#Ecuador In Ecuadoran Amazon, butterflies provide a gauge of climate change #AFP
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#UPDATE The deadly heatwave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without 'human-induced' climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group.

The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an

Mount Ruang volcano has erupted in Indonesia, alert level raised to the highest.

The dome spewed a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and has forced hundreds to evacuate

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Coachella day two was heavy on alt-rock throwbacks including a highly anticipated No Doubt reunion, but it was Taylor Swift -- who wasn't on the lineup and didn't perform -- creating buzz 🎸🎶
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🇹🇷 Forty-three people remained stranded in mid-air Saturday, hours after a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the southern Turkish resort city of Antalya killing one person, rescue services said. Ten people were injured in the accident.
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#UPDATE An attacker armed with a knife killed five people Saturday before being shot dead by a policewoman at a busy Sydney shopping centre, police said.

VIDEO A rogue racehorse startles passengers as it trots up and down a train platform in outer Sydney after escaping from a nearby stable
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Apple says it will stop a Palestinian flag emoji from being suggested to some iPhone users when they type 'Jerusalem' in messages

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Mexico files a lawsuit against Ecuador at the International Court of Justice over the storming of its embassy in Quito.

Mexico says it wants the South American country suspended from the United Nations

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#UPDATE Myanmar junta troops stationed in an embattled border town have withdrawn from their positions, a spokesman for a Myanmar ethnic armed group and a Thai official told AFP on Thursday ⬇️ u.afp.com/5Q6x

#Vietnam #corruption

Meta said on Thursday that it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from 'sextortion' scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters ➡️ u.afp.com/5Q6j

VIDEO: 🇫🇷 French athlete climbs Eiffel Tower with rope, breaks world record

Anouk Garnier has broken the rope climbing world record after she ascended 110 metres to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower after 18 minutes of climbing.
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‘Ad hoc anger management’

Thunderstorms are forecast to disrupt the start of the 88th #Masters at Augusta National on Thursday as world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler and second-ranked Rory McIlroy tee off in a dream first-round pairing ⬇️ u.afp.com/5Q6i #AFPSports #Masters 2024

#SolarEclipse2024

Total solar eclipse on April 8.

#AFPGraphics map showing the areas where the shadow of the Moon will pass during the total solar eclipse in Mexico, US and Canada on April 8

VIDEO: As Rwanda approaches the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, a group of young Rwandan artists is helping to preserve the memory of the 800,000 victims by creating portraits of some of them copied from old and often damaged photographs

South Africa's former parliament speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been charged with corruption and money laundering, prosecutors said on Thursday, after the politician was arrested in a graft inquiry.

'Charges against Ms Mapisa-Nqakula are 12 counts of corruption… and one of

#UPDATE President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denounced as 'bizarre and threatening' Russia's tone following rare phone talks between the defence ministers of France and Russia, their first contact since 2022.
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