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Japan's busiest rail station tests robot bins
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
The world's busiest railway station, located at the heart of Tokyo in Japan, is testing whether mobile robotic rubbish bins can ease the workload of sanitation ...
Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a "massive" exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the...
Hushing and hedging: US companies retreat on climate
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Some companies are talking less about their climate commitments, while others are shifting the goalposts or quietly letting targets lapse.
Norway's King Harald laid to rest in CO2-absorbing sarcophagus
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Norway's King Harald V has been entombed within a ship-shaped sarcophagus carved from a carbon dioxide-absorbing ancient rock, the palace revealed on Friday.
Trump admin overhauls key protection for endangered species
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Incidental killings of protected wildlife will no longer be considered unlawful, according to a Trump administration memorandum confirmed by AFP on Thursday, in...
Tunis torrential rain raises flood fears, classes suspended
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Torrential rain hit the Tunisian capital on Thursday, raising fears of flooding and forcing the city to suspend classes at schools and universities.
French presidential hopeful Philippe pledges climate readiness
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
French presidential candidate Edouard Philippe on Thursday said he would help France better adapt to face climate change if he won, after the country's hottest ...
World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the United Nations warned Thursday, with an unprecedented E...
Smog scuppers Japan force helping fight Indonesia wildfires
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
A Japanese firefighting force sent to help tackle huge blazes in Indonesia is struggling to operate because the smog is too thick to fly helicopters, a spokesma...
Can we shut down AI?
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
The debate over potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence has resurged in recent weeks, with researchers once again warning the technology could end hu...
Trump admin makes major cut to endangered species protections
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shi...
Guatemala to provide food aid as El Nino causes severe drought
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Guatemala will provide food assistance to more than one million families living through drought due to the powerful El Nino weather pattern, the government anno...
Indonesia cash-for-photos scheme turns animal hunters into protectors
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to c...
Nine European countries beat August drought record: AFP analysis
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Nine European countries experienced their driest August on record as a sweltering summer supercharged by climate change scorched the continent, according to an ...
Trump admin overhauls key protection for endangered species
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shi...
Ivory Coast cracks down on illegal gold mining
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Ivorian authorities on Thursday announced measures to eradicate illegal gold mining across the West African country within six months through tougher surveillan...
Third body recovered after Grand Canyon flash flood
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
The body of a third hiker who was swept away in flash flooding that hit the Grand Canyon last month has been found, his family said Thursday.
Heavy rain lashes Spain, killing man
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish rescuers recovered the body of a man on Thursday swept away by floods near Barcelona as torrential rain struck the country's Mediterranean east, submerg...
Almost 8,000 excess deaths in France's scorched summer: statistics
Sep 16, 2026 (AFP)
The hottest summer in France since 1900 marked by a succession of record heatwaves resulted in almost 8,000 excess deaths, health authorities statistics publish...
'Breathing toxin every day': Indonesians choked by haze feel helpless
Sep 16, 2026 (AFP)
Struggling to breathe through the acrid haze emanating from wildfires on Indonesia's Borneo island, residents told AFP on Wednesday they feared for their health...
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