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Fighting in Sudan's civil war sets ablaze the country's largest oil refinery, satellite photos show

Fighting in Sudan's civil war sets ablaze the country's largest oil refinery, satellite photos show

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fighting around Sudan 's largest oil refinery set the sprawling complex ablaze, satellite data analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows, sending thick, black polluted smoke over the country's capital.
Fighting in Sudan's war sets ablaze the country's largest oil refinery, satellite photos show

Fighting in Sudan's war sets ablaze the country's largest oil refinery, satellite photos show

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fighting around Sudan 's largest oil refinery set the sprawling complex ablaze, satellite data analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows, sending thick, black polluted smoke over the country's capital.
Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived

Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s promise to go all in on fossil fuels includes praise for coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that's long been in decline.
Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived

Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s promise to go all in on fossil fuels includes praise for coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that's long been in decline.
Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded

Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyc
Major storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power lines and ground flights

Major storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power lines and ground flights

LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home Friday in the face of hurricane-force winds that disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions.
Egypt and Eni-Total consortium to sign deal on processing Cypriot natural gas for export

Egypt and Eni-Total consortium to sign deal on processing Cypriot natural gas for export

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt and a consortium made up of energy companies Total of France and Italy’s Eni will next month sign a key agreement to transport natural gas from an undersea deposit inside Cypriot waters to Egypt where it will be liquefied
Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer

Meet Poppy, an oil spill-sniffing dog and a scientific trailblazer

Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog. Her white, brown speckled nose has also made her something of a trailblazer.
'We've got to move forward' - Michigan electric vehicle industry responds to Trump policy changes

'We've got to move forward' - Michigan electric vehicle industry responds to Trump policy changes

DETROIT (AP) — While President Donald Trump took aim at the electric vehicle industry this week, there is still optimism about the industry’s future in Michigan, a state retooling from America’s most recognizable auto hub to its number one destinatio

Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves , cyclones , flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a new report Frida
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