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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 Killer whales are highly intelligent apex predators and have been known to play with their prey and deploy sophisticated tactics to ensnare them. Olivier MORIN / AFP/File

Killer Whales: Orcas Blow Fish to Bits 'for Fun', Study Finds

A group of killer whales have been documented blowing a sunfish to bits in an unusual underwater escapade offering never-before-seen insights into orca…

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Varieties  A view of the heritage-inspired Tuwaiq Tower as work on the mural nears completion (Badr Al-Balawi)

Saudi Arabia’s Largest Mural Eyes Guinness World Record

The facade of Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Tower has become a vast canvas bearing a portrait of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in one of the largest murals painted…

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Varieties Tourists queue under the sun outside the Colosseum during hot weather in Rome, Italy, June 20, 2026. (Reuters)

Rome Cinema, Libraries to Offer Climate Shelter

Air-conditioned cinemas in Rome will offer free entry to help residents of the Italian capital struggling with intense summer heatwave, city officials said on…

Varieties This undated composite image provided by Air/Sea Heritage Foundation and Deep Sea Vision on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, shows a Pan American World Airways logo on the nose section of the Clipper Endeavor wreck. (Air/Sea Heritage Foundation and Deep Sea Vision via AP)

Lost Pan Am Flight Found on Ocean Floor After Crashing 74 Years Ago

Some 74 years ‌after a Pan American Airways flight crashed into the water off the coast of Puerto Rico, an aviation search team said it found the wreckage…

Varieties Under the watchful eye of scientists, volunteers clean the skeleton of a Mastodonsaurus, a huge amphibian that walked the Earth 240 million years ago, at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP)

2,000 Volunteers Join a Painstaking Effort to Restore Massive Skeleton of Prehistoric Predator

Volunteers armed with chisels, brushes and protective goggles chip away at rock encasing the bones of a massive prehistoric amphibian in a glass-walled…

Varieties People carry umbrellas as they walk along a sidewalk in Seoul on July 21, 2026. (AFP)

South Korea Restaurant Owner Faces Jail for Ant Sorbet

The owner of a South Korean Michelin-starred restaurant is facing one year in jail for garnishing a palate-cleansing sorbet with black ants "to add a sour…

Varieties A drone view shows Lac Rose also known as Lake Retba in Niaga, near Dakar, Senegal, June 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Senegal’s ‘Pink Lake’ Recovers Its Rosy Hue, Reviving Salt Trade

Standing waist-deep in the waters of Senegal’s famed Pink Lake, Seydou Toure uses a shovel to scrape salt from the lakebed that he will later sell to tourists…

Varieties This undated handout photo obtained on July 21, 2026, from Luke Bridgestock of the University of St Andrews shows a view of the Tinto River, with pollution from acid mine drainage, in the Iberian Pyrite Belt in southwest Spain. (Luke Bridgestock / University of St Andrews / AFP)

Metal Mining’s Carbon Footprint Far Larger Than Thought, Study Finds

From building wind turbines to reinforcing power grids for rising demand from electric cars, transitioning from fossil fuels to greener economies will require…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: Barnaby Joyce, former deputy prime minister, speaks at a 'Put Australia First' rally, in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2025. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo

'Sit Down!' Australian Politician Berates Dog on Live TV

A top lawmaker from Australia's far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV. Former…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: People ride bikes past the skyline of the central business district in Singapore, June 13, 2025. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

Diamond Smile: Singapore Jails Man for Gem in Mouth Theft

A Singapore court sentenced an Indian tourist to more than two years in jail over a failed bid to steal a diamond by hiding it in his accomplice's mouth. …

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Varieties  Afriski Mountain Resort is seen in Maluti, Lesotho, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP)

Ski Enthusiasts Flock to Sub-Saharan Africa and a Snowy Mountain Resort in Lesotho

One may not expect thousands to flock each winter to Lesotho but for many ski enthusiasts from across southern Africa, the small, landlocked mountain kingdom…

Varieties (FILES) This underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Great Barrier Reef at Risk of 'Collapse,’ Scientists Warn

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is at a very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and "ecosystem collapse" linked to this year's El Nino weather…

