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Lack of snow sparks worry for drought-hit Afghanis...
Afghanistan saw almost no snow as of mid-January, a new sign of the heavy toll of global warming on the Central Asian country whic...
Trump passes major US election test with win in Io...
Donald Trump swept to victory Monday in Iowa's caucuses -- the first vote in the US presidential race -- cementing his status as t...
Trump faces major test as frigid Iowa kick-starts...
Iowa Republicans kicked off the nominating contests for November's US presidential election in an Arctic blast Monday as Donald Tr...
Republican election race kicks off in frigid Iowa,...
Voters in a brutally cold Iowa kick of the US Republican presidential nomination race Monday -- the first major test of whether Do...
Republican US presidential contest kicks off in fr...
Voters kick off the US Republican presidential nomination race Monday with caucuses in freezing Iowa, the first major test of whet...
Syrian farmers abandon the land for steadier jobs
After years of war, drought and economic crisis, Omar Abdel-Fattah was forced to rent out his farmland in northeast Syria, preferr...
'Intense' US blizzard blows Iowa caucus campaignin...
Plunging temperatures, whipping wind and buckets of snow derailed the final stretch of caucus campaigning in the US state of Iowa...
Green tech pumps water from air at CES
Tech aimed at battling climate change and even pumping fresh water out of thin air attracted crowds as the annual CES gadget extra...
Big freeze grips US, chilling Iowa caucus campaign...
A big freeze gripped swathes of the United States on Friday, jamming transport and dumping heavy snow across the north, including...
World added 50% more renewable energy capacity las...
The world added 50 percent more renewable energy capacity in 2023 over the year before, the International Energy Agency said Thurs...
Five dead in US storms, country girds for more fie...
Swaths of the United States braced for more snow and punishingly low temperatures Wednesday as millions in the east dug out from a...
Deadly storms buffet US, leave hundreds of thousan...
Severe weather battered the United States Tuesday, spinning off tornadoes and reportedly killing three people in the South as high...
US braces for major storm, hundreds of thousands w...
A major storm system was battering parts of the United States on Tuesday, spinning off tornadoes in the south as forecasters warne...
Norway greenlights deep-sea mining exploration
Norway's parliament on Tuesday adopted a government plan to open up parts of its seabed to mining exploration, despite protests fr...
Bhutan's Tobgay, environmental advocate facing eco...
The man set to become Bhutan's new prime minister is a passionate environmental advocate and sportsman, a veteran politician in a...
2023 hottest recorded year as Earth nears key limi...
The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth's surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshol...
France drops renewables targets in new energy bill
Critics are deriding as a step backward a new French energy bill that favours the further development of nuclear power and avoids...
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon halved in 2023
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by half last year, according to figures released Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula...
Sweden sees coldest weather in 25 years
Sweden on Wednesday recorded its coldest January night in 25 years, with a reading of minus 43.6 degrees Celsius in the far north...
2023 set to be UK's second-hottest year: Met Offic...
Last year is set to be the UK's second warmest on record, according to provisional figures released on Tuesday by the country's na...
Frederik, Denmark's 'woke' and popular future king
A rebellious teen turned "woke" family man, Denmark's future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country's relaxed...
Eurostar to resume normal services Sunday after ca...
Eurostar trains will run as normal Sunday, the company said, hours after an entire day's services had to be cancelled, causing mis...
Surf's up: Big waves pound US West Coast
Huge surf is battering the US West Coast, with rogue waves already sweeping away pedestrians and vehicles and inundating a hotel,...
Shrinking Caspian Sea worries secretive Turkmenist...
On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan -- one of the world's most secretive states -- Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his pass...
Ski prices rise but skiers keep coming, for now
In the heart of the Austrian Alps, workers at the world's leading ski maker churn out pair after pair for international clients wh...
On yer bike: London firms turn to cargo bikes
On a busy north London street, plumber Ben Hume-Wright zipped through the heavy rush-hour traffic to his next job by bike.
Migration, mega-fines and Barbie: 2023 in records
Sizzling temperatures, millions fleeing their homes, multitudes flocking to a movie about a doll -- 2023 was another year of extre...
Drones help solve forest carbon capture riddle
On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it...
Japan, ASEAN to boost security ties with eye on Ch...
Southeast Asian and Japanese leaders will agree to boost "maritime security cooperation", according to a draft statement seen by A...
UK's iconic King's College Chapel gets controversi...
High above the historic streets of Cambridge in eastern England, the installation of solar panels atop King's College Chapel, the...
Coal use hits record in 2023, Earth's hottest year
Global consumption of coal reached an all-time high in 2023, the IEA energy watchdog said Friday, as Earth experienced its hottest...
Countries risk 'paying polluters' billions to regu...
An "explosion" of multibillion-dollar claims by fossil fuel and extractive firms through shadowy investment tribunals is blocking...