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Where does Iraq stand as US turns up heat on Iran?
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Vietnam designer makes history as Paris Haute Couture wraps up
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Denmark hails 'very constructive' meeting with US over Greenland
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US border chief says not 'surrendering' immigration mission
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EU to put Iran Guards on 'terrorist list'
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Pegula calls herself 'shoddy, erratic' in Melbourne semi-final loss
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All hands on deck: British Navy sobers up alcohol policy
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Sabalenka says Serena return would be 'cool' after great refuses to rule it out
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Rybakina plots revenge over Sabalenka in Australian Open final
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Irish Six Nations hopes hit by Aki ban
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Britain's Starmer hails 'good progress' after meeting China's Xi
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Parrots rescued as landslide-hit Sicilian town saves pets
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Gold surges further, oil jumps on Trump's Iran threat
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No handshake as Sabalenka sets up repeat of 2023 Melbourne final
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Iran's IRGC: the feared 'Pasdaran' set for EU terror listing
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EU eyes migration clampdown with push on deportations, visas
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Umpire call fired up Sabalenka in politically charged Melbourne clash
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Rybakina battles into Australian Open final against Sabalenka
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Iran vows 'crushing response', EU targets Revolutionary Guards
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Northern Mozambique: massive gas potential in an insurgency zone
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Gold demand hits record high on Trump policy doubts: industry
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Show must go on: London opera chief steps in for ailing tenor
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UK drugs giant AstraZeneca announces $15 bn investment in China
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US scrutiny of visitors' social media could hammer tourism: trade group
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'Watch the holes'! Paris fashion crowd gets to know building sites
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Power, pace and financial muscle: How Premier League sides are ruling Europe
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'Pesticide cocktails' pollute apples across Europe: study
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Ukraine's Svitolina feels 'very lucky' despite Australian Open loss
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Money laundering probe overshadows Deutsche Bank's record profits
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Huge Mozambique gas project restarts after five-year pause
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Britain's Starmer reports 'good progress' after meeting China's Xi
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Sabalenka crushes Svitolina in politically charged Australian Open semi
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Turkey to offer mediation on US–Iran tensions, weighs border measures
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Mali's troubled tourism sector crosses fingers for comeback
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China issues 73 life bans, punishes top football clubs for match-fixing
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Ghana moves to rewrite mining laws for bigger share of gold revenues
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South Africa drops 'Melania' just ahead of release
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Senegal coach Thiaw banned, fined after AFCON final chaos
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Russia's sanctioned oil firm Lukoil to sell foreign assets to Carlyle
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Australian Open chief Tiley says 'fine line' after privacy complaints
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Trump-era trade stress leads Western powers to China
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Gold soars towards $5,600 as Trump rattles sabre over Iran
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Russia's Petrosian skates in Valieva shadow at Milan-Cortina Olympics
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China executes 11 linked to Myanmar scam compounds
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Germany to harden critical infrastructure as Russia fears spike
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Colombia plane crash investigators battle poor weather to reach site
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Serena Williams refuses to rule out return to tennis
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Vietnam, EU vow stronger ties as bloc's chief visits Hanoi
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New glove, same fist: Myanmar vote ensures military's grip
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Panama Canal agency warns water shortage "is not over"
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said Wednesday that the famed waterway continues to face a water shortage, despite recent rains alleviating most restrictions imposed following last year's drought.
'Breathing smoke': Brazil's Pantanal wetlands hit by record fires
Erica Cristina has been "breathing in smoke every day" since a large fire broke out across the river from the city of Corumba, the gateway to Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands.
US launches satellite to better prepare for space weather
The United States on Tuesday launched a new satellite expected to significantly improve forecasts of solar flares and coronal mass ejections -- huge plasma bubbles that can crash into Earth, disrupting power grids and communications.
Antarctic faces melting 'tipping point' as oceans warm: study
Scientists have discovered a new tipping point toward "runaway melting" of Antarctic ice sheets, caused by warm ocean water intruding between the ice and the land it sits on, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Paris Olympics promise climate action, experts remain sceptical
Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics promised to take "unprecedented" action for the climate by halving the carbon footprint of previous Games and financing projects to reduce planet-heating greenhouse gases.
Saudi says 1,301 deaths during hajj, mostly unregistered pilgrims
Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 faithful died during the hajj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat, and that most of the deceased did not have official permits.
