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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 Donald Trump has cited the need for the ballroom to host state dinners for visiting dignitaries. Mandel NGAN / AFP/File

Trump Ballroom Approved by Panel, Remains Stalled by Judge

US President Donald Trump's White House ballroom won final planning approval on Thursday, but construction remains in limbo following a court order that he…

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Varieties Engineers in the city of Fukuoka and their private partners have opened what is only the world's second osmotic power plant. Philip FONG / AFP

Waste Water to Clean Energy: Japanese Engineers Harness the Power of Osmosis

A Japanese water plant is harnessing the natural process of osmosis to generate renewable energy that could one day become a common power source. The…

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Varieties North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Hwasong Pet Shop as he inspects service facilities in the Fourth-Stage District of the Hwasong area, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 3, 2026. (KCNA via Reuters)

North Korea’s Kim Pets Puppies, Kittens at Pyongyang Pet Shop

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un petted puppies and kittens with his delighted daughter as they toured a new Pyongyang housing district, state media said Friday…

Varieties The seafront promenade at Montgat beach north of Barcelona on February 26, 2026. Josep LAGO / AFP

Spain Rethinks How to Turn Tide against Beach Erosion

Every winter, storms wipe out swathes of the picturesque Spanish coast, undoing summer reconstruction work and threatening the foundations of the country's…

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Varieties Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Eight Saudi Cities in IMD Smart City Index 2026; Riyadh Advances to 24th Globally

Eight Saudi cities made a notable showing in the IMD Smart City Index 2026, published by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), the…

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Varieties Speleotherapy has been practiced for decades in parts of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union © KAREN MINASYAN / AFP

Armenia's Underground Salt Clinic at Center of Alternative Medicine Debate

A mining cage drops deep beneath the Armenian capital, carrying asthma patients in helmets down into a salt cave clinic -- an alternative treatment center…

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Varieties In this photo released by Precision Helicopters Ltd, Molly peers out of the door of a helicopter after her rescue from a waterfall on the Arahura River on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Precision Helicopters Ltd via AP)

Hiker's Dog Lost in New Zealand Forest Rescued by Helicopter after Strangers Fund Search

When a hiker fell from a 55-meter (180-foot) waterfall in wild New Zealand bush, rescuers were forced to evacuate the badly hurt woman without her dog, which…

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Varieties Seagulls fly above a humpback whale that managed to free itself overnight from a sandbank in shallow waters of Wismar Bay in the Baltic Sea, near Wismar, Germany March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Germany Halts Rescue Efforts for Stranded Whale

Experts said Wednesday they were halting rescue efforts for a humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off the German coast and had given up hope for its…

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Varieties NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, March 31, 2026 - Reuters

NASA Counts Down for First Crewed Lunar Mission in Half a Century

NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious US space mission in decades…

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Varieties FILE - Indians crowd ticket counters at a railway station in Ahmadabad, India, Oct. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

India has Begun its Long-delayed Population Census

India has begun the world’s largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The…

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Varieties Commuters ride past apricot blossom trees at Ghanche district in Gilgit-Baltistan region on March 30, 2026. (AFP)

Pakistan’s Blossom Season Brings Calm in a Troubled World

The harsh days of winter are over in Pakistan's high north and while snow still tops the towering peaks that dominate the landscape, spring has arrived in the…

Varieties A kapok tree blooms with vibrant red flowers while retaining green foliage that typically would have shed during winter, in Hong Kong on March 15, 2026. (AFP)

Hong Kong’s ‘Hero Trees’ Lose Their Glory as Climate Warms

Hong Kong's beloved kapok trees are not blooming the way they used to, drawing concern from conservationists who see it as a sign that nature is falling out of…

Varieties The zoo, located within the grounds of the imperial Schoenbrunn Palace, attracted nearly two million visitors in 2024. ALEXANDER KLEIN / AFP/File

Young Antelope Shot Dead at Vienna Zoo

Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo expressed outrage on Tuesday over the death of one of its blackbuck antelope, whose males are recognizable by their large twisted…

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Varieties 12 February 2026, Baden-Württemberg, Cleebronn: A wolf is photographed in an enclosure in Baden-Wuerttemberg.  Photo: dpa

Wolf Bites Woman in Shopping Area in Germany's 2nd-biggest City

A wolf bit a woman in a shopping area in Hamburg before it was pulled out of a lake in Germany’s second-biggest city, authorities said, in what is believed to…

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Varieties Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026, Photo copyright Alessandro Brasile, courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation

There are no sudden countries.

Donya Abdulhadi Executive Director, Marketing, Communication and Strategic Partnerships Diriyah Biennale Foundation A slow-moving convoy is led…

Varieties Seagulls fly above a humpback whale that managed to free itself overnight from a sandbank in shallow waters of Wismar Bay in the Baltic Sea, near Wismar, Germany March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

Stranded Whale Frees Itself Again Off German Coast and Disappears

A humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off Germany's northern Baltic Sea coast has freed itself for a third time and has now disappeared, a police…

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Varieties Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 21, 2023. (Reuters)

India to Begin World’s Biggest Population Count

India will launch the world's largest census on Wednesday, with more than three million officials to take part in a vast counting exercise over the next year. …

Varieties FILE - Sugar catches a wave in the first heat of medium dogs during the World Dog Surfing Championships, Aug. 3, 2024, in Pacifica, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard, File)

The First Canine Inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame Dies

Sugar The Surfing Dog, the first canine inducted into the Surfer’s Hall of Fame, who spent her days outside the water comforting veterans as a dedicated…

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Varieties Cars drive past a sign of Meta, the new name for the company formerly known as Facebook, at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, October 28, 2021. (Reuters)

Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube Aren’t Fully Complying with Child Account Ban, Australia Says

Australia’s online safety watchdog said Tuesday it was considering court against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube alleging they are not doing…

Varieties  In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), crew look on as a rescue ship approaches a raft to evacuate the survivors boat that sank on Monday, in the waters off Taliabu Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (BASARNAS via AP)

Rescuers Find 21 People on Raft Drifting in Indonesian Waters After Their Boat Sinks

Indonesian search teams rescued 21 people from a raft Tuesday morning, a day after their boat sank in rough seas. Everyone on board the ship was found safely…

Varieties Lead and gold are different elements, with three protons’ difference between them (University of Seville) 

Scientists Mimicking the Big Bang Accidentally Turn Lead into Gold

Medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold. Today, we know that lead and gold are different elements, and no amount of chemistry can turn one…

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Varieties  People walk under cherry blossoms in bloom at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s Cherry Blossom Season Dazzles Locals and Tourists

Japanese locals and tourists packed the country's most stunning cherry blossom spots on Monday to enjoy the dazzling flowers at full bloom. The tiny white…