Kolesnikova was the star of the 2020 movement opposing Lukashenko © Petras Malukas / AFP By AFP - Agence France Presse Belarus frees protest leader Kolesnikova, Nobel winner Bialiatski Vilnius (AFP) – Belarusian street protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski walked free on Saturday with 121 other political prisoners released in an unprecedented US-brokered deal. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has locked up thousands of his opponents,

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez looks on during a press conference at the Leaders Summit, ahead of the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. Photo: Mauro PIMENTEL/AFP. By AFP - Agence France Presse Spain urges EU to keep combustion-engine ban as rethink on the cards. Spain urged the EU to keep a 2035 ban on new petrol cars, a letter showed Friday, as Brussels looked set to replace it with a less ambitious 90-percent emission-reduction target. The Euro

Greenpeace dumped orange paint in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement (Dimitar DILKOFF)(Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. The updated strategy was unveiled on the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the landmark climate accord des

Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to climate change, along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka’s unique geographies and vulnerabilities, combined to produce deadly flooding that killed hundreds, scientists said Thursday. (AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Warmer seas, heavier rains drove Asia floods: scientists Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to climate change, along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka’s unique geographies and vulnerabilities, combined to produce deadly flooding t