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The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.

Copernicus Browser adds wildfire visualization amid record wildfire season.

At least 300 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza during the 300 days since the ceasefire was announced in October 2025, despite an agreement for “the suspension of military operations and the full entry of humanitarian aid and relief,” the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.

Canadian officials are investigating how an innocent man spent 18 months in prison after police missed an underscore in his Skyrim username.

Move comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to Ceuta

Industry body calls for greater scrutiny of patients with multiple repeat prescriptions to tackle ‘growing problem’

Communities opposing mining destruction by NLMRC in the Philippines face increasing police repression and legal harassment

Opening up national markets has worked wonders for European railways

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned Israeli forces in the West Bank for blocking and delaying ambulances carrying Palestinians to hospitals with “appalling regularity”, including forcing a pregnant woman in active labor to deliver on the road in an incident that cost the infant’s life.

The US was already getting its way in Venezuela — then 2 earthquakes gave Trump and his cronies a chance to solidify the colonial stranglehold

Trump ally Abelardo De La ‌Espriella vows to start ‘profound transformation’ of country’s destiny as he is sworn in

According to an affidavit written by a DPS special agent, Ozment allegedly called the Governor’s Office on the afternoon of July 25. DPS claims Ozment left the following voicemail (KXAN has redacted the profanity in the transcript provided by DPS):

Cali (Colombia) (AFP) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino arrived on Friday in the Colombian city of Cali to attend hard-right president Abelardo de la Espriella’s inauguration, as a crisis sweeps the highest echelons of the football world.

Ukraine struck an oil refinery in Samara Oblast and another in southern Russia’s Krasnodar Krai overnight on Aug. 8, monitoring channels reported.

The Israeli army launched an air attack, using a phosphorus bomb, in southern Lebanon, said state-run National News Agency on Friday.

Winegrowers in France are harvesting their grapes unusually early this season because of the effects of climate change. While the rising global temperatures offer a new chance for winemakers in northern and Scandinavian countries, experts say it’s too early to expect a drastic shift in the viticultural map.

Russia hit seven Naftogaz facilities in eastern Ukraine overnight, destroying critical equipment and forcing multiple sites to shut down.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed on Friday called for an immediate end to Sudan’s devastating war, warning that the conflict is depriving millions of children of education while fueling the world’s “largest displacement crisis,” Anadolu reports.

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico and Peru announced the restoration of diplomatic ties on Friday, following a months-long split over the asylum bid of a former Peruvian official accused of coup plotting.

The UN’s World Food Programme is finalizing a five-year renewal of its contract with US data software firm Palantir despite “key privacy concerns” raised in a leaked 2025 internal audit. The audit, seen by PassBlue and FRANCE 24, reveals UN misgivings about allowing Palantir to process data for the world’s largest humanitarian supply chain.

Nonthaburi (Thailand) (AFP) – A 14-year-old boy in Thailand, described as “troubled” and “bullied” by a classmate, killed his grandparents before shooting dead five more people at a school on Friday, police said.

Benin’s newly created Senate elected former president Patrice Talon as its leader on Thursday in Porto-Novo, less than three months after he left office. He will serve a five-year term at the head of the country’s new second chamber of Parliament.

A California woman who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2004 pleaded guilty this week in another stabbing death.

Days after Italy proposed setting up a network of migrant reception centres outside the European Union, Rwanda has confirmed that it is in talks with the Italian government about potentially hosting people seeking asylum in the EU.

London (AFP) – The University of Cambridge said Friday that it would be reviewing its hiring process for senior roles as it probes claims of plagiarism by a professor who resigned this week.

Malang (Indonesia) (AFP) – Indonesian authorities battled Friday to contain a wildfire that has swept through Mount Bromo National Park on Java island, destroying more than 120 hectares as the country braces itself for an extreme El Nino-fuelled dry season.

In a long-awaited operation, Democratic Republic of Congo authorities released 15 prisoners and handed them over to rebels from the AFC/M23 movement on Friday. It marks the first known prisoner transfer under a peace deal signed last year to end fighting in the eastern DRC.

Shift in monitoring methods has led to revenue boost for Geo Group, a private prison firm, that also makes the device

Tuvalu’s Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs says his Government asked China for help in locating the missile it fired into the ocean around his country in July.

The executive orders ban birth tourism and expand the existing definition of people whose children are not eligible for US birthright citizenship.