Thousands march in London to call for 'urgent' climate action
Thousands of protestors from across the UK marched through central London on Saturday to call for "urgent political action" on nature.
Egypt to prosecute travel agents over hajj 'fraud': government
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered 16 tourism companies stripped of their licences and referred their managers to the public prosecutor Saturday over illegal pilgrimages to Mecca, the cabinet said.
Torrential rains kill 27 across Central America
Torrential rains across Central America have left at least 27 dead in landslides and flooding over the past week, mainly in El Salvador, but also in Guatemala and Honduras, officials said Friday.
Hong Kong matches record for hottest summer solstice
Hong Kong matched on Friday its record for the hottest summer solstice as a subtropical ridge drove temperatures up to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 degrees Fahrenheit).
Kuwait announces power cuts as demand spikes in summer heat
Kuwait has announced temporary power cuts in some parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying it is struggling to meet increased demand spurred by extreme summer heat.
Climate change made deadly heat 35x more likely in US, Mexico, C. America
Deadly heat that blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America recently was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists said on Thursday.
Four in five people want more climate action: UN survey
Four in every five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll of 75,000 participants published on Thursday.
UK inflation slowdown unlikely to shift vote, rate outcomes
Britain's inflation rate has slowed to a near three-year low, official data showed Wednesday, but the boost for embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was unlikely to prevent his Conservatives from losing the upcoming general election to Labour, analysts said.
Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain
Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground, police and government officials in the low-lying nation said Wednesday.
Scottish farmers damn wild beaver reintroduction policy
As night falls in central Scotland, beavers appear in a pond under the fascinated gaze of a group of nature enthusiasts.
Searing heat scorches US from Chicago to East Coast
Extreme heat and high humidity smothered the central and northeastern United States on Tuesday, with temperature records expected to melt away in the coming days, authorities warned, as wildfires sizzled in the west.
Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits China
More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the south, while the north baked under some of its highest temperatures this year.
Hong Kong bourse to keep trading through severe weather: leader
Hong Kong's stock exchange will continue trading through typhoons and heavy storms from September, the city's leader announced Tuesday.
On thin ice: Greenland's last Inuit polar bear hunters
Inuit hunter Hjelmer Hammeken spotted a ringed seal near its breathing hole on the Greenland ice. In his white camouflage, he slowly crept towards it then lay down in the snow and waited.
Sinkholes threaten luxury property in Chile's resort city
It was meant to be paradise on earth: a luxury apartment building standing just a few meters away from the beach with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean.
Stressed out: how to measure dangerous heat
In the hottest year on record, with scorching conditions claiming lives from India to Mexico and Greece sweltering in its earliest-ever heatwave, experts are sounding the alarm over heat stress.
Gray whales shrinking fast as climate warms
Pacific coast gray whales have shrunk in length an astonishing 13 percent since 2000, adding to evidence that climate change and other human activities are making marine mammals smaller, a study says.
Polar bears could vanish from Canada's Hudson Bay if temperatures rise 2C
An international team of scientists said Thursday that polar bears faced local extinction in Canada's Hudson Bay by mid-century if global warming exceeds limits set under the Paris climate accords.
Earliest-ever Greek heatwave shuts Acropolis for second day
The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist attraction, was closed to the public during the hottest hours on Thursday for the second day running, as the country's earliest-ever heatwave neared its peak.
Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
Earliest-ever heatwave in Greece closes Athens Acropolis
The Athens Acropolis, Greece's most visited tourist site, was closed to the public during the hottest hours of Wednesday as the season's earliest-ever heatwave swept the country, prompting school closures and health warnings.
World will amass 'major' oil surplus by 2030: IEA
The world is likely to have a major surplus of oil by 2030 as production is ramped up while the clean energy transition tempers demand, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
Nitrous oxide emissions surge in climate threat: study
Global emissions of nitrous oxide -- a potent greenhouse gas -- are outpacing expectations and putting climate change goals in peril, a major study published on Wednesday found.
Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya.
Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil field
Senegal joined the club of oil-producing countries on Tuesday as Australian group Woodside Energy announced that production had started in the west African country's first offshore project.
Extreme early-summer heatwave peaks in western US
An extreme early-summer heatwave was expected to peak Thursday across much of the western United States, where millions were scrambling to cope with the sudden sharp rise in temperatures.