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October 8, 2025 6:38 PM

Small solar city emerges in South Africa’s coal heartland

As dusk descends on South Africa's coal belt, a stretch of land scarred by decades of mining now flickers to life as dozens of solar street lamps light up Nomzamo Agri-Village. Despite this mini solar wave sweeping the settlement, coal still keeps m...

October 8, 2025 6:25 PM

EU’s plan to phase out Russian energy clears first political hurdle

European Union countries' ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to move ahead with the bloc's plan to end Russian oil and gas imports by 2028, EU diplomats said, clearing the law's first political hurdle before governments vote on it later this month. The...

October 8, 2025 5:12 PM

Afghanistan’s neighbors signal opposition to US retaking Bagram base

Afghanistan's regional neighbors, including American allies, appeared to unite against U.S. President Donald Trump's stated aim of taking over the Bagram military base near Kabul, according to a statement released after they met in Moscow. Th...

October 8, 2025 4:55 PM

Russia moves to withdraw from plutonium agreement with the United States

Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left over from thousands of Cold War nuclear warheads. The Plut...

October 8, 2025 3:41 PM

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal–organic frameworks

Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks", the award-giving body said on Wednesday. The more than a century-old prize is awarded by the Royal S...

October 8, 2025 3:18 PM

Caretaker French PM Lecornu: hopeful on budget, snap election becomes more remote

Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone on Wednesday, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the risk of a snap election more remote. Lecornu's remarks cam...

October 8, 2025 4:42 PM

Islamist militants kill 11 Pakistan paramilitary troops in ambush

Islamist militants ambushed a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing nine paramilitary soldiers and two officers, Reuters reported citing sources, with the Pakistani Taliban claiming responsibility. Roadside bombs hit...

October 8, 2025 12:21 PM

Four dead as six-storey building collapses in central Madrid

Spanish emergency services have recovered the bodies of four people from beneath the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in central Madrid while being refurbished into a hotel, local authorities said on Wednesday. "It is with deep sadness...

October 8, 2025 11:28 AM

All stranded Everest hikers evacuated from remote Tibetan valley

Rescuers guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety on Tuesday, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders, authorities said, ending one of the largest search-and-rescue operations in the region. ...

October 8, 2025 11:12 AM

Ecuador president’s motorcade attacked by crowd throwing rocks, five detained

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa escaped injury after his car was attacked by a crowd throwing rocks on Tuesday, in what a top minister said was an assassination attempt that had left signs of bullet damage on the vehicle. Environment and Energy Mi...

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