Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists
By Lucie AUBOURG WASHINGTON (AFP) - The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and…
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Environment
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Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada
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Pet dogs and strays suffer in Asia heatwave
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Indonesia volcano eruption shuts more airports, ash reaches Malaysia
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WHO says US keeping them updated on bird flu outbreak
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Kenya delays schools reopening due to floods
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Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America
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DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east
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155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa
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