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Chinese astronauts readied to depart for the country's space station, including China's youngest astronaut Wu Fei, aboard the Shenzhou-21 spaceship due to blast off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert

Headed for Tiangong

China holds send-off ceremony for space station astronauts

Camels can be milked five times a day, making them a valuable source of nutrition

No rain since April

Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought

Left abandoned and ravaged throughout Ivory Coast's decade of war and unrest, Comoe National Park is slowly coming back to life

Comoe National Park

Endangered across west Africa, leopards thrive in I.Coast reserve

Despite the risks to wildlife, young Ivorians are drawn to the Comoe National Park's rich veins of gold

Allure to illegal activity

Risky gold rush drives young into Ivory Coast nature park

The Comoe National Park has recovered from its crisis decade thanks in part to its forest rangers

Country ravaged by war

Pillaged I.Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade

Gina McCarthy previously served as a climate advisor to former president Joe Biden, and as ex-president Barack Obama's environment chief

Intending to deliver on promises

100 US local leaders will attend COP30 in 'show of force'

Brazil is home to the largest share of the Amazon rainforest which is considered crucial in the fight against climate change

For fourth straight year

Brazil boasts drop in deforestation ahead of UN climate talks

The United States already periodically tests nuclear weapons delivery systems, such as during the February 2020 launch of a Minuteman III missile

Controversy and confusion

Trump's order on nuclear testing: what we know

Mafalda Duarte, head of the UN's Green Climate Fund defended the use of loans -- a touchy topic given concerns about increasing lower income nations' debt

Due to red-tape-cutting reforms

UN climate fund posts record year as chief defends loans

Major flooding in central Vietnam killed 10 people this week and turned streets in Hoi An into canals after a major river reached a 60-year high

Major river reaches 60-year high

Record Vietnam floods kill 10, turn streets into canals

A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa’s passage through Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Still 'extremely dangerous'

Caribbean reels from 'unprecedented' hurricane destruction

A staff member attends a press conference of the Shenzhou-21 Manned Space Mission one day before the mission's launch

Next manned flight

China to send youngest astronaut, mice on space mission this week

Unveiled in Miami

Underwater 'human habitat' aims to allow researchers to make weeklong dives

'Will not lead to humanity's demise'

Trump declares victory against climate 'hoax' after Bill Gates comments

A woman walks on rubble left following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa

'Never been this bad': Jamaica surveys ruins in hurricane's wake

EU in race against time to agree climate emissions target

Bull Bay, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl on July 4, 2024

Promised targets not reached

Funds for climate adaptation 'lifeline' far off track: UN

Flooding triggered by record heavy rain has killed at least seven people and inundated more than 100,000 homes in central Vietnam

Triggered by heavy rain

Record Vietnam rains kill seven and flood 100,000 homes

BASF boss Markus Kamieth said it was becoming 'very, very difficult in practice' for industry to deal with Europe's market for carbon permits and attendant taxes

'Toxic' for investment

Chemicals firm BASF urges EU to cut red tape as profit dips

Declared a disaster zone

A resident of Playa Canizo sticks out his hand to hitch a ride to evacuate to a safe location, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa

Under sheets of rain

Cubans flee the coast as Hurricane Melissa looms

Jamaican health authorities are warning residents to stay vigilant against hurricane-displaced crocodiles

People advised to be vigilant

New danger for hurricane-hit Jamaica: wandering crocodiles

Indigenous activists protested in Brasilia on October 14 during the pre-COP30 preparatory meeting

Lack of new climate pledges

World far off track to meet climate goals: UN

In 2016, Norway granted 10 exploration licences in the Barents Sea, including to national champion Statoil, now known as Equinor

No breach of obligations

European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licences

An aerial view shows floodwaters inundating the Imperial City in Vietnam's Hue

Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods

An aerial view shows floodwaters inundating the Imperial City in Vietnam's Hue

Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours

Zebras are happy to have humans around as protection from predators

Nashulai conservancy

Kenya conservation areas evolve to keep Maasai and wildlife together

A sign warning hikers about bears at Shiraito Falls, north of the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture

10 people killed

Japan governor asks for military help against 'dire' bear attacks

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