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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 This photo taken on May 26, 2026, shows ultra-small-scale power harvesting that generates electricity using organic materials such as soil and bamboo, produced by Japanese product designer Japanese product designer and engineer Satoshi Nakagawa at his laboratory in Tokyo. (AFP)

Tiny Light, Big Dream: Harvesting Power from Soil in Japan

Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and…

Varieties (FILES) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Piece of SpaceX Rocket Believed to Have Crashed Into the Moon

A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year was expected to have smashed into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning, though the impact was…

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Varieties The Fuego volcano erupts in Alotenango, some 65 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, on August 4, 2026. (AFP)

Fuego Volcano Spews More Ash and Mud as Guatemala Shelters 1,700 Who Fled Nearby Villages

Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating villages during an eruption of the Fuego volcano, one of Central America’s most active. About 1,700…

Varieties (FILES) BRADY, TEXAS - APRIL 08: The moon fully passes over the sun's horizon during a Total solar eclipse on April 08, 2024 in Brady, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

Total Eclipse Gives Scientists Chance to Probe Sun's Mysteries

Scientists plan to use a total solar eclipse that will be visible in Spain next week as a rare chance to learn more about the stormy, unpredictable nature of…

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Varieties A young visitor feeds capybaras at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Sriracha district, Chonburi province, Thailand, 29 July 2026. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Capybaras Keep their Chill While Crashing Brazilian Legislature

One Brazilian state legislature has increasingly found its voting sessions invaded by a group of unexpected visitors: capybaras. The notoriously chill…

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Varieties Autism conceptual illustration (Getty)

Anyone Can Have Autism Now

The autism spectrum is now so broad that anyone could have the condition, an expert who pioneered research into the condition has said. Professor Dame Uta…

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Varieties A view of the Wellington city skyline in Wellington, New Zealand, September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Marty Melville

'We Can See Your Washing': NZ Politician Joins Meeting from Bathroom

A New Zealand politician has raised eyebrows after joining a high-stakes meeting from a bathroom, her laundry clearly visible in the background. Councilor Jo…

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Varieties Sticky glandular hairs on the plant species Saxifraga candelabrum are shown trapping insect prey, in this handout picture taken on September 25, 2024, at Wufeng Mountain, Shangri-La, Yunnan, China, released August 4, 2026. (Xian-Han Huang/Handout via Reuters)

Mountain Flower From China Joins the World’s Carnivorous Plant Club

For most insects, a flowering alpine plant might seem an unlikely predator. But researchers have discovered that a delicate wildflower that grows in rocky…

Varieties People watch the wreckage of a WWII German warship, emerged due to the drought, in front of Djerdap II, a large dam on the Danube River, between Romania and Serbia, near Prahovo, Serbia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP)

Danube River’s Water Is Dropping So Low That World War II Ships Are Emerging

Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of World War II German…

Varieties Jeff Bezos appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026, left, Lauren Sanchez Bezos appears at Chanel's 16th Annual Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 1, 2025, center, and Leonardo DiCaprio appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos Lead $200M Project to Save 100 of Globe's Most Threatened Species

Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most…

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Varieties The launch of the 3rd edition of INSO 2026 with students from 19 countries (Mawhiba)

Saudi Arabia Brings Together 19 Countries to Prepare a New Generation of Nuclear Scientists

The city of Jeddah has become a global platform for young minds with the launch of the third edition of the International Nuclear Science Olympiad (INSO 2026),…

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Varieties The Fuego volcano erupts 65 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City on August 3, 2026. (AFP)

Guatemala Issues ‘Danger’ Alert After Fuego Volcano Erupts

Guatemalan authorities issued the country's second-highest emergency alert level on Monday after a major eruption of Central America's most active volcano,…

Varieties A woman covers up to protect from the sun as she bikes across a railroad track on a hot day in Tokyo on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Suspected Heatstroke Kills 3 Lions at Japan Zoo

Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with…

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Varieties This photo provided by Nelson Rouette shows his brother, Nate Rouette, holding a young tiger shark that they caught off Falmouth Mass., July 23, 2026. (Nelson Rouette via AP)

Tiger Shark Caught Off Massachusetts Could be Sign of Warming Waters

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in -- a tropical species…

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Varieties Gannets nesting in northern England. OLI SCARFF / AFP

Last Scottish Island Bird Hunt Banned after Almost 500 Years

A centuries-old annual bird chick hunt on a remote Scottish island, known as the Guga Hunt, has been banned this year, the authorities said Monday, citing…

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Varieties  Makkah ranked fifth globally in the index of cities receiving the highest numbers of international visitors - SPA

Report: Over 19.5 Million International Pilgrims and Umrah Performers in 2025

The Pilgrim Experience Program (PEP), one of Saudi Vision 2030 realization programs, has issued its 2025 Annual Report under the theme “Honor and Impact,”…

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Varieties Indicators showed the sector continued to expand, with the number of companies operating in it surpassing 7,200. (General Entertainment Authority)

45.7 Million Visitors Boost Saudi Arabia's Entertainment Sector

Entertainment events and activities across the Kingdom attracted 45.7 million visitors during the first half of 2026, as the General Entertainment Authority …

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Varieties SEVEN Announces Opening of First Entertainment Destination in Abha

SEVEN Announces Opening of First Entertainment Destination in Abha

Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), has announced the opening of SEVEN Abha, its first…

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Varieties Nauru President David Adeang speaks at the opening ceremony of Boao Forum of Asia, in Boao in southern China's Hainan province on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP)

Nauru, the World’s 3rd-Smallest Country, Changes Its Name to Naoero

The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national…

Varieties Sasha Stamenkovic showed fellow doctors how to use the Da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgical system. CARLOS JASSO / AFP

Training the UK 'Surgeons of the Future' Using Robots

Pulling his face away from an immersive 3D headset looking deep inside a patient's lung, doctor Sasha Stamenkovic recounted the final steps of an operation…

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Varieties A boy cools down at a ground fountain during a heatwave warning in Seoul, South Korea, August 3, 2026. (Reuters)

Record Heatwave Spreads Across Korean Peninsula, Prompting Emergency Response

A record heatwave is gripping the Korean Peninsula, sending temperatures soaring across South Korea and North Korea as authorities expand emergency measures…

Varieties  Richard Wagner Festival Hall on the day of the opening of the Bayreuth Festival, in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2026. (Reuters)

AI-assisted Staging Draws Boos at the Richard Wagner Festival in Germany

An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the southeastern German town of Bayreuth drew boos from the audience after…

Varieties This picture taken on July 31, 2026 shows people playing in a fountain to cool off in Yangsan. (Yonhap/AFP)

South Korea Records Its Highest-Ever Temperature of 42.5C

South Korea registered on Sunday its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to the state weather agency. The southeastern…

Varieties This picture taken on July 20, 2026 shows a woman sitting on the back seat of a motorcycle using mobile phone and lighting equipment to take pictures and videos in Chongqing, southwestern China. (AFP)

Tourists Chase High-Octane Thrill in China’s Trending Biker Capital

The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star…