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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 Passengers look at their smartphones on a bus in Moscow, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP)

Skibidi Your 6-7: AFP's Five Words of the Year 

From 6-7 to skibidi and delulu, 2025 was the year when Generation Alpha slang entered everyday language and dictionaries with a vengeance. But the digital…

Varieties This image from video by the United States Geological Survey shows lava erupting from Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. (USGS via AP)

Kilauea Displays Lava Fountains for the 37th Time Since Its Eruption Began Last Year 

The on-and-off eruption that's been dazzling residents and visitors on Hawaii's Big Island for nearly a year resumed Tuesday as Kilauea volcano sent fountains…

Varieties This photo taken on October 8, 2025, shows researchers collecting a bed bug crawling on a mattress at a laboratory of the Science University of Malaysia (USM) in George Town, on Penang island. (AFP)

Malaysian Scientists Recruit Bed Bugs as Crime Scene Sleuths 

Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto his skin to allow a wriggling mass…

Varieties Male Panda Yuan Zi in his internal enclosure before his last public snack at The Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, central France on November 23, 2025. (AFP)

France Bids Farewell to Beloved Pandas Bound for China 

Two pandas at a zoo in central France are to return to China on Tuesday after the female was diagnosed with kidney failure, drawing hundreds of visitors for a…

Varieties Andrei Klimenko, a collector of Soviet-era reel-to-reel tape recorders who runs his personal museum, poses for a picture in Almaty, Kazakhstan, November 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Kazakh Collector Preserves Soviet Tape Recorders That Defied Musical ‘Iron Curtain’ 

For two decades, Andrei Klimenko has been amassing a collection of Soviet-era reel-to-reel tape recorders for a small museum he runs in Almaty, Kazakhstan's…

Varieties A Long March-2F rocket carrying the unmanned Shenzhou-22 spacecraft takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for a mission to China's Tiangong space station, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China November 25, 2025. China Daily via REUTERS

China Launches Shenzhou-22 Early for Stranded Space Station Crew

China conducted an urgent unmanned spacecraft launch on Tuesday, after damage to a previous mission's return capsule left the crew on its space station without…

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Varieties This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise and the oldest animal at the San Diego Zoo, eating at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, Oct. 30, 2024. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP)

Gramma the Galápagos Tortoise, Oldest Resident of San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the…

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Varieties A man cleans scales off a fish as competitors run during the 39th edition of the Marabana marathon in Havana, Cuba, November 16, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Cuban Scientists Race Against Time to Save Fish as Old as the Dinosaurs

Buzz, buzz, slap! This mosquito-ridden lagoon deep in the Zapata Swamp, the Caribbean's largest intact wetland, is ground-zero for a humble but dedicated…

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Varieties This photo taken on October 24, 2025 shows a fourteen-year-old boy posing at his home near Gosford, Australia as he looks at social media on his computer. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Malaysia Mulls Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Malaysia says it is planning to block children under 16 from signing up to social media accounts next year, in a move to tighten access over child-safety…

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Varieties The pocket watch stopped at the moment the Titanic disappeared beneath the waves (Henry Aldridge and Son Auctioneers) 

Titanic Passenger's Watch Fetches Record Price at Auction

A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic has fetched a “record-breaking” £1.78 million at auction, according…

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Varieties (FILES) A rhino sleeps under a tree shade at a conservancy on the South boundary of Hwange National Park, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)

Rhino Horn Sales, Shark Protection on Wildlife Talks Agenda

Global wildlife talks open Monday, with debates set to take on questions ranging from protection of sharks, a bid to allow limited rhino horn sales and a push…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: Snapchat logo is seen in this illustration taken July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Snapchat Begins Age Checks in Australia Ahead of Social Media Ban

Snapchat has begun asking teenage Australians to verify their ages, a company spokesperson said Monday, just weeks before Canberra enforces sweeping laws…

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Varieties The eagle was observed and photographed at Wadi Thalbah Wetland. (SPA)

First Sighting of White-Tailed Eagle in Saudi Arabia at Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve

An extremely rare sighting of a juvenile, migratory white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) has been documented at Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve -…

Varieties  The fire reignited last Saturday following media reports that it was put out after breaking out in late October. (File Photo/Reuters)

Iran Battles Fire in UNESCO-listed Forest, Gets Türkiye's Help

Iran has sought help to fight a devastating fire in UNESCO-listed forests in its north, with neighboring Türkiye sending firefighting planes, Iran's top…

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Varieties Copies of The Daily Telegraph are displayed on a rack in a supermarket in London, Britain, January 20, 2024. REUTERS/Belinda Jiao/File Photo

Daily Mail Owner Strikes $650 Million Deal to Buy the Telegraph

Daily Mail owner DMGT said on Saturday it had struck a 500 million pound ($650 million) deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create…

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Varieties Saudi Media Award 2026 Officially Launched

Saudi Media Award 2026 Officially Launched

Saudi Media Forum Chairman Mohammed Al-Harthi announced the launch of the new edition of the Saudi Media Award 2026, with its ceremony set to be a key part of…

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Varieties This undated photo provided by the St. Charles Circuit County Court shows Circuit Judge Matthew Thornhill. (St. Charles Circuit County Court via AP)

Missouri Judge Who Wore an Elvis Wig and Often Played His Music in Court Agrees to Step Down

A Missouri judge who wore an Elvis Presley wig in his courtroom and played the singer's music from his phone during court proceedings has agreed to a deal that…

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Varieties Cows graze near the Trinity Hills wind farm near Olney, Texas on June 26, 2025. (Shelby Tauber/The Texas Tribune via AP)

Rural Greece Struggles to Cope with Predator Comeback

It was a shocking sight for the farmer — three of his sheep lying dead on the ground, signs of their mauling unmistakable. The large paw prints in the earth…

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Varieties FILE - Two brown bears look for salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, July 4, 2013. (AP File Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Grizzly Attacks Schoolchildren and Teachers on Walking Trail in Canada, Injuring 11

A grizzly bear attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically. …

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Varieties The Syrian embassy is seen behind locked gates in Washington, DC on November 14, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

Washington's Abandoned Embassies Have Stories to Tell

In Washington's embassy district, years' worth of wildly overgrown vegetation outside an empty building was finally pruned away in September as the flag of…

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Varieties La Pascaline, the first mechanical calculator (AFP)

French Judiciary Blocks Auction of Earliest-Known Calculator

One of the world's first calculating machines will not go to auction as scheduled in France, after a Paris court provisionally blocked the historic item from…

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Varieties Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch reacts after being crowned as Miss Universe 2025 during the 74th Miss Universe 2025 at Impact Challenger Hall in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, 21 November 2025. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Miss Mexico Crowned Miss Universe at Pageant Where she Stood Up to Host's Bullying

Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of…

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Varieties The number of visitors from within the Kingdom for religious purposes reached 1,665,341 - SPA

Madinah Welcomes over 3.7 Million Visitors in Q2 2025

The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released a bulletin Thursday reporting that Madinah received 3.767 million visitors from inside and outside the…

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Princess Diana Enters Paris Waxwork Museum

The Grevin waxwork museum in Paris unveiled a new star attraction on Thursday: Princess Diana in the "revenge dress" she wore after public revelations about…

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