Iran’s parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other “hostile countries” from transiting the Strait of Hormuz until Tehran is compensated for war damage, according to Iranian state media.

Lasting 10 days, the drills focus on Taiwan’s combat readiness against a potential attack from China.

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain in the current DRC outbreak, with test cases indicating a potentially live-saving level of protection.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the Philippines, with tremors felt as far as the capital, Manila. Learn more about the event.

Palestinian farmers say groves cultivated for generations have been destroyed as restrictions and attacks intensify across the occupied West Bank

Police clashed with protesters in Buenos Aires after thousands rallied against President Javier Milei’s private property bill. The government had already dropped a provision on foreigners buying land in Argentina.

San Francisco (United States) (AFP) – A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state’s claims that the social media giant created a “public nuisance” and harmed children.

Wildfires and extreme heat have thrust emergency preparedness into the political spotlight.

Russia has accused France of suppressing freedom of expression, after French authorities ordered the expulsion of pro-Kremlin Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova and froze her assets.

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Typhoon Dolphin prompts evacuations for hundreds of thousands in Japan and leads to over 500 flight cancellations as it approaches.

Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions

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Dubai (AFP) – Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis killed at least 58 government troops in missile and drone attacks on Thursday, a military source said, in one of the deadliest days of the country’s civil war in four years.

Nearly 70% of Ukrainians support joining the EU, and over 60% of Ukrainians support joining NATO amid growing frustration with the government, according to a new survey by the Socis Center for Social Research.

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation

ECFR [European Council on Foreign Relations] polling suggests significant public support not only for tougher German policy on China but also for investment in renewables—tackling twin problems together.

“Yesterday’s announcement that some people employed by the FIFA President (and whose careers depend on his favour) agree with him changes nothing,” UEFA said in a statement on Thursday.

Despite a raft of measures in recent years, cold calls still plague daily life in France. The government has now opted for a tougher crackdown.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet in Jeddah to formalise a joint agreement. The landmark pact aims to strengthen regional security ties following escalations from the US-Iran conflict.

The move aims to protect US firms as they face increasing competition from China’s chip industry.

Nearly three years after a November 2023 Israeli airstrike buried them in the rubble, Gaza families recovered 112 of their dead and laid them to rest, including a mother still embracing her three children.

In the manosphere, everyone loses. Misogyny and gender inequality are harmful to men, as well as women. In a collection of global data, Equimundo found that men with restrictive gender attitudes are more likely to engage in harmful behaviours, like risk-taking and substance abuse. They are also more prone to depression and suicidal thoughts.

Several people were killed and injured when an explosive device detonated aboard a passenger minibus in Jaramana, in the Damascus countryside, on Thursday, Syrian state media reported, Anadolu reports.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned both sides for attacks on civilian areas as Ukraine and Russia kept up their artillery war.

According to local journalist Vitalii Hlahola, who cited sources in law enforcement, several current and former members of staff were searched in their homes.

Women’s groups took to the streets this Sunday across several cities of Brazil to demand that the National Congress vote on and immediately approve Bill 896/2023, scheduled for August, which equates misogyny with the crime of racism.

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan on Thursday, Seoul’s military said, with the launch coming after Pyongyang lambasted Japan’s military build-up in the Pacific.

Caracas (AFP) – US-backed political transition talks between Venezuela’s interim government and opposition representatives began Thursday in Caracas, an AFP photographer in attendance observed.

Tehran (AFP) – Iran and Oman have agreed a route for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and were finalising arrangements for jointly managing the strategic waterway, Tehran said Wednesday, even as fresh security incidents highlighted continued risks for regional shipping.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hinted that Israel could take unilateral military action against Iran as diplomatic efforts continued to secure an agreement aimed at ending the conflict between Tehran and Washington, Anadolu reports.

A social media influencer in Mexico was shot dead Tuesday night while streaming live on the site Kick, with viewers watching the event in real time, authorities said.

Brasília (AFP) – Visas are being denied, insults are flying, and ambassadors are caught in the crossfire: Two months before Brazil’s election, diplomatic tensions are flaring between President Lula’s leftist administration and the right-wing governments of Argentina and the United States.

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s military resumed strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday despite ongoing talks, blaming a ceasefire violation by militant group Hezbollah as state media reported at least one person killed.