Bacteria suspected in deaths of hundreds of baby whales off Argentina
A bacterial infection is suspected of killing hundreds of baby whales in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia, a marine mammal expert told AFP on Thursday.
A bacterial infection is suspected of killing hundreds of baby whales in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia, a marine mammal expert told AFP on Thursday.
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Before she became a composer of electronic music, Else Marie Pade was a sick child listening to the radio. Frequent kidney inflammations consigned her to bed for long periods of time, which would constitute neither her last nor her harshest experience of confinement. She was
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said Copenhaver had been "gravely wounded" in the shooting and that he had "died from complications stemming from those wounds."
By Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Sept 25 (Reuters) - On the outskirts of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian woman has transformed her home into an art centre where children use drawing to process their experiences of settler violence and Israeli military raids. Artist
Footage circulating claiming widespread disruption in Greece shows a demonstration from February 2025, not current protests.
It's already been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean—and there's still quite a ways to go.
The weak yen is driving up energy import costs that are already elevated due to the US-Israeli war on Iran, fuelling concerns about an inflation overshoot.
Paul McCartney, Seth Meyers, Tom Morello, John Oliver, and Bernie Sanders will also appear as part of the special week of shows
From conversational robots to an AI-powered voice, hospitals and care homes in France are testing new technologies to support people living with Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative conditions.
Police clear bicycles and cordon off streets in Paris ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit and his planned walk through the capital.
Former BBC journalist Naima Mohamud’s heartfelt and warm comedy “Halima,” about a 10-year-old Somali girl trying to fit in Finland in 1998 took home Helsinki’s Finnish Film Affair’s top prize for Best Fiction on Thursday evening. The award was handed out by the jury, including
The chairs of nine of Europe’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have warned governments that the continent risks losing investment, research and drug development to the US and China unless policymakers move quickly to make Europe more attractive to innovative medicines. The
On 23 September, the European Commission announced the winners of the 2026 edition of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) Innovation Prize. This award gives recognition to outstanding proposals that foster collaboration between researchers and industry. It supports
The two countries have maintained diplomatic ties dating back to the Cold War.
[UCT] Being admitted to hospital is supposed to bring relief. But for thousands of patients across Africa, hospital care comes with another burden: severe pain. A landmark study led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) found that two-thirds of adults admitted to hospitals
"If they send Trump pandas he's definitely going to eat them," Jimmy Kimmel quipped
Ian O. Lesser, distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, believes the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was largely about "symbolism" and finding ways to "manage rivalry" between the two leaders.
The Unabomber may be a figure of enduring public fascination, but it’s hard to see that extending to “Unabomber,” Netflix’s unimaginatively titled and prosaically assembled drama about how domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski was radicalized, and how he was caught. Alternating
The Kuala Lumpur High Court will decide whether to grant Najib’s request for a stay of his sentence in a 1MDB-linked corruption case, pending an appeal against his conviction, says his lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.
Idrus, 83, died at 5.30pm on Sept 24 due to age-related illnesses.
As Manila and Tokyo mark the 70th anniversary of normalized diplomatic relations, elevate their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, and face rising security tensions in the West Philippine Sea, the arrival of Kitagawa Katsuro as Japan’s new ambassador to the
More than half of the EU's electricity comes from renewable sources; however, large gaps remain between countries.
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You never know when the call may come through... One man was sitting at his dining room table when he received a phone call inviting him to participate in an EU citizens’ panel on energy efficiency. “They said something about the EU and a Citizens’ Panel”. He accepted the
Media speculated that the probable cause was a gas leak causing a blast loud enough to be heard across the Greek capital but an official investigation is ongoing.
[Premium Times] Ethiopia and Djibouti have described Dangote Group's $660 million Damarjog-Dewele Oil Terminal and Pipeline Project as a strategic investment expected to strengthen energy security, improve regional trade and deepen economic integration in the Horn of Africa.
European governments are cutting fuel taxes, offering subsidies and adjusting energy rules to ease the impact of record petrol and diesel prices. France, Germany and Spain are among those expanding support, while the EU faces the added risk of possible US restrictions on diesel
New regulations may include mandatory reporting for AI companies if their products engage in security breaches.
[Premium Times] Mr Shettima said the Council's present configuration no longer reflected contemporary geopolitical realities and weakened the legitimacy of global decision-making.
The pipeline would strengthen energy security in landlocked Ethiopia, while creating jobs at Djibouti's port.
[Premium Times] Mr Netanyahu described delegates who walked out as "moral cowards."
[Daba Finance] Dangote Group and Ethiopian Investment Holdings will invest $660 million in a petroleum-products pipeline connecting landlocked Ethiopia with Djibouti's coast, adding new fuel storage and transport infrastructure to one of East Africa's main trade corridors. The
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[Afrobarometer] Citizen perspectives on the future of development cooperation
Cambodia emerged after the Covid-19 pandemic as a hub for industrial-sized scam centres.
A Cambodian government official said that the country had eradicated large-scale scam compounds since it began a year-long crackdown, though it has not provided a full list of the sites it has raided.
[RFI] Qualifiers for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations get underway on Thursday, with a heavyweight clash between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire the pick of the bunch. Meanwhile, top sports lawyers are preparing to thrash out whether Senegal or Morocco won the 2025 edition of the
TAIPEI, Sept 25 - Taiwan's government on Friday denounced Chinese President Xi Jinping's comments on the island's future to US President Donald Trump as a \"distortion of the facts\", saying only the Taiwanese people can decide their future.
[IPS] Victoria, Seychelles -- After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier--vast, ownerless and beyond meaningful protection--the High Seas Treaty entered into force on 17 January 2026.
Peng projected a gentler, more approachable image of China.
Sept 25 - She chatted with US first lady Melania Trump in English without a translator, and sang along quietly when serenaded by a youth choir, looking effortlessly glamorous in a modern take on a traditional Chinese outfit.
The speech came as demonstrators gathered in New York to protest against the Israeli leader, with around 100 people reportedly detained by police.
[IPS] Nairobi, Kenya -- I was born in Rwanda, but my family soon became refugees in Uganda during the conflict and unrest on the cusp of independence. My father was a teacher and went to great lengths to make sure I was well educated. My parents were also smallholder farmers,
Alexandros Avranas, who won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion for best director for the harrowing drama “Miss Violence,” will helm the Greek adaptation of Globoplay’s hit series “The Others.” The project, which is currently in production, follows the format sales agreement
[Bird Story Agency] South African designer Wanda Lephoto argues that Africa's competitive advantage in fashion is not only its fibre or factories, but the cultural knowledge, inherited craft and human collaboration that turn cloth into something the world cannot reproduce.