Designing food for a hotter world
Inside futuristic labs, plants are scanned, stressed and analysed. The aim is to use the results to produce plant strains that can better serve a growing population in a warming world.
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Philippine school shooter kills fellow student and himself in livestreamed attack
Country’s second fatal school shooting in two months took place in southern city of Zamboanga A student livestreamed himself shooting and killing another pupil in a classroom in the southern Philippines before taking his own life, the second school attack in the country in less than two months.The shooting took…
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More and more Christian families pressured to leave the West Bank by Israeli settlers
Christian leaders and religious figures in the West Bank say difficult living conditions are pushing an increasing number of Christian families to leave their homes. The reality is threatening the historic presence of Christians in Palestinian territories. France 24's correspondent Majed Saeed reports.
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Brazil's President Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon river
Environmentalists have heavily criticised the exploratory drilling in the sea off the mouth of the Amazon.
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Qatar: Iran’s claim that Doha is holding missing pilots is a ‘media ploy’
Qatar says Iran’s claim it is holding missing aircrew is untrue and a “media ploy”, with Tehran yet to verify it.
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Palestinian-American confronts Israeli settler at his besieged home
Palestinian-American Loui Abu Ridi confronted an Israeli settler at his home in Qusra, south of Nablus.
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Who is Wassim al-Assad, sentenced to death for Syria war atrocities?
The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death
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Qatar returns Iranian pilot's remains but denies Tehran's claims of holding others
Doha said it invited Tehran to send a technical team to review its search operation but received no response, calling Iran's accusations "false" and "illogical" and suggesting they were aimed at a domestic audience. Qatar's foreign ministry also said US-Iran talks were "far" from resuming.
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German court convicts Ukrainian man over Russia parcel plot
The court said the man sent packages with GPS trackers from Germany to Ukraine to scope out potential sabotage targets for Russian secret services.
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Japanese activist keeps protesting against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Japanese activist keeps protesting against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
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Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Wassim sentenced to death in Syria
A Syrian court has sentenced Wassim al-Assad, cousin of Bashar al-Assad, to death for murder, torture and war crimes.
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Qatar rejects Iran’s ‘false’ claims about missing pilots
Majed al-Ansari says the Iranian planes 'violated Qatar’s sovereignty' and were dealt with in accordance with the law.
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Belgium widlfire: Rains help High Fens containment efforts
Firefighters continue to battle one of the worst wildfires in Belgian history near the German border. Rains and cooler temperatures are helping them bring it to heel after it ravaged an area half the size of Manhattan.
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Belgium wildfire: Rains help High Fens containment efforts
Firefighters continue to battle one of the worst wildfires in Belgian history near the German border. Rains and cooler temperatures are helping them bring it to heel after it ravaged an area half the size of Manhattan.
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Trump's North Korea overture triggers fears for US alliances
In announcing scaled back joint military drills with South Korea, the US president appears to be moving towards Pyongyang just as North Korea becomes more emboldened.
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Myanmar: The Architecture of Statelessness
How Myanmar stripped the Rohingya of citizenship, leading to mass expulsions and a genocide case at the ICJ.
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Kariba ferry death toll rises to 93, making it Zimbabwe's deadliest transport disaster
Recovery efforts to recover bodies continue in what is the country's deadliest transport disaster.
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Gang leader masterminded Tupac's killing, prosecutor tells jury
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of gang revenge ordered by a mobster who later boasted of it, jurors heard Monday, as one of America's most anticipated trials got under way, 30 years after the murder.
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Russia protests Japan PM’s comments after Putin’s Kuril visit
Russia summons Japan's ambassador to Moscow over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's 'anti-Russian' remarks.
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Why has Trump threatened to bomb Oman – for a second time?
The US president threatened to bomb Oman over Hormuz, with US-Iran peace negotiations in a deadlock.
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Premier League what to know: Schedule, prediction, transfers and more
Matchday 1 fixtures, title predictions, where to watch and latest transfer news ahead of the new Premier League season.
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Singapore’s seniors turn to parkour to boost balance and strength
Parkour may conjure images of rowdy teenagers swinging from building to building in urban landscapes, but since 2017, coach Tan Shie Boon has been using these techniques to improve Singaporean seniors’ strength and agility. Tan’s Movement Singapore classes have gone viral online, showing people in their 60s and 70s…
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What to know about California’s special election to replace Eric Swalwell
A race that once received little attention has seen outside spending from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
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Ebola in DRC: Deadliest outbreak on record ‘outpacing the response’
Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome WHO Spokesperson Tarik Jašarević. His central concern is that we do not yet know where all the places the Ebola virus is circulating: infected people remain outside treatment centres, transmission chains go undetected, and patients who seek care too late face much poorer chances of…
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