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China now tops US in global approval ratings: Gallup

Global approval of China surpassed the U.S. in 2025, the widest favorability gap between the two countries in almost 20 years, according to a new Gallup poll released Friday. Gallup found that China's global approval rating last year reached a median of 36 percent in support of

Bushehr: Iran's only nuclear power plant

Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran's only operational civilian nuclear facility, was built by Russia and officially handed over in September 2013, after decades of twists, turns and delays linked to Iran's turbulent history. The facility, located in the south of the country and

Mideast war presents 'serious risk' for Africa: report

The Middle East war "presents a serious risk to Africa", the African Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report seen by AFP Saturday. The conflict threatens to increase the cost of living and curtail growth on the continent, the report warned. The Middle

McEnany sounds alarm: Midterms 'will be hard' for Republicans

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Saturday warned that the November midterm elections "will be hard" for Republicans as the GOP seeks to keep control of Congress. She defended her former boss, President Trump, on "Fox & Friends Weekend" while discussing the

Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain

It's a well-established fact that forests and water are deeply connected. For decades, paired-watershed experiments—a scientific method for evaluating land-use impacts on water quantity or quality—have shown that when we lose forests, the total amount of water flowing through