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US set to axe climate pollution limits for power plants: reports
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump's administration is expected to remove limits on climate pollution from coal and gas power plants on Monday, according to US media rep...
Bougainville leader says violence won't stop Panguna mine reopening
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
Violence will not derail the reopening of the dormant Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region, a local leader said, after saboteurs torched rows ...
EU needs icebreakers to beef up Arctic presence: Kallas
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union needs icebreakers to bolster its presence in the Arctic, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday, as global warming makes the region ...
Trump moves to axe power plant climate rules
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration is expected Monday to scrap limits on carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the source of nearly a quart...
Italian airport suspends flights due to volcanic activity
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
Sicily's Catania airport shut down temporarily on Monday due to volcanic activity on Mount Etna that spewed ash into the sky.
Bougainville leader says violence won't stop Panguna mine re-opening
Sep 14, 2026 (AFP)
Violence will not derail the reopening of the dormant Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region, a local leader said, after saboteurs torched rows ...
Hundreds flee Croatia island fire
Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
Some 500 people have been evacuated on the Croatian Adriatic island of Brac as a wildfire raged on the popular tourist spot famous for its white sand beach.
Macron, Carney to visit French islands after Trump's map post
Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
The leaders of France and Canada will next week visit France's North Atlantic territory of Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon to underscore their support for national bo...
Two injured in wildfire on Spain's Costa del Sol
Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
A wildfire raging a short distance from Spain's famed Costa del Sol beach resorts left two people injured on Sunday, emergency services said.
Three injured in wildfire on Spain's Costa del Sol
Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
A wildfire raging near luxury homes outside Spain's famed Costa del Sol beach resorts left three people injured on Sunday, with one victim in hospital with burn...
Around 230 flee Croatia island fire
Sep 13, 2026 (AFP)
Around 230 people were evacuated overnight Sunday on the Croatian Adriatic island of Brac because of a fire that has ravaged some 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres), ...
Belgian tree climbers seek climate resilience in pine cones
Sep 12, 2026 (AFP)
Perched atop a larch tree, Luca Bruscia, a sporty 25-year-old pruner, collects pine cones that Belgian authorities hope will help strengthen the country's fores...
Bhutan business bets on hazelnuts for farming future
Sep 12, 2026 (AFP)
Farmer Pema Dema had never even heard of hazelnuts when she was first recruited to begin growing them on her land in Bhutan's Thimphu region.
Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's for...
Researchers eye AI revolution in natural disaster forecasts
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
A revolution in forecasting natural disasters is underway, say researchers in Switzerland who are training AI models on vast troves of NASA climate data to prod...
Coastal erosion forces cancellation of California music festival
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
A music festival set to feature The Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White was cancelled Friday because the California beach where it was to be held has been eaten...
Indonesia to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's for...
Swimming pigs draw tourists to Greek island
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
On a beach of a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, tourists frolic in the azure waters like most visitors do in the popular Mediterranean country at this tim...
Swimming pigs draw tourists to Greek island
Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
On a beach of a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea, tourists frolick in the azure waters like most visitors do in the popular Mediterranean country at this t...
Online and undercover: saving trafficked wildlife in Thailand
Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopard...
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