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A man cools off by taking bucket baths in the Guaratiba neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, which hit 44 degrees Celcius, a record in the city

Scorching samba season

Rio swelters in heatwave amid run-up to Carnival

Google has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to

'No right to name continental shelf'

Mexico says to sue Google if it insists on using 'Gulf of America'

The ancient cistern had been modified to include a jacuzzi-style swimming pool, sauna and massage rooms and a hammam

Part of Hilton's luxury Curio Collection

Turkey seals hotel spa illegally set up inside ancient cistern

The new museum will open in Piraeus, the port of ancient Athens

Greece to open museum of ancient undersea treasures

A hunter holds a captured iguana in Pingtung, Taiwan. The iguana population has exploded since the spikey-backed giant lizards were introduced from Central and South America more than 20 years ago as exotic pets

With slingshots

Taiwan bounty hunters kill invading iguanas as numbers soar

The centuries-old ceremony has enjoyed a revival in recent years

'Cider for everyone'

Tech weary Brits revive apple tree 'wassailing' tradition

Cars are blocked by flood waters at a housing development outside of Bowling Green in the US state of Kentucky, where severe winter storms led to at least eight deaths

Flooding and powerful winds

Storms in eastern US claim nine lives: officials

A one dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine, made by MERCK, is held up at the Salt Lake County Health Department on April 26, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Declining vaccination rates

Nearly 50 Texans infected with measles in growing outbreak

China has hosted major international events like the Asian Winter Games in the northeastern city of Harbin

Low-cost skiing

China winter sports sector zooms along despite climate risk ahead

Cannabis can currently only be purchased legally in the wealthy Alpine nation for medical use

Parliamentary proposal

Switzerland mulls legalising recreational cannabis

Malaga wants to ban horse-drawn carriages from its streets after years of criticism of the trade

Spanish tourist hotspot Malaga to ban horse-drawn carriages

Mud and boulders have washed onto roads in the Palisades Fire burn scar after heavy rain raked the area

Denuded hillsides tumbling

Los Angeles fire zones hit by mudslides after heavy rain

The smuggled fossils included the tooth of a plesiosaurus, one expert said

France finds smuggled dinosaur teeth in parcels bound for Italy

France's Karen Clement heads downhill on an artificial piste in the World Championships at Saalbach against a background of snowless mountainsides

In warming world, skiing tries to stay snow white by going green

Destructive and toxic

Argentina's giant rodents dyed Hulk green by algae

John McFall, right, running in the 2007 Paralympics. He has now been cleared to fly to the ISS

First astronaut with a disability cleared for space station mission

'Thought he'd swallowed me!': whale gulps kayaker in Chile, spits him out

Visitors try out an installation at the SoundScapes exhibition that brings together early sound recordings from Iranian history

'SoundScape' exhibition

Iran's early recordings revive forgotten sound heritage

Christos Geovanopoulos (L) and Yannis Dafnos enter a settling basin in Chalandri

Battling soaring summer temperatures

Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bites

The French parliament voted to ban single-use electronic cigarettes, considered to be gateways to tobacco addiction for teenagers and harmful to the environment

Two-pronged battle

French parliament votes to ban disposable e-cigarettes

A policeman guards suspected poachers over their involvement in the killing of critically endangered Javan rhinos

Organised crime

Indonesia hands lengthy sentences to Javan rhino poachers

Southern California is readying for the risk of landslides and flooding in areas burned by the huge fires that raked Los Angeles in January

Burned last month

Los Angeles girds for floods, landslides as rain pounds fire zones

Conservation efforts can have unintended consequences but experts say these are rarely considered or even properly understood

Conservation efforts can shift nature loss to more vulnerable regions: study

Mining the seabed is controversial for its potential impact on vulnerable marine ecosystems

Crucial for green energy transition

WWF legal challenge against Norway deep-sea mining fails

Blue Origin, whose rockets include New Shepard, seen in March 2022, has been attempting to land large government contracts

Will affect over 1,000 people

Bezos's Blue Origin rocket firm to cut 10% of workforce

Pesticides contribute significantly to widespread species loss

Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: study

'How could a mother think that she had poisoned her children without knowing?' said Giovanna Dal Lago, one of the plaintiffs

Verdict expected in Spring

'Terrified' families seek justice in Italy 'forever chemicals' trial

Trucks being loaded with coal in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province

Net zero emissions by 2060

China's 2024 coal projects threaten climate goals: report

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