By AFP/Pol-Malo LE BRISIn a small London workshop, a prototype mimics the process of capturing carbon emissions from a cargo ship's engine.For two celebrated young designers, it is the beginning of a journey aimed at helping the maritime sector decar...

By AFP/Anuj CHOPRAHarmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta's platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey showed Monday.The survey of around 7,000 active...

By AFPAn Agence France-Presse photographer was recovering Monday after he was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by law enforcement during their standoff with protesters in downtown Los Angeles.The photographer was covering demonstrations on Satur...

By AFPA ban on smartphones in schools issued by Taliban authorities in southern Afghanistan came into force, students and teachers confirmed to AFP on Wednesday, over concerns of "focus" and "Islamic law".The directive by the provincial Education Dep...

By AFP/Agnès PEDREROThe permafrost in Switzerland's Alps is the warmest since records began, the Swiss Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.Permafrost is sub-surface soil that remains at freezing temperature or below for two years or more.When it th...

By AFPEritreans face severe rights violations under the three-decade rule of President Isaias Afwerki, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea has said.The small country of around 3.5 million people in the Horn of Africa is sometimes nic...

By AFPA UN mission in Sudan on Tuesday described the situation in the war-torn country as "a crisis of humanity".Sudan has been gripped by more than two years of war between its army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and efforts by inte...

By AFP/Lucie LEQUIERStablecoins -- a form of cryptocurrency backed by traditional assets -- are gaining traction, with the US Senate passing Tuesday a bill to regulate such digital tokens.But as stablecoins move closer to the financial mainstream, ex...

By AFP/Ahmad ParhiziFacing the camera with a defiant gaze, her index finger raised in the air, Iranian TV presenter Sahar Emami became an icon in her country after an Israeli attack on the state broadcaster."What you can see is the flagrant aggressio...

By AFP/Lucie PEYTERMANNEsther and Rio, two orphaned baby chimpanzees, clung tenderly to their caregiver's chest at a sanctuary inside one of Sierra Leone's flagship national parks, where unprecedented deforestation and illegal urban encroachment pose...

By AFP/Margioni BERMÚDEZIn the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.They live in a town named after the mythical City of Gold and untold riches -- but most...

By AFP/Peter HUTCHISONUK MPs on Tuesday voted to end contentious prosecutions of women in England and Wales for terminating a pregnancy, paving the way for a huge overhaul of how the country's abortion laws are enforced.Currently, a woman can face cr...