Forest Champions League dreams hit after Brentford defeat
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'Resilient' Warriors aim to close out Rockets in bruising NBA playoff series
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US expects Iran talks but Trump presses sanctions
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Baffert returns to Kentucky Derby, Journalism clear favorite
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Top Trump security official replaced after chat group scandal
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Masked protesters attack Socialists at France May Day rally
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Mumbai eliminate Rajasthan from IPL playoff race with bruising win
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McDonald's profits hit by weakness in US market
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Rio goes Gaga for US singer ahead of free concert
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New research reveals where N. American bird populations are crashing
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Verstappen late to Miami GP as awaits birth of child
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Zelensky says minerals deal with US 'truly equal'
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Weinstein lawyer says accuser sought payday from complaint
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Police arrest more than 400 in Istanbul May Day showdown
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Herbert named head coach of Canada men's basketball team
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'Boss Baby' Suryavanshi falls to second-ball duck in IPL
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Shibutani siblings return to ice dance after seven years
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300,000 rally across France for May 1, union says
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US-Ukraine minerals deal: what we know
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Top Trump official ousted after chat group scandal: reports
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Schueller hat-trick sends Bayern women to first double
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Baudin in yellow on Tour de Romandie as Fortunato takes 2nd stage
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UK records hottest ever May Day
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GM cuts 2025 outlook, projects up to $5 bn hit from tariffs
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Thousands of UK children write to WWII veterans ahead of VE Day
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Top Trump official exiting after chat group scandal: reports
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Madrid Open holder Swiatek thrashed by Gauff in semis
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Sheinbaum says agreed with Trump to 'improve' US-Mexico trade balance
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US veteran convicted of quadruple murder to be executed in Florida
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UK counter terrorism police probe Irish rappers Kneecap
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S. Korea crisis deepens with election frontrunner retrial, resignations
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Trump administration releases report critical of youth gender care
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IKEA opens new London city centre store
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Police deploy in force for May Day in Istanbul, arrest hundreds
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Syria Druze leader condemns 'genocidal campaign' against community
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Prince Harry to hear outcome of UK security appeal on Friday
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Microsoft raises Xbox prices globally, following Sony
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US stocks rise on Meta, Microsoft ahead of key labor data
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Toulouse injuries mount as Ramos doubtful for Champions Cup semi
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Guardiola glad of Rodri return but uncertain if he'll play in FA Cup final
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Rivers in south Brazil rose anew Monday as flood rescue efforts intensified and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva conceded authorities had not been "prepared" for a disaster of such magnitude.
Twelve dead, 60 injured in India billboard collapse
Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday.

Environmental protests stop play at two Rome Open games
Environmental protestors stopped play at two matches at the Rome Open tennis tournament on Monday after invading courts in the Italian capital.

Chinese firms exit Romania solar tender after EU probe
Two Chinese-owned solar panel manufacturers have withdrawn from a public procurement tender in Romania after the EU launched an anti-subsidy probe, Brussels said Monday.

Loss and hope: US park rangers' climate crisis fight
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Rivers rise again as rain batters flood-hit south Brazil
River levels were rising again Sunday as strong rains lashed waterlogged southern Brazil, where flooding has killed more than 140 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.

Flash floods kill 62 in one day in north Afghanistan
The toll from deadly flash flooding that ripped through northern Afghanistan on Friday rose to 62 people, mainly women and children, an official said, in a country highly vulnerable to climate change.

Flash floods kill 50 in one day in north Afghanistan
At least 50 people, mainly women and children, were killed Friday in flash flooding that ripped through Afghanistan's Baghlan province, in the north of the country, a local official told AFP.

Envious shamans and pollution: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon
When fish numbers diminished in the Ecuadoran Amazon, the Siona Indigenous people blamed envious, rival shamans for blocking the animals' passage through the rivers of Cuyabeno, a biodiverse wetland.

Judge tosses California children's pollution suit against US govt
A federal lawsuit brought by a group of California children who claimed the US government was harming them by failing to clamp down on pollution has been tossed out by a judge.

