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Two US Navy warships transit through Taiwan Strait

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy…

Pakistan monsoon flooding death toll tops 1,000

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033, according to…

Energy crisis pushes nuclear comeback worldwide

by Catherine HOURS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- As the costs of importing energy soars worldwide and climate…

Gas prices approach record peak on Russian supply fears

    by Roland JACKSON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- European natural gas prices climbed Thursday…

Energy fears push German consumer confidence to record low

  BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- German consumer confidence is at rock-bottom as Europe's biggest economy faces the prospect of huge…

Niger tries artificial rainmaking to ease drought

NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) - Niger has deployed rainmaking planes in a bid to alleviate a drought that has sparked fears…

UK nearly doubles energy price cap in cost-of-living crisis

by Roland JACKSON / Véronique DUPONT Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain announced Friday a vast 80-percent hike…

Deadly Russian strike shatters Ukraine rail hub

by Oleksandr KHOROCHOUN Agence France-Presse CHAPLYNE, Ukraine (AFP) -- "It's such a shame for this boy, such a shame," said…

Lights out? Swiss brace for looming power shortages

by Agnès PEDRERO Agence France-Presse FINHAUT-EMOSSON, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland is among the world's wealthiest countries, but its reliance on…

Global monkeypox cases dropped last week: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Monkeypox cases fell by a fifth last week as infections in Europe dropped but the outbreak…

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