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Whales spark joy in New York but face threats from boat traffic
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
"WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"
Firefighters in 'crucial' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters headed into a "crucial" all-night push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds paralysing air support opera...
Firefighters in 'decisive' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters were locked in a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds hampering air support op...
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
How only a few tree species drive Amazon forest recovery
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
When a destroyed section of the Amazon rainforest begins to recover, nature deploys only a few tree species, which can withstand poor soil conditions, blazing s...
French PM announces help for fire-hit regions after jeers from locals
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Monday announced measures to help residents of the southwest hit by wildfires rebuild their lives, after being jeered...
Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters and farmers backed by water-dropping aircraft battled through a fourth day Monday to tame Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, still burning thro...
Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought: study
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelli...
Brazil's Lula hails new oil find as 'passport to the future'
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday hailed the discovery of oil near the Amazon coast as a "passport to the future," despite strong oppositi...
The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, s...
Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A sprawling expanse of white marble waste in India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-cover...
Germany's coalition split over putting climate in constitution
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
As much of Europe swelters under a heatwave, a group of German ministers wants to enshrine climate protection in the constitution, a plan that sparked pushback ...
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it had paused construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has face...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in Belgium battled to contain the country's worst wildfire in a century on Monday, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled...
Belgium fire makes 'limited' spread overnight, more help on way
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Air reinforcements were headed to Belgium Monday to help combat the country's worst wildfire in a century, which made "limited" advance overnight after threaten...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Rain fell in Belgium on Monday as the country battles its biggest wildfire in recent history, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled.
Hawaii recovery efforts begin as Lala downgraded, moves west
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Clean-up efforts were underway on Sunday as Hurricane Lala, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, rolled past Hawaii's Big Island and dumped heavy rain acro...
Residents jeer French PM on visit to fire-hit region
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Dozens of residents on Monday jeered the French prime minister as he arrived in a region hit by wildfires earlier this summer, in a show of anger over the gover...
Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanse...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in Belgium battled to contain the country's worst wildfire in a century on Monday, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled...
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