Famed Thai holiday isles suffer water shortages after heatwave
The dazzling Thai holiday islands made famous by Hollywood film "The Beach" are facing a severe water shortage following a blistering heatwave across Asia, a tourism official and locals said Thursday.

2023 'year of record climatic hazards' in Latin America: UN
Latin America and the Caribbean had their warmest year on record in 2023 as a "double-whammy" of El Nino and climate change caused major weather calamities, the World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday.

April temperatures in Indonesia hottest for more than four decades
Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said Wednesday, as the region endures a suffocating heatwave and global temperatures break records.

Ritacuba Blanco: death of a Colombian glacier
Just a few months ago, the Colombian mountain peak of Ritacuba Blanco was covered in an unbroken layer of white ice and snow, just as it had been for as long as anyone can remember.

No let up yet for flood-battered south Brazil
The rains may have abated, but floodwaters on Monday continued their assault on southern Brazil, with hundreds of municipalities in ruins amid fears that food and drinking water may soon run out.

Market-based schemes not reducing deforestation, poverty: report
Market-based approaches to forest conservation like carbon offsets and deforestation-free certification schemes have largely failed to protect trees or alleviate poverty, according to a major scientific review published on Monday.

Brazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills at least 78
Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their homes.

Brazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills 75
Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed at least 75 and forced more than 88,000 to flee their homes.

Brazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills 66
Authorities in southern Brazil raced against the clock Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed at least 66 and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes.

Race against time to rescue Brazil flood victims after dozens killed
Authorities were racing against time on Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed more than 50 and forced nearly 70,000 to flee their homes in southern Brazil.

Heatwave hammers Thailand's stinky but lucrative durian farms
Clambering hand-over-hand, sweat dripping into his eyes, a durian labourer expertly slices a cumbersome fruit from a tree before tossing it down to land with a soft thump in his colleague's waiting arms some 15 metres (50 feet) below.

Vietnam temperature records tumble as heatwave scorches
More than 100 temperature records fell across Vietnam in April, according to official data, as a deadly heatwave scorches South and Southeast Asia.

Heatwave swells Asia's appetite for air-conditioning
A record-breaking heatwave is broiling parts of Asia, helping drive surging demand for cooling options, including air-conditioning.

Rains, mudslides kill 29 in southern Brazil's 'worst disaster'
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday visited the country's south where floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains have killed 29 people, with the toll expected to rise.

Kenya floods death toll rises to 188 as heavy rains persist
The number of people who have lost their lives in devastating floods in Kenya since March has risen to 188, with dozens still missing, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

Heat-struck Thai village hoists cartoon cat in desperate bid for rain
As millions across Southeast Asia suffer a blistering heatwave that is melting railway tracks, a Thai village resorted to an unusual method to seek rain: parading a Japanese cartoon cat.

New 'underground cathedral' opens ahead of Paris Olympics
It has no spire, stained glass windows or nave, but the cavernous underground stormwater facility set to be inaugurated in Paris on Thursday has been compared to Notre-Dame cathedral, which is being rebuilt after a fire.

April temperatures in Bangladesh hottest on record
Bangladesh's weather bureau said Wednesday that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave.

'Have to be outside': Thai delivery riders swelter in heatwave
In Bangkok's central Siam Square, Suriyan Wongwan sweats while he waits to collect the food that he will deliver by motorbike as Thailand bakes through a heatwave.

Hong Kong team plants seeds to safeguard legacy grains
Far from the soaring skyscrapers synonymous with Hong Kong, scientists and farmers labour in a paddy field on the city's outskirts to revive dormant rice varieties that once sprung from local soil.

G7 reportedly agrees end date for coal-fired power plants
G7 energy ministers have agreed a time frame for phasing out coal-fired power plants, a British minister said Monday, as the UN warned "excuses" for failing to take bold actions on climate change were "not acceptable".

G7 eyes possible end date for coal-fired power plants
G7 energy ministers on Monday discussed a possible time frame for phasing out coal-fired power plants, as the UN warned "excuses" for failing to take bold actions on climate change were "not acceptable".