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Swiss pilot surpasses solar-powered plane altitude record 13 Aug 2025 - 01:50 pm
Solar-powered plane SolarStratos piloted by Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan is seen taking off at the Sion airport, on August 8, 2025, during his first attempt of the season at setting a new aviation record by reaching an altitude of 10,000 metres. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
European satellite to step up monitoring of extreme weather 13 Aug 2025 - 01:41 pm
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Dutch child survivor of Japan's WWII camps breaks silence 13 Aug 2025 - 08:19 am
Survivor of Japanese camps during World War II and psychologist Tineke Einthoven, 87, poses with family photographs at her home in Monaco, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by Frederic Dides / AFP)
Study warns one third of UK family doctors could leave over burnout 13 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am
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Britain's job market cools with unemployment at four-year high 13 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
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Russia, US top diplomats discuss preparations for upcoming Putin-Trump meeting 13 Aug 2025 - 01:58 am
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Russia launches surprise offensive in Eastern Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin summit 12 Aug 2025 - 09:21 pm
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Digital archive for archaeological tombstones launched in Turkiye 12 Aug 2025 - 08:54 pm
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Norway's oil fund cuts holdings in Israeli companies 12 Aug 2025 - 08:36 pm
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England faces "nationally significant" water shortfall 12 Aug 2025 - 07:42 pm
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Spain evacuates 44 wounded or ill children from Gaza 12 Aug 2025 - 07:36 pm
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Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires 12 Aug 2025 - 11:58 am
A pharmacy sign indicates a temperature of 45ーC in Toulouse, southwestern France on August 11, 2025. (Photo by Lionel Bonaventure / AFP)
UK unemployment holds at four-year high amid tax, tariffs 12 Aug 2025 - 11:58 am
A picture shows the view of London from the top of a skyscraper on July 15, 2025. Photo by Carlos Jasso / AFP
France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticide 12 Aug 2025 - 11:08 am
A woman walks past the Seine River and the French National Assembly, the lower House of Parliament, in Paris on August 11, 2025, amid a heatwave in Europe. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
Spanish firefighters struggle to contain blaze at Roman-era site 11 Aug 2025 - 05:28 pm
A firefighting helicopter flies with a bucket during a wildfire near the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Las Medulas, a former Roman gold-mining area known for its striking red landscape, in Carucedo, northern Spain on August 11, 2025. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP
Tesla applies to supply electricity in UK: regulator 11 Aug 2025 - 03:44 pm
A photo shows the Tesla logo on a charging station (Tesla Supercharger) in Chasse-sur-Rhone, central France, on June 6, 2025. (Photo by Alex Martin / AFP)
French nuclear plant halts reactors over jellyfish in filters: power company 11 Aug 2025 - 03:41 pm
This photograph taken on March 5, 2014 shows the nuclear plant of Gravelines. Photo by PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP
Greta Thunberg, activists plan new aid flotilla to Gaza 11 Aug 2025 - 12:49 pm
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