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by AFP Staff Writers Lusaka (AFP) Nov 20, 2025 China and Zambia launched Thursday a $1.4 billion project to modernise a railway line that will transport minerals from the copper-rich southern African country to Indian Ocean ports for export. The upgrade comes as the United States and other partners back a separate westward rail corridor

By Nina LARSON Geneva (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 Dev Karan recalls the first time he saw a purple pond, “filled with dyes and chemicals, and choked with plastic”. “It was heart-wrenching,” the 17-year-old from Haryana state in northern India told AFP in an interview. That sight during a school trip two years ago made him

By Sheikh Sabiha ALAM Dhaka (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 A powerful earthquake struck Bangladesh on Friday outside the crowded capital Dhaka, killing at least three people and injuring many others, health officials said. The 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 10:38 am (0438 GMT) near the city of Narsingdi, about 33 kilometres (16 miles) from Dhaka, according

by AFP Staff Writers Dhaka (AFP) Nov 22, 2025 Two minor tremors hit Bangladesh on Saturday, a day after a powerful earthquake struck outside the capital Dhaka and killed at least 10 people. A 3.3-magnitude jolt was recorded in Narshingdi district, east of Dhaka, in the morning, followed by a 4.3-magnitude quake that struck the

by AFP Staff Writers Dubai (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 An Indian fighter jet crashed during a flying display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, killing the pilot, a government statement said. The warplane executed a low roll before crashing in flames about a mile (1.6 kilometres) from the show site, an eyewitness told AFP. “A

By Facundo Fern�ndez Barrio, Julien MIVIELLE Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Russia’s chief negotiator at the UN climate talks in Brazil, Vladimir Uskov, told AFP that the world still needs fossil fuels and criticized Western nations for breaking promises on climate finance. Russia is the world’s fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases after China

by AFP Staff Writers Helsinki (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen on Wednesday said China was “massively” financing Russia’s war efforts, which increases the security threat in Europe and poses a challenge to NATO. Speaking to AFP, Hakkanen said Russia’s cooperation with China had “gone so far” that “China is currently massively

by AFP Staff Writers Kathmandu (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Nepal has intensified anti-poaching operations to protect its prized tigers, elephants and rhinos after dozens of convicted poachers escaped prison during an anti-government uprising in September, conservation officers said on Wednesday. “This is a matter of concern for all conservationists,” Bed Kumar Dhakal, deputy director general

by AFP Staff Writers Mumbai, India (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Climate change is making monsoon rains in India’s financial capital Mumbai deadlier, mostly for poor people, according to a report released Wednesday by the University of Chicago. The case study analysed extensive data to estimate the population-wide impact of rainfall and floods on mortality in

By Asma HAFIZ and Jalees ANDRABI New Delhi (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 India’s defence minister vowed on Tuesday that those responsible for a deadly car explosion in the heart of the capital that killed at least eight people will face justice. Monday’s blast, if confirmed as an attack, would be the first significant security incident