Denmark to buy US patrol planes despite Greenland rift
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 29, 2025
The United States said Monday it had approved a $1.8-billion sale of patrol aircraft to Denmark, despite renewed tension after an envoy of President Donald Trump called again for seizing Greenland. ... more

Trump still eyes Turkey jet deal despite Israel objections
Palm Beach, United States (AFP) Dec 29, 2025
US President Donald Trump said Monday he was considering selling top-end F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who adamantly opposes the move. ... more

Berlin says decision postponed on European fighter jet
Berlin (AFP) Dec 31, 2025
Efforts to break a deadlock in 2025 over plans for a new European fighter jet have been unsuccessful, a German government spokesman told AFP on Wednesday. ... more

Neural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal waters
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026
A recent study presents ACA-SIM, an atmospheric correction algorithm that uses satellite-in situ matchup data and neural networks to improve ocean color retrievals over coastal waters. The approach ... more

Viral resistant bacteria still help drive deep ocean carbon transport
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2025
Marine bacteria help determine whether carbon remains near the ocean surface or sinks to deeper waters, but they live under constant threat from infection by viruses known as phages and frequently m ... more

SAR11 ocean bacteria form distinct ecological teams across coastal and open waters
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2025
A study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology has identified how SAR11, one of the ocean's most abundant bacterial groups, diversifies into dis ... more

Filipinos master disaster readiness, one roll of the dice at a time
Manila (AFP) Dec 29, 2025
In a library in the Philippines, a dice rattles on the surface of a board before coming to a stop, putting one of its players straight into the path of a powerful typhoon. ... more

Inside Chernobyl, Ukraine scrambles to repair radiation shield
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 26, 2025
Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless dials, screens and gauges that were supposed to prevent disaster. ... more

'Shivering from cold and fear': winter rains batter displaced Gazans
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Dec 28, 2025
It only took a matter of minutes after the heavy overnight rain first began to fall for Jamil al-Sharafi's tent in southern Gaza to flood, drenching his food and leaving his blankets sopping wet. ... more