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Miami (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 - Hurricane Irma was supposed to be a monster storm, immense and record-breaking in size as it charged toward Florida packing a punch that could lay waste to a state that is home to some 20 million people.
Jun 26, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2021 - US climate envoy John Kerry is in Beijing this week to urge the world's biggest polluter to reduce its reliance on coal.
Jun 26, 2026
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 23, 2014 - A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a youth who apparently jumped into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2014 - The Obama administration said Tuesday it will slash emissions of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs), a potent greenhouse gas used to fuel refrigerators and air conditioners that contributes to global warming.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2010 - The White House on Thursday said it was outrageous and sad that Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu was holding up the confirmation of its new budget chief to protest an offshore drilling ban.
Jun 26, 2026
Live Oak, United States (AFP) Sept 2, 2023 - The 2024 election overshadowed President Joe Biden's trip to Florida on Saturday to survey hurricane relief efforts, as the state's governor and White House hopeful Ron DeSantis snubbed the visiting commander in chief.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 - The White House accused Republicans Wednesday of game-playing over critical troop deployment decisions, as President Barack Obama huddled with top aides in an Afghan war strategy review.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2009 - President Barack Obama wants Congress to act this year on what is billed as the most sweeping financial regulatory reform since the 1930s, despite a crush of other business, a senior aide said Friday.
Jun 26, 2026
Kampala (AFP) Sept 28, 2014 - Douglas Buule, a teacher at Kiwenda primary, a government school outside Uganda's capital Kampala, has a recurring problem.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2015 - Sperm whales create social cliques based on a shared dialect of vocal clicks, evidence that humans are not alone in having culture, according to research published Tuesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 - With three months left in the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season, storm watchers can be sure that there will not be another Hurricane Katrina, or Rita, or Wilma this year, or ever again.
Jun 26, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Sept 13, 2024 - Chinese employees on Friday began processing the news that they would have to work at least three extra years after officials announced they would raise the country's retirement age from 2025.
Jun 26, 2026
Kabul (AFP) Sept 25, 2021 - A month after seizing power following a lightning offensive in Afghanistan, the Taliban this week completed their interim government - but their political agenda is still unclear.
Jun 26, 2026
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 19, 2024 - Brazil is burning.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2017 - Hurricane Irma has pounded the Caribbean, leaving at least 25 people dead, destroying thousands of homes and triggering a mass evacuation in the US state of Florida.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris Sept 19, 2025 - Dozens of countries are expected to announce new climate targets before the UN COP30 summit in November, but none will be as closely scrutinised as the pledges made by China and the EU.
Jun 26, 2026
