Sun, wind power make record 12% of world electricity: survey
Paris, France | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12 percent of the…
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IMF warns of growing global debt fueled by US, China
Washington, United States | AFP | Wednesday 4/12/2023 Global government debt is on track to reach levels not seen since…
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Deadly storms and tornadoes sweep through US
Washington, United States | AFP | The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the…
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Australian parliament approves emissions caps on big polluters
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia will force coal mines, smelters and oil refineries to cut their emissions by about five…
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Vietnam’s robusta: the go-to coffee bean in a warmer world?
by Tran Minh Thi Ha, and Alice Philipson in Hanoi Agence France-Presse GIA LAI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Bitter and earthy.…
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Spain mulls options as wildfires gain in size, intensity
by Alfons LUNA Agence France-Presse TÁBARA, Spain (AFP) -- Walking through the charred remains of the forested hillsides of Sierra…
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UN’s global disaster alert systems goal faces uphill climb
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- How can anyone seek shelter from a natural disaster…
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Ghost lake set to reappear as California hit again by rain
by Patrick T. FALLON Agence France-Presse CORCORAN, United States (AFP) -- A lake that dried up 80 years ago looked…
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Sorrow in Peru as mudslides destroy homes
by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse CHACLACAYO, Peru (AFP) --One mudslide after another finally destroyed the house of Elvis Palomino in…
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What makes Cyclone Freddy an exceptional storm
Paris, France | AFP | by Julien MIVIELLE Cyclone Freddy, which has twice smashed into the African coast after traversing…
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Argentina forests burn amid heat wave, drought
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Fires in heat wave- and drought-stricken Argentina have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of…
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Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO
Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are "staring death in the eyes" from catastrophic hunger, the World…
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