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Governor of California Gavin Newsom has taken swipes at President Donald Trump at COP30 in Brazil

Party 'back on its feet'

Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor

Wind turbines and solar panels -- key to the world's geen energy transition -- are seen at a solar photovoltaic farm in Lingwu in China's northern Ningxia region

China hopes US will 'some day' return to climate fold, official tells AFP

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks during funeral services for Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee expert and environmentalist, at the Washington National Cathedral

Heartfelt tribute

Jane Goodall honored in Washington by conservationists including DiCaprio

The Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, glows over a beach in Dunedin in New Zealand on November 13

Astronomers spot storm on another star for first time

In every scenario, China remains the largest market for renewable energy

Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA

Meteor shower in Wincrange

Get ready for the Leonids

What to expect and how to watch this month's celestial highlight

The researchers tried three different recordings on the squawking menaces

Chip-stealing predators

UK holidaymakers told to shout, not get in a flap over seagulls

Are brain implants the tech of the future? Some think neurotech could be as revolutionary as AI

AI-level changes?

'We're already living in science fiction': The neurotech revolution

Native to Latin America, the prosopis shrub-like tree has become a nightmare for Ethiopians

Once hailed as solution

Ethiopia's invasive prosopis tree chokes livelihoods and land

While Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, for his rapprochement with neighboring Eritrea, Ethiopia continues to face serious security challenges

Australia or Turkey?

Ethiopia set to host UN's 2027 climate summit, 2026 undecided

California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers a speech during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belem

Democrats present

'Trump is temporary': California governor Newsom seizes COP30 spotlight

This year's Web Summit spotlights a kaleidoscope of startups from around the world

Davos for geeks

US-China tensions weigh on Lisbon's Web Summit

Une soigneuse nourrit des manchots à l'aquarium Sea Life de Londres, le 17 mai 2021

Welfare of 15 penguins in question

'It's un-British': lawmakers raise concerns about aquarium penguins

Fung-wong was the second major typhoon to hit the Philippines in days

Displaced 1.4M people

Philippines digs out from Typhoon Fung-wong as death toll climbs

SAD or just blue?

Experts explain why mental health declines in the darker months

Padraig Walsh, project manager of the Farm Zero C initiative, says farmers 'need more help'

Agriculture biggest greenhouse gas emitter

Ireland's climate battle is being fought in its fields

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said a few tech giants had amassed 'an immense amount of power'

In need of regulation

Concentration of corporate power a 'huge' concern: UN rights chief

A woman and her daughter take a bath in an improvised pool at Vila da Barca, a neighborhood of stilt houses on the banks of the Guama River in Belem

Paradoxical Belem

As COP30 opens, urban Amazon residents swelter

Brazil under President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, which is taking place in Belem, a city in the country's Amazon region

Forests, methane, eco-fuels

Brazil's 'action agenda' at COP30 takes shape

A child receives an MMR vaccine

Spreading among unvaccinated groups

Deadly measles surge sees Canada lose eradicated status

Millions of plastic pellets washed up on the beach at Camber Sands in East Sussex, southern England

Blaming treatment facility failure

UK water firm says 'highly likely' behind plastic pellet pollution incident

Dressed in a loincloth made of tree leaves, Curupira has a peculiar trait that might go unnoticed if you don't look down: his feet are turned backward

COP30 has a mascot: the fiery-haired guardian of Brazil's forest

New research rejects Donald Trump's claims that paracetamol is linked to autism

Comprehensive review of existing evidence

No link between paracetamol and autism, major review finds

Entire towns in Cagayan province have been submerged after a river overflowed due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Fung-wong

At least two killed

Typhoon Fung-wong floods Philippine towns, leaves 5 dead in its wake

The ship wrecked off Hoi An is believed to have been built between the 14th and 16th centuries according to preliminary findings

Narrow window to excavate it

Typhoon exposes centuries-old shipwreck off Vietnam port

Easy access to electricity is posing a big challenge to the race for AI dominance, says Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella

The AI revolution has a power problem

A cruise ship sails by Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which has scrubbed its launch for weather issues at the Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Bezos's Blue Origin postpones rocket launch over weather

New Delhi is regularly ranked among the world's most polluted capitals

'I miss breathing': Delhi protesters demand action on pollution

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