By AFP/Florent VergnesLeaning against his grocery stand in the nearly deserted market of Pokrovsk, east Ukraine, Maximilian Komashniov struggled to see how his frontline city could go through winter without electricity.Strikes from nearing combat hav...

By AFPAn Afghan environment official on Sunday said the country must be allowed to participate in future global climate talks, after returning from COP29 in Baku where Taliban officials attended for the first time.The Afghan delegation were invited a...

By AFP/Irakli MetreveliTens of thousands in Georgia on Sunday took part in a fourth straight day of protests against a government decision to shelve EU membership talks, as the prime minister rebuffed calls for new elections.The Black Sea nation has...

By AFPPresident-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on the BRICS group nations if they undercut the US dollar."We require a commitment... that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Curr...

By AFPIsrael's former defence minister Moshe Yaalon on Saturday accused the Israeli army of "ethnic cleansing" in the Gaza Strip, sparking an outcry in the country."The road we are being led down is conquest, annexation and ethnic cleansing," Yaalon...

By UN News/Vibhu MishraA sharp escalation in fighting in Syria’s Aleppo Governorate has displaced thousands and caused heavy civilian casualties, prompting urgent warnings from senior UN officials about the growing humanitarian crisis and threat to r...

By AFP/Isabel MalsangFor Caleb Justin Smith-White, negotiations in South Korea on a landmark global deal to curb plastic pollution are about more than the environment. They are about saving lives.He is one of dozens of people who have travelled from...

By AFP/Arunabh SaikiaBlazing flames light the sky as Indian farmer Ali Sher burns his fields to clear them for new crops, a common but illegal practice that is fuelling deadly pollution killing millions.Burning strips the fertility of fields, has a r...

By AFPUS charity World Central Kitchen said Saturday it was "pausing operations in Gaza" after an Israeli air strike killed three of its contractors, including one who Israel's military said was involved in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack.Earlier Satu...

By AFP/Alina DIESTE, María LORENTE and Mariano ANDRADEUruguay's cult ex-president Jose Mujica -- a leftist icon for his humble lifestyle and progressive policies -- warned in an AFP interview against growing authoritarianism in Latin America and the...

By AFPCanada's biggest news organizations on Friday sued OpenAI, accusing it of using their articles without permission to help train its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT in a case that could cost the American company billions.Media including...

By AFPCrunch United Nations talks to find funding to curb the destruction of nature will resume in Rome in February, the UN said on Thursday, after negotiations this month in Colombia ended without a deal.The largest summit yet on biodiversity -- the...