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New Zealand spy service warns of China interference
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Israel approves major West Bank settlement project
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Sudanese lay first bricks to rebuild war-torn Khartoum
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Newcastle host Liverpool amid Isak stand-off, Spurs test new-look Man City
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Texas Republicans advance map that reignited US redistricting wars
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South Africa spinner Subrayen cited for suspect action
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Meme-lord Newsom riles Republicans with Trump-trolling posts
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Messi ruled out of Miami's Leagues Cup quarter-final v Tigres
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Trump flirts with Ukraine security, with narrow margins
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US sends three warships near Venezuela coast
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Celtic held by Kairat Almaty in Champions League play-off
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Namibian Shalulile equals South African scoring record
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PlayStation prices rise as US tariffs bite
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Games publisher kepler on cloud nine after smash hits
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Thirteen arrested over murders of Mexico City officials
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Seville storms past Lyles for Lausanne 100m win
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Google unveils latest Pixel phones packed with AI
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Brazil records 65 percent drop in Amazon area burned by fire
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Threat from massive western Canada wildfire eases
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England women's rugby coach Mitchell says World Cup favourites' tag 'irrelevant'
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US ramps up attack on international court over Israel
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Palace transfer targets Eze and Guehi to start in European tie
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India test-fires ballistic missile ahead of US tariff hike
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Antarctic climate shifts threaten 'catastrophic' impacts globally
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Trump raises pressure on central bank, calls for Fed governor to resign
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Google packs new Pixel phones with AI
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England unchanged for Women's Rugby World Cup opener against the USA
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Russia says must be part of Ukraine security guarantees talks
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New treaty plots conservation course for high seas
Protecting life in the vast expanse of ocean beyond national jurisdictions finally has an international roadmap after UN states agreed a landmark high seas treaty at the weekend.

Treaty ahoy! UN states finally agree deal to protect high seas
UN member states finally agreed Saturday, following years of talks, to a text on the first international treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.

After sleepless night, marathon UN high seas talks continue
UN member states struggled Saturday to nail down a long-awaited agreement on the high seas, after a sleepless night of negotiations on a treaty to protect a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.

Treaty ahoy? Talks to protect high seas enter last day
UN countries will try to overcome their differences on Friday to finally agree a treaty to protect the high seas, a fragile and vital treasure that covers nearly half the planet.

Earthquakes, back-to-back cyclones batter Vanuatu
The Pacific nation of Vanuatu was under a state of emergency Friday, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days.

Macron says era of French interference in Africa is 'over'
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era of French interference in Africa was "well over" as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties.

Tropical deforestation significantly reduces rainfall: study
From the Amazon to the evergreen forests of Africa and Southeast Asia, large-scale deforestation threatens reductions in rainfall across the tropics, according to new research.

Long lost Madagascar songbird seen again in wild
Conservationists were celebrating Wednesday the first sightings in 24 years of the dusky tetraka, a yellow-throated songbird native to Madagascar for which ornithologists had feared the worst.

La Nina ending but warming El Nino may strike soon: UN
An exceptionally long La Nina weather phenomenon that intensified drought and flooding is finally ending, the United Nations said Wednesday -- but what comes next might bring its own problems.

Snow blankets Mallorca as cold grips Spain
Snow blanketed Spain's holiday island of Mallorca on Tuesday as a winter storm brought strong winds and freezing temperatures to large parts of the country.

New York gets biggest snowfall of unusually mild winter
New Yorkers woke Tuesday to something they have barely seen this winter: snow.

In Sierra Leone, the people fighting the sea to build a home
Off a path in Cockle Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, lies the squat, tin-roofed house where Lamrana Bah lives and works.

Sea ice in Antarctic at record low: US data center
Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite record-keeping.

Carbon credits: a contested tool to fight deforestation
Planting trees or safeguarding tropical rainforests have become popular tools for companies seeking to offset their carbon emissions and proclaim their commitment to the environment.

Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo
For species classified as "extinct in the wild", the zoos and botanical gardens where their fates hang by a thread are as often anterooms to oblivion as gateways to recovery, new research has shown.

Heavy snow hits parts of southern California
Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the hills around Los Angeles, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places.

Heavy snow hits southern California
Heavy snow fell in southern California on Friday, as the first blizzard in a generation pounded the Los Angeles area, with heavy rains threatening flooding in other places.

Brazil storm death toll rises to 50
Brazilian authorities said Thursday evening that the death toll from floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the country's southeast had risen to at least 50, with emergency workers continuing to dig through the wreckage.

Lake Garda tourists flock to island reconnected by drought
On foot or by bike, visitors stream across the narrow path connecting the small island to the edge of Lake Garda, a symbol of the winter drought hitting northern Italy.

Heavy snow snarls travel as winter storms hit US
Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on Wednesday, with heavy snow snarling travel across wide areas, even as unusual warmth was expected in others.
Cyclone Freddy heads to Mozambique after killing 5 in Madagascar
A powerful cyclone was barrelling towards Mozambique on Wednesday after battering Madagascar where it killed five people but left less devastation in its wake than feared, emergency officials said.

Brazil storm death toll rises to 48
At least 48 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southeastern Brazil, authorities said Wednesday, updating the death toll as the search for dozens of missing entered the fourth day.

Four dead after Cyclone Freddy crosses Madagascar
A powerful cyclone battered Madagascar on Wednesday, killing four people as it barrelled towards Mozambique but leaving less devastation in its wake than feared, emergency officials said.

Cyclone Freddy hits Madagascar, four killed
Powerful tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through parts of Madagascar on Wednesday, killing four people on the Indian Ocean island, disaster management authorities said.

Madagascar braces for Cyclone Freddy
Tropical Cyclone Freddy was poised to strike eastern Madagascar on Tuesday, slightly weakening after brushing Mauritius with powerful winds and heavy rain, monitors said.

Jane Fonda warns oceans are 'dying' amid UN treaty talks
Actor and activist Jane Fonda on Monday warned that humanity is "losing the ocean," as two weeks of negotiations begin at the United Nations on a treaty to protect the high seas.

'Everything was buried': Brazilians recount storm horror
Ankle-deep in muck, Brazilian domestic worker Patricia da Silva picks her way through the debris and mud of what used to be her home, trying to rescue what she can of her belongings.

Mauritius braces for intense Cyclone Freddy
Mauritius was battening down the hatches on Monday as an intense tropical cyclone moved closer, with flights cancelled and normal life at a standstill in the Indian Ocean island nation.

Cyclone recovery expected to cost New Zealand billions
New Zealand said Monday it was likely to cost billions of dollars to recover from Cyclone Gabrielle as the national state of emergency was extended by another week.

Concerns and impatience over mining the world's seabeds
The prospect of large-scale mining to extract valuable minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, once a distant vision, has grown more real, raising alarms among the oceans' most fervent defenders.

Power, water return to cyclone-hit New Zealand cities
Water and electricity supplies slowly returned to cyclone-struck New Zealand cities Saturday, as the death toll from the disaster rose to nine.

Toddler among dead as New Zealand storm toll mounts
A New Zealand mum has recounted the heartbreak of watching her two-year-old daughter being swept away in floodwaters unleashed by Cyclone Gabrielle, which has killed at least eight people.