US and Canada experience record heatwave followed by rapid cold snap
WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) Cities across the United States and Canada reached record February temperatures this week, with multiple…
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Environment
2 million animals dead as extreme winter weather hits Mongolia
By Byamba-Ochir Byambasuren with Khaliun Bayartsogt in Ulaanbaatar More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this…
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New Zealand opens first ‘kiwi hospital’ for injured birds
By Ryland JAMES WELLINGTON, Feb 23, 2024 (AFP) - New Zealand on Friday opened its first hospital exclusively treating kiwi…
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‘Zombie’ blazes and drought: Canada headed for another brutal fire season
By Marion THIBAUT MONTREAL, Feb 23, 2024 (AFP) - Beneath the ground in Western Canada, dozens of so-called "zombie fires"…
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Rampant water pollution threatens Iraq’s shrinking rivers
https://youtube.com/shorts/8aETnM-Cubg By Salam FARAJ BAGHDAD, Feb 21, 2024 (AFP) - Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq's once…
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Cambodia looks to import Indian tigers to revive big cat population
Cambodia hopes to import four tigers from India this year under an agreement signed with New Delhi aimed at reviving…
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Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city
BANGKOK, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) - Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air…
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Amazon rainforest may face tipping point by 2050: study
By Kelly MACNAMARA The Amazon rainforest is facing a barrage of pressures that might tip it into large-scale ecosystem collapse…
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Studying the otherworldly sounds in Antarctic waters
By Juan RESTREPO, Juan BARRETO In freezing Antarctic waters, amid bobbing chunks of floating ice, the hums, pitches and echoes…
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Philippines to file charges against sunken oil tanker owners
MANILA, Feb 14, 2024 (AFP) - The Philippine government said Wednesday it will file criminal charges against the owners of…
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