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Varieties A close-up of a Blue Morpho Butterfly on a leaf. (Getty Images)

Britain Set for Butterfly Boom After Hot Weather

A butterfly charity said the UK could be set for a “bumper” year of the insects as it launches its annual appeal for the public to count them, according to BBC…

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Varieties  20 July 2026, Greece, Athens: Tourists use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun during a hot weather. Greece is experiencing its first major heatwave of the summer. (dpa)

Three-Day Heatwave Arrives in Greece

Temperatures in several areas in Greece on Monday exceeded 40 degrees Celsius for the first time this year, with the country experiencing its first heatwave. …

Varieties Participants park their car at the Trocadero, with the Eiffel Tower seen in the background, during the 19th Summer parade of vintage vehicles in Paris on July 19, 2026. (AFP)

Urban Cooling Networks, a Promising System to Deal with Heatwaves in France

Economical, environmentally friendly and efficient, urban cooling systems are being promoted as a future solution to increasingly hot summers in France,…

Varieties Sand dunes after Danube river's level fell substantially, near Calarasi, Romania, July 18, 2026. (Inquam Photos/Ovidiu Micsik via Reuters)

Danube Water Levels Reach Lowest in 30 Years, Hampering Farming and Shipping

Water ‌levels of the Danube River in Romania fell to their lowest since 1996 over the weekend, prompting irrigation restrictions for farmers and partially…

Varieties Wind patterns are left in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011. (Reuters)

Floating Igloo Leaves France for Polar Exploration Mission

A floating research station resembling a giant aluminium igloo on Sunday set out from France to begin a long-term mission in the Arctic that will see it drift…

Varieties A drone view of one of the two fertile regions on the island, the dried-up village of Livadi on the island of Astypalaia, Greece, July 13, 2026. (Reuters)

Greece Braces for Year’s First Heatwave

Greece, which was spared the record hot weather that ravaged most of Europe in June, is finally bracing for its first heatwave of the year. Maximum…

Varieties A seaplane battles a wildfire that started on Thursday in La Mierla, Guadalajara, July 18, 2026. (EPA)

Wildfire Scorches 12,000 Hectares North of Madrid

A wildfire raging 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Madrid has spread, burning more than 12,000 hectares and forcing several hundred people to evacuate, local…

Varieties A volunteer rescuer holds a cat after pulling it out from under the rubble of a building damaged by the June 24 earthquakes, in Caraballeda, state of La Guaira; Venezuela, on July 18, 2026. (AFP)

Cat Rescued from Ruins of Venezuela Quake Offers ‘Ray of Hope’

A weakened cat was pulled from under the rubble of a collapsed residential complex in Venezuela on Saturday in what a rescuer described as a "ray of hope" in…

Varieties File photo of Saudi Arabia's flag.

Saudi Arabia Wins Four Awards at International Biology Olympiad in Lithuania

The Saudi Biology Team won four international awards at the 37th International Biology Olympiad (IBO 2026), held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from July 12 to 19. The…

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Varieties FILE - A male alligator snapping turtle is held after being trapped by the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group, Nov. 24, 2018, as part of the process of tagging turtles. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

US Cancels Automatic Protections for Imperiled Animals as Critics Warn of Extinctions

The US Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction, the latest step…

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Varieties This screen grab taken from handout video footage released on July 18, 2026 by Spain's Military Emergencies Unit (UME) shows the military fighting a massive wildfire, in Luesia area, in a sparsely populated part of the Aragon region in northeastern Spain. (Photo by Handout / UME / AFP)

Spain Braces for 3rd Heatwave with Highs Above 40C

Spain is set to enter its third heatwave of the summer on Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to climb above 40C across large parts of the country, the…

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Varieties 17 July 2026, Norway, Drammen: Smoke rises from a major residential fire that destroyed row houses and forced mass evacuations in Krokstadelva, Drammen. Photo: Thomas Fure/NTB/dpa

Massive Fire Destroys 100 Homes in Norway and Forces Hundreds to Evacuate

A major fire in southern Norway destroyed more than 100 homes Friday and forced hundreds of people to evacuate the area, according to police and the country's…

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