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Food Industry Pushes Back on WHO Guidance for Products with Added Color, Sweeteners

Varieties Around 11 million deaths a year are linked to unhealthy diets, according to the agency, based on data from a global study. (Getty Images)

Food Industry Pushes Back on WHO Guidance for Products with Added Color, Sweeteners

Governments should consider regulating foods that include added colors, flavors or sweeteners designed to make the product more appealing to consumers,…

Varieties Dozens of Pakistani farmers are suing German firms RWE and Heidelberg Materials in a rare bid to make big polluters pay damages for climate impacts. Aamir QURESHI / AFP

Pakistan Farmers in Long Fight to Make German Firms Pay for Flood Damage

In a Pakistani village nestled in rice fields, Abdul Hafeez Khoso remembers the vast industrial zones he saw in Germany when he visited to file a pioneering…

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Varieties A tourist holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun while walking on a hot day in Tokyo on July 15, 2026. (AFP)

This Year Set to Be One of Four Hottest on Record, UN Report Says

This year is ‌on track to be one of the four hottest on record, driven by a powerful El Niño and perpetuating a warming streak of more than a decade, a UN…

Varieties A white-tailed eagle over the Isle of Mull in Scotland. (Natural Resources Wales)

Reintroduction of White-Tailed Eagles Puts Seabird Colonies at Risk of Wipeout

White-tailed eagles reintroduced into England and Wales imperil endangered seabird populations and risk wiping out some colonies, The Guardian reported quoting…

Varieties Residents extend a supply hose to fill a barrel with clean water from a tanker truck in Kavling Bakau Serip, amid local water shortages linked to data center developments in Batam. ANDARU / AFP

Can't Cook or Shower: Indonesians Take Aim at Data Centers

Cooking and bathing became difficult when taps ran dry in Batam, an Indonesian island where residents are protesting as data centers spring up to power the…

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Varieties The King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve (SPA).

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Highlights Two Distinctive Native Shrubs

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve is distinguished by its unique natural plant diversity and its captivating natural features, highlighted by distinctive…

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Varieties Georges Dib, known on TikTok as "Doctor Food." Photo: Social media

Lebanon Arrests ‘Doctor Food’ over Drug-laced Treats

Lebanon on Sunday arrested an online influencer known for his videos about food who had been handed a life sentence in absentia for drug trafficking, a…

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Varieties Gandhi’s peti charkha, a portable box spinning wheel, along with two letters about the spiritual discipline of spinning, sold for Rs 10.2m (Saffronart)

Mahatma Gandhi’s 688 Handwritten Messages to Grieving Friend Sell for Millions

A collection of 688 handwritten reflections by Mahatma Gandhi has sold for £1.2 million at an auction in India, setting a record for an Indian historical…

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Varieties The two-sided medal is engraved with a Sydney skyline showing course landmarks including the Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge -- and the Allianz Arena in Munich (Sydney Marathon)

Sydney Marathon Unveils Medal with Wrong Stadium

Organizers of the 2026 Sydney Marathon have sparked online mirth by unveiling a finishers' medal depicting a stadium in far-away Munich, Germany. The two…

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Varieties  In this aerial photo released by Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, smoke billows as a wildfire rages through a peatland forest in Bulungan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. (BNPB via AP)

Indonesia Deploys Hundreds of Soldiers to Tackle Borneo Fires

Indonesia is deploying an additional 1,500 soldiers to Borneo, an official said Saturday, to help tackle wildfires that have burned through swathes of the…

Varieties Three people were injured when a wall collapsed at the port of Roda de Bera. (AFP file)

Heavy Rain Lashes Northeast Spain, Injuring 11

Heavy rain battered northeast Spain, flooding streets, trapping people in cars, forcing the evacuation of a campsite and injuring 11 people, officials said…

Varieties A young Mexican gestures towards his opponent in an "aura battle" replete with social media memes in Mexico City on August 20, 2026. Yuri CORTEZ / AFP

'Aura' Battles Leap from Social Media to Latin America Streets

In the middle of a cheering crowd in Mexico City, two teenagers are limbering up for battle. Staring at each other intently, they look as if they could come…

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Varieties A member of Metz' mine-clearing center, Civil Protection Mine Clearance Task Force (Groupement d’Intervention du Déminage / GID) recovers a WWI German 22cm shell reported by the ONF (Office National des Forêts) in the area of Douaumont, northeastern France on July 8, 2026. (AFP)

European Wildfires Reveal a Hidden Danger: Buried Bombs and Mines from WWI and WWII

The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from…

Varieties FILE - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave after a service of thanksgiving for the reign of Queen Elizabeth II at St Paul's Cathedral in London, Friday, June 3, 2022 on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Prince Harry and Others Ordered to Pay Initial £9.54 million over Failed Lawsuit

