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El Salvador on red alert due to El Nino-fueled drought
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
El Salvador declared a state of maximum alert on Tuesday due to a drought linked to the El Nino phenomenon, which has caused crop losses, authorities said.
Thirty-four Australians missing in Nepal flash floods: PM Albanese
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
Thirty-four Australians are missing following flash flooding through the Nepal-Tibet border region, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday.
Thai held over parrot eggs haul in South Africa
Aug 26, 2026 (AFP)
South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through Johannesburg's main airport, the environm...
Trees 'giving up': climnate change hammers historic English gardens
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burnt beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in t...
Cool Japan: Human fridge chills workers in extreme heat
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Feeling dizzy and unwell after cycling to work in Japan's punishing summer heat, warehouse worker Isao Tabuchi headed for his company's newest acquisition: a re...
Trump policies to double power sector carbon emissions by 2035: analysis
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's fossil fuel agenda will result in the loss of $700 billion in clean energy investments over the next decade while doubling the power se...
Germany's Merz addresses critics with climate action pledge
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday sought to assuage critics who accuse his government of doing too little against climate change after a brutal summer...
Trees 'giving up': climate change hammers historic English gardens
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burnt beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in t...
Guinea counts 34 dead from landfill collapse
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
The death toll from a landfill collapse on the weekend in Guinea's capital has risen to 34, with another 33 people injured, six of them seriously, authorities s...
El Salvador declares alert due to drought linked to El Nino
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
El Salvador declared a state of maximum alert on Tuesday due to a drought linked to the El Nino phenomenon, which has caused crop losses, authorities said.
Indigenous environmental defender shot dead in Peru
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
An Indigenous leader and environmental defender was shot dead while patrolling his native Amazonian territories in Peru, authorities reported Tuesday.
'Traumatic' tornado shatters French village
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
Two people were in critical condition and thousands of households were without power on Tuesday after a "tornado of severe intensity" wreaked havoc in southern ...
Trump policies to double power sector carbon emissions by 2035: analysis
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's fossil fuel agenda will result in the loss of $700 billion in clean energy investments over the next decade while doubling the power se...
'Wartime situation': tornado ravages French village
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
A tornado of rare intensity devastated a village in southern France, causing widespread destruction and leaving residents in shock on Tuesday, with the mayor de...
The summer climate change became scorching reality for Europe
Aug 25, 2026 (AFP)
For generations, summer in Europe has been languid and dreamy, bringing fine weather and lengthy days on sunny beaches and terraces. But in 2026, the brutal rea...
Despair and anger in Conakry after deadly landfill collapse
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
Abou Hamza, an outraged resident of the Dar es Salam neighbourhood of Conakry where a landfill collapse killed 30 people over the weekend, said that locals had ...
Top Norway court opens hearings over climate-disputed oil permits
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
Norway's Supreme Court on Monday began hearing arguments over the government's issuing of oil licences that were challenged by NGOs alleging insufficient enviro...
Despair and anger in Conakry after deadly landfill collapse
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
Rescuers operating giant excavators searched for victims of a deadly landfill collapse in Guinea on Monday in torrential rain, after residents said they had war...
Despair and anger in Conakry after deadly landfill collapse
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
Rescuers using giant excavators searched for victims of a deadly landfill collapse in Guinea on Monday in torrential rain, after residents said they had warned ...
Tornado tears through French village, dozens injured
Aug 24, 2026 (AFP)
A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said.
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