Climate crisis triggers spike in lightning strike deaths in India
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA JAIPUR, India (AFP) -- Faizuddin is still traumatized from the lightning strike that killed his three friends…
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Japan PM Suga to step down this month: party
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, effectively ending…
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Climate and weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives – WMO report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50…
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Taiwan receives first batch of politically charged Pfizer vaccines
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organized by two…
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Israel starts new school year as virus cases surge
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel reopened its schools Wednesday after the summer break but the coronavirus forced many students to stay…
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Sri Lanka raids sugar stocks as food shortages bite
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Sri Lankan government officials on Wednesday raided private warehouses to seize thousands of tonnes of…
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Moderna says, tainted Covid vaccines sent to Japan contained steel
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Moderna said Wednesday that tainted batches of its Covid-19 vaccine sent to Japan were contaminated…
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Sri Lanka declares food emergency as forex crisis worsens
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks…
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Floods threaten hundreds of thousands in northeast India
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) -- Flood waters rose Monday across northeastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are stranded on…
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Rockets fly in Kabul as US evacuations wind down
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its…
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