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Austria sees record number of heat-related deaths in June and July
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
Austria saw its highest-ever recorded number of heat-related deaths this June and July, the country's health agency said Sunday, as Europe reels from a summer o...
Guinea's president visits district hit by landfill disaster
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya on Saturday visited the district of the capital hit by a deadly landfill disaster, as homeless families asked for help getti...
Guinea's president visits district hit by landfill disaster
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
Guinea's President Mamadi Doumbouya on Saturday visited the district of the capital hit by a deadly landfill disaster, as homeless families asked for help getti...
Trump govt mulls deal to give away part of Yosemite park
Aug 29, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration is considering giving a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer, a lawyer for the company ...
Germany could miss climate goal in 2026 for first time: think tank
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Germany risks missing an annual climate target in 2026 for the first time unless cuts to greenhouse gas emissions sharply accelerate, a think tank warned Friday...
Climate change hits trout and salmon in UK's prized chalk streams
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A fly fisherman cast his line into the crystal-clear waters of the Itchen, a chalk stream in Hampshire in southern England, home to salmon and trout hit by clim...
Indonesia escalates battle against fires, putrid haze
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia has intensified efforts to fight wildfires with cloud seeding and water bombing as thousands of people countrywide battle to breathe in the smoke and ...
Australia to evacuate sub-Antarctic research base over bird flu fears
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Australia said Friday it would evacuate workers from a research station on a remote island over the "psychosocial" risk caused by a potential outbreak of the hi...
Cancer fears stalk Kosovo's coal heartland
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
In the small town of Obilic, overshadowed by the smokestacks of Kosovo's largest coal-fired power plants, locals say it is hard to find a family untouched by ca...
'Game-changer': solar ambulance completes test run in Kenya
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Dutch students on Friday celebrated a successful trial in Kenya of what they say is the world's first solar-powered ambulance, hoping to bring vital medical car...
Colombia moves to resume use of risky coca-killing spray
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Colombia's new right-wing government has created a loophole to resume spraying coca crops with an herbicide linked to cancer in humans, it emerged Friday.
Windmills of change: Dutch raise mill in rare operation
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
"It has a right to the wind," says Dutchman Koen van der Kroon, supervising from his vantage point on a dyke as a centuries-old windmill is lifted painstakingly...
Once a legend, humpback whales make comeback in Brazil
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Female humpback whales off the coast of Brazil now have their pick of mates, who slap the water with their tails and jostle for attention -- a scene that would ...
Trump govt. mulls deal to give away part of Yosemite park
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration is considering giving away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer.
Tanker pays record $5.3 mn to transit Panama Canal: administrator
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas has paid $5.3 million for priority passage through the Panama Canal ahead of El Nino-related restrictions, the waterwa...
Trump govt. mulls deal to give away part of Yosemite park
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration has been quietly considering a proposal to give away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park in California to a...
Bird flu detected in dead dolphin in South Australia
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
H5N1 bird flu has been detected in a dead dolphin in South Australia, officials in the state said Friday, the first case of its kind in the country.
CORRECTED: Tigers, hyenas, camel found in raid on Mexican fuel smugglers
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Mexican authorities said Thursday that they had rescued Bengal tigers, mandrills, hyenas and even a camel during raids on a fuel smuggling ring in the northeast...
World's soils deteriorating while solutions go unused: UN
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
More than half of the world's soils are in poor condition, threatening global food supplies and biodiversity, while proven measures to improve soil health are n...
Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene, welfare concerns
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Japan plans to probe popular animal cafes, where visitors can interact with anything from cats to capybaras, following concerns about hygiene and the creatures'...
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