Drought-hit Jordan ‘critical’ as water sources dry up
by Kamal Taha GHOR AL-HADITHA, Jordan (AFP) -- Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in…
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Sinkholes fill Turkey’s breadbasket in drought
by Raziye Akkoc KARAPINAR, Turkey (AFP) -- Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the…
5 years ago
Taiwan imposes water rationing as drought worsens
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- More than one million households and businesses in Taiwan's heavily industrialized central regions were put on…
5 years ago
UN seeks $76 million in emergency aid for Madagascar
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Tuesday that $76 million was urgently needed to help over one million…
5 years ago
UN seeks $35 million in emergency aid for Madagascar amid pandemic, drought
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AFP) -- The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Tuesday for emergency aid of $35 million…
5 years ago
Global population hit by extreme drought set to double
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Available freshwater is on track to decline sharply across…
5 years ago
Tropical songbirds stop breeding to survive drought
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Songbirds in tropical rainforests curtail their reproduction to help them…
6 years ago
Multiple eco-crises could trigger ‘systemic collapse’: scientists
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Overlapping environmental crises could tip the planet into "global systemic collapse," more…
6 years ago
Bulgarians’ patience runs dry over water crisis
by Diana SIMEONOVA / Vessela SERGUEVA Agence France-Presse PERNIK, Bulgaria (AFP) - Forced to "live without water, in the 21st…
6 years ago
5,000 feral camels culled in drought-hit Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were…
6 years ago
Snipers to cull up to 10,000 camels in drought-stricken Australia
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to…
6 years ago
North Korea seeing worst drought in a century: state media
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea is experiencing its worst drought in over a century, official media reported Friday,…
7 years ago
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