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Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old

Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday.
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Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter

Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter

ROME (AP) — The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer.
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Kiribati's pro-China government bars foreign officials from visiting until 2025, citing elections

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Kiribati is suspending all diplomatic visits to the tiny Pacific Island nation until next year and has cancelled some already planned, because it is in the midst of an election process that could run f
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California legislators break with Gov. Newsom over loan to keep state's last nuclear plant running

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Legislature signaled its intent on Thursday to cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a longer lifespan for the state’s last nuclear power plant, exposing a rift with Gov.
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Tropical Storm Hone forms in the central Pacific Ocean, Gilma still a Category 3 hurricane

Tropical Storm Hone forms in the central Pacific Ocean, Gilma still a Category 3 hurricane

HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Hone formed in the central Pacific Ocean on Thursday on a forecast path that may cross near Hawaii's Big Island, while major Hurricane Gilma remained a Category 3 storm at sea.
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South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee

South Carolina considers its energy future through state Senate committee

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate on Thursday started its homework assignment of coming up with a comprehensive bill to guide energy policy in a rapidly growing state and amid a quickly changing power- generation world.
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Rio de Janeiro climbers clean site of iconic Christ the Redeemer statue

Rio de Janeiro climbers clean site of iconic Christ the Redeemer statue

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian cleaning crew on Thursday was rappelling in the shadow of one of the world’s most famous sites: Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue .
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Regulator issues penalty, conditions on Imperial Oil amid ongoing Kearl investigation

Regulator issues penalty, conditions on Imperial Oil amid ongoing Kearl investigation

CALGARY — Imperial Oil has been fined $50,000 after the province's energy regulator concluded the company broke environmental laws when wastewater containing oilsands tailings seeped outside its lease boundary in 2022.
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What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds

What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases. Their answer: Not many have done the job.
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Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths

Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who needed help, officials and media
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