Prince Harry and other high-profile claimants must make an interim payment of £9.54 million towards the legal costs of the Daily Mail publisher after losing…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: The London skyline is seen with the financial district in the background, in London, Britain, March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes./File Photo

UK Met Office: El Nino to be 'Biggest for Over a Century’

This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century, warming sea surface temperatures to an "unheard-of" level, Britain's national…

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Varieties A drone view of the Sicilian town of Floridia where five years ago a temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature officially registered in continental Europe, was recorded, Italy, August 19, 2026. (Reuters)

Europe’s Hottest Town Says Climate Change Is Reshaping Daily Life

Five years after Floridia registered Europe's highest-ever temperature, residents say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily…

Varieties Britain's Prince William and Britain's Prince Harry walk beside each other after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Sept. 10, 2022. (AP)

A Question Looms Over Harry’s Return to the UK. Can He Rebuild His Relationship with Prince William?

The royal family’s long-running American soap opera is returning to Britain. The question is whether it will blossom into a happy reunion or descend into anger…

Varieties A follower of the Python Temple attends the annual Mask Festival in Porto-Novo, Benin, July 25, 2026. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou

UK Zoo: Pioneering Cancer Treatment Saves Python Named Jodie Foster

A UK zoo on Friday hailed curing a cancer-stricken python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, who became the first snake to receive an innovative…

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Varieties A bird perches on a solar panel at the Jingneng Helan 30-megawatt photovoltaic power station in Yinchuan, in northwestern China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on August 20, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / China OUT

Study: China's Rapid Solar Expansion Hurt Bird Diversity

The global push for solar energy expansion could carry hidden biodiversity costs, according to a study across China published in the journal Science on…

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Varieties This photo shows the very low flow of the Arpenaz Waterfall, in Sallanches, central-eastern France, on August 12, 2026. (Photo by Alex MARTIN / AFP)

Scientist: Scorching Summer Triggers Record Rockfalls in Alps

The exceptionally hot summer in the Alps has been marked by a record number of rockfalls, some of them fatal, with "a large majority attributable to the…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive at Rushcutters Bay following a sail on Sydney Harbour with veterans from the Invictus Australia community, in Sydney, Australia, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Prince Harry and Meghan to Move Back to Britain

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to move back to Britain this month, six years after they stepped down from their royal duties and relocated to the US, a…

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Varieties This handout photo taken on August 13, 2024 and released by Phillip Island Nature Parks on August 20, 2026 shows tourists watching the "Penguin Parade" at Phillip Island Nature Parks in Victoria. (Photo by Handout / Phillip Island Nature Parks / AFP)

Australia Races to Shield Little Penguins from H5N1 Bird Flu

Australian wildlife workers have launched an unprecedented effort to vaccinate wild populations of little penguins against the highly contagious H5N1 avian…

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Varieties Black holes are extremely dense objects with such strong gravity that light cannot escape them (Reuters)

Fastest-known Star Zooms Under Milky Way Black Hole's Influence

Scientists have detected the fastest-known star, a stellar speedster that is zooming around the supermassive black hole residing at the center of our galaxy…

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Varieties King Charles and Queen Camilla alongside their Coronation State Portraits at the National Gallery in London on May 6, 2025. (AFP)

Queen Camilla Says it Was Difficult to Keep King Charles' Cancer Diagnosis Private

Britain's Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about how hard it was to keep her husband King Charles' cancer diagnosis initially private. …

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Varieties Researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), Kellie Gerardi, experiences weightlessness on a Zero Gravity plane. (AFP)

Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?

New York - Stefano Montali In 2001, Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur, paid a reported $20 million for a voyage to the International Space Station aboard…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: Students walk past Widener Library at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo

Harvard Agrees to Pay $53 Mn after Morgue Manager Sold Body Parts

Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement after its former morgue manager stole and sold body parts donated for scientific research, with a…

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Varieties Commuters ride past the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on August 18, 2026. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Chinese Space Program Pioneer Liu Jiyuan Dies at 93

A pioneer of China's aerospace program, Liu Jiyuan, died in Beijing aged 93 after an illness, the main space contractor said on Wednesday. In a career of…

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Varieties Live blue crabs harvested by local fishermen in the Po river are seen in a waste bucket at Scardovari, Italy, northeast Italy, on June 26, 2026. (AFP)

Italian Scientists Bet on Octopus to Fight Crab Invasion

From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting an invasive crab species that has…

Varieties A Japanese sea nettle is displayed at the Jellyfish Museum, a facility that is home to about 20 unique species of jellyfish found in Florida and other parts of the world, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Pompano Beach, Fla. (AP)

Mesmerizing Jellyfish Take Center Stage at 1st US Museum Dedicated Solely to the Floating Predators

The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on the walls and the glowing…