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FILE - A family is seen entering a tent set up for suspected cholera patients at a clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, Nov. 18, 2023.

January 24, 2024

Zimbabwe Hopeful UN Cholera Vaccines Will Contain Outbreak

Country’s current outbreak has infected about 20,000 people and so far killed more than 370, according to health officials

January 24, 2024

New Electric Bikes Accelerate Clean Transport in Africa

Transport sector plays a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the effects of global warming

A lawsuit filed on Jan. 17, 2024, accuses the U.S. Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management of refusing for nearly 15 years to recognize "overwhelming evidence of the cultural significance" of the San Pedro Valley in Arizona to Native American tribes.

January 23, 2024

Tribes, Environmental Groups Ask US Court to Block $10B Energy Project in Arizona

The project would carry electricity from a huge wind power project planned in central New Mexico to markets as far away as California

January 22, 2024

Abortion on Ballot in 2024, Biden Says; Harris on Swing Through Key States

Abortion is on the ballot in 2024, the White House says, with Vice President Kamala Harris crisscrossing the country to equate the Biden campaign with protection and expansion of reproductive rights, and Republican candidates speaking of possible federal abortion bans.

FILE — In this photo provided by eGenesis, a genetically modified pig liver is removed in Massachusetts for transportation to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in December 2023. (eGenesis via AP)

January 21, 2024

Experiment Shows Pig Livers Might One Day Be Transplanted to Humans

The experiment is a step toward trying the technique in patients with liver failure

An alfonsino fish swims above Lophelia pertusa coral off the southeastern coast of the U.S., in June 2019. Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, off the U.S. Atlantic Coast. (NOAA Ocean Exploration via AP)

January 21, 2024

Scientists Map Largest Deep-Sea Coral Reef to Date

Researchers have long known that some coral were present off the Atlantic, but the reef's size remained a mystery until new underwater mapping technology became available