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Exodus begins at drenched Burning Man party in US desert

Revelers stuck in the mud for days at the Burning Man festival in Nevada finally began heading home on Monday…

Tesla, Chinese EV brands jostle for limelight at German fair

By Léa PERNELLE One of the world's biggest auto shows opened in Munich on Monday, with Tesla ending a 10-year…

Invasive species a growing and costly threat, key report to find

Invasive species that destroy forests, ravage crops and cause extinctions are a major and growing threat worldwide, a landmark UN-backed…

Desert rain leaves thousands stranded in muddy mess at Burning Man

Tens of thousands of festivalgoers were stranded Sunday in deep mud in the Nevada desert after rain turned the annual…

Typhoon Haikui leaves trail of destruction in Taiwan

By Sean CHANG and Amber WANG Taiwan woke up Monday to toppled trees, floods, and persistent rainfall after Typhoon Haikui…

Helping or hindering? US scientists debate how to save giant sequoias

https://youtu.be/PlsnSM25lRk By Huw GRIFFITH When ferocious wildfires tore through California's prized giant sequoia forests, they killed towering trees that have…

Paris fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as pest spreads in Europe

© Agence France-Presse Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Thursday to…

Heat records topple across sweltering Asia

BANGKOK, Sept 1, 2023 (AFP) - Temperature records are being toppled across Asia, from India's summer to Australia's winter, authorities…

Meta, Google balk as Canada spells out new online news law

OTTAWA, Sept 1, 2023 (AFP) - Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay…

Better than AI? The UK police who never forget a face

By Caroline TAÏX Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the…

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