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UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

by Joe JACKSON with AFP Europe bureaus Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires…

Two-time Olympic skating champion Hanyu retires aged 27

  by Andrew MCKIRDY Agence France Presse Japan's two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu retired from competition aged 27…

Danish lab to supply 1.5 million monkeypox doses in Europe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Danish company Bavarian Nordic, the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, said Tuesday an…

‘Shocking’ report lists devastation to Australia wildlife

by David Williams Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss…

Climate change’s fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves

    PARIS, France (AFP) -- Hotter, longer, more frequent. Heatwaves such as the one currently roasting much of Europe,…

France braces for record temperatures

PARIS, France (AFP) -- France was bracing Monday for the peak of the heatwave gripping the country, with crushing temperatures…

Webb begins hunt for the first stars and habitable worlds

  by Issam Ahmed and Lucie Aubourg Agence France Presse The first stunning images from the James Webb Space Telescope…

India reports first case of monkeypox

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India has reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox after a 35-year-old man with a…

Kevin Spacey pleads not guilty to sexual assault in UK

  by James PHEBY / Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse Hollywood star Kevin Spacey on Thursday pleaded not guilty at…

ESA fully cuts Mars mission ties with Russia, angering Moscow

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- The European Space Agency has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on a mission to put…

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