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Washington (AFP) – Flaring — burning off unwanted natural gas from oil and gas wells — releases five times more of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere over the United States than previously assumed, according to a study published Th…

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday just hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris left South Korea, where she had toured the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone which divides the peninsula. The launch was Pyongyang’s thi…

Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) – Shocked Florida communities counted their dead Saturday as the full scale of the devastation came into focus, two days after Hurricane Ian tore into the coastline as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the Uni…

Punta Gorda (United States) (AFP) – Hurricane Ian made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida as a monster Category 4 storm on Wednesday with powerful winds and torrential rains threatening to cause “catastrophic” damage and flooding. The National …

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Kremlin-backed officials in Ukraine appealed to President Vladimir Putin Wednesday to annex the regions under their control, after the territories held votes denounced by Kyiv and the West as a “sham”. Ukraine called on the EU to…

London (AFP) – Global stock markets sank Wednesday and the dollar soared as investors fretted over recession fears and heightened Ukraine tensions. “With the prospect of a sharp economic slowdown, further pain for households and businesses, and investo…

Frisco (United States) (AFP) – The little aircraft appeared out of the blue sky above a Texas home, deposited its payload of a mid-morning snack in the yard and zoomed off, as deliveries by drone start becoming a reality in America. Flying shipments of…

San Francisco (AFP) – Twitter and Elon Musk sparred in court on Tuesday, each digging for evidence to prevail in a high-stakes trial next month over the billionaire’s bid to break his buyout deal. Musk has been keen to find evidence to back his accusat…

Chapel Hill (United States) (AFP) – US President Joe Biden’s push for green energy tax credits will help boost a massive ramp up in private investment that will create jobs and lower energy costs for American families, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen s…

Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed massive surveillance by the US National Security Agency on Americans and then sought refuge in Russia. A presidential decree p…