While wind and solar energy led in investments globally, liquefied natural gas is also booming. A former climate envoy for Germany explains what’s coming and the countries to watch.
Watching a whale shark swim at the Georgia Aquarium.
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Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. ‘Jaws’ didn’t help.
Weather forecasts help farmers figure out when to plant, where to use fertilizer and much more.
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AI models can deliver localized forecasts faster and cheaper than traditional models. The challenge is getting this technology where it’s needed.
Rescuers search for survivors on Aug. 18, 2025, after a flash flood submerged homes, killing at least 18 people in a village near Swabi, Pakistan.
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The United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) will open in Nice, France on June 9, 2025. Will it help to consolidate a new international law of the oceans?
The market remains deeply uncertain about the future direction of China’s economic policies and what they might mean for the world. But we should still watch closely.
A picture of the secretary-general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah is seen among the rubble following an Israeli air strike.
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The international community has also failed to protect civilians in Syria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Myanmar and Ethiopia, a genocide expert writes.
Too few children means China needs to look outside the country for new blood.
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Leaders of the Western military alliance meet in Lithuania with the ongoing war in Ukraine as a backdrop.
Palestinian Authority officials were chased from funerals like this one in Jenin on July 5, 2023.
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Israeli troops have withdrawn after two days of fighting in a camp in the occupied West Bank. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that it would not be a ‘one-time action.’
The world turned upside down.
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Social media account of Cambodia’s long-serving leader was deleted amid a spat with Facebook over videoed threats of violence against opposition supporters.
Amazon rainforest, Brazil: a Yaulapiti man rides a motorcycle.
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