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Kathmandu (AFP) Aug 1, 2025 - Every morning, Nepali primary school teacher Bina Tamang steps outside her home and checks the rain gauge, part of an early warning system in one of the world's most landslide-prone regions.
Aug 1, 2025
Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2025 - Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital, killing 44 people and leaving nine still missing.
Jul 31, 2025
Paris (AFP) July 31, 2025 - A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.
Jul 31, 2025
Tehran (AFP) July 31, 2025 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned Thursday that dams supplying the capital could run dry within months unless water consumption was curbed.
Jul 31, 2025
Lima (AFP) July 31, 2025 - Peru's president on Thursday dismissed an international court order to suspend a law granting amnesty to police, military and state perpetrators of rights violations during a bloody campaign against leftist guerrillas from 1980 to 2000.
Jul 31, 2025
Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2025 - China said Thursday that a total of 44 people were killed and nine unaccounted for following heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital Beijing since last week.
Jul 31, 2025
Yangon (AFP) July 31, 2025 - Myanmar's junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott and monitors said will be used to consolidate the military's power.
Jul 31, 2025
Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) July 31, 2025 - After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into Rotterdam Thursday bearing a warning about climate change - but also a message of hope.
Jul 31, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 31, 2025 - The Gulf of Mexico dead zone - an area deprived of oxygen - is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, scientists supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday.
Jul 31, 2025
Wellington (AFP) July 31, 2025 - FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday opened a permanent office in New Zealand, citing the need for like-minded spy agencies to counter a rising China.
Jul 31, 2025
Beijing (AFP) July 31, 2025 - Beijing city officials admitted on Thursday they had not been prepared for heavy rains that soaked swathes of the capital, killing 44 people and leaving nine still missing.
Jul 31, 2025
Ventspils, Latvia (AFP) July 30, 2025 - Fishers do not usually wish for a perfect storm. But Latvian boating communities are hoping for exactly that: a rare tempest that might, one day, revive waning stocks of Baltic cod.
Jul 30, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) July 30, 2025 - Tsunami alerts were issued across much of the Pacific on Wednesday after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's far east.
Jul 30, 2025
Chiba, Japan (AFP) July 30, 2025 - One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres (12 feet) across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan.
Jul 30, 2025
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2025 - The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by European forests has reduced dramatically in recent years putting the EU's climate targets at risk