Early summer heatwave claims first victim in Cyprus
NICOSIA, June 14, 2024 (AFP) - A 91-year-old woman became the first death from an early heatwave gripping Cyprus as…
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Five hurt as police, activists, clash at French motorway protest
PUYLAURENS, France, June 8, 2024 (AFP) - Police and masked activists clashed at a protest over a motorway project in…
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Extreme early-summer heatwave peaks in western US
LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2024 (AFP) - An extreme early-summer heatwave was expected to peak Thursday across much of the…
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Extreme heat brings Cyprus to a halt
NICOSIA, June 5, 2024 (AFP) - Outdoor work and food delivery services were suspended in Cyprus on Wednesday as the…
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Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle waves
MALÉ, Maldives, May 25, 2024 (AFP) - The Maldives on Saturday demanded international funding to battle rising sea levels, saying…
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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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Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7
HOUSTON, May 18, 2024 (AFP) - The death toll from severe weather that lashed the Texas city of Houston has…
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Canadian oil city on edge as wildfire doubles in size
FORT MCMURRAY, Canada, May 15, 2024 (AFP) - A wildfire in Canada's major oil-producing region doubled in size as it…
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Canadian oil sands city evacuated as wildfire draws near
FORT MCMURRAY, Canada, May 15, 2024 (AFP) - Thousands of residents of Fort McMurray, a city in Canada's major oil-producing…
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Early forest fires prompt evacuations in Canada
MONTREAL, May 12, 2024 (AFP) - Thousands of people fled their homes Sunday in western Canada as hundreds of wildfires…
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Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
DONG NAI, Vietnam, May 1, 2024 (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern…
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Pet dogs and strays suffer in Asia heatwave
By Sailendra Sil with Rose Troup Buchanan in Bangkok Soaring temperatures across Kolkata have brought life in much of the…
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