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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…

The heatwave baking parts of Asia

By Sara HUSSEIN BANGKOK, April 30, 2024 (AFP) - Large swaths of Asia are sweltering through a heatwave that has…

‘Human-induced’ climate change behind deadly Sahel heatwave: study

DAKAR, April 18, 2024 (AFP) - The deadly heatwave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have…

Heatwaves put millions of children in Asia at risk: UN

BANGKOK, April 11, 2024 (AFP) - Massive heatwaves across East Asia and the Pacific could place millions of children at…

Vietnam’s ‘rice bowl’ cracks in monster heatwave

HANOI, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - Southern Vietnam, including business hub Ho Chi Minh City and its "rice bowl" Mekong…

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…

Heatwave risk hovers over Paris Olympics

By Julien MIVIELLE, Adam PLOWRIGHT PARIS, Feb 5, 2024 (AFP) - Scorching summer heat is hard to imagine now in…

Sydney swelters in hottest day in three years

SYDNEY, Dec 9, 2023 (AFP) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned people to stay safe Saturday as a heatwave…

Japan sees hottest September since records began

TOKYO, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - Japan has seen its hottest September since records began 125 years ago, the weather…

US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree

BUAN, South Korea, Aug 5, 2023 (AFP) - American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in…

Millions hit by extreme heat on three continents

By Yannick PASQUET ATHENS (AFP) - Millions suffered through intense heat Wednesday as fires raged, health worries mounted and the…

Extreme heat scorches Europe, world

  By Alexandria SAGE Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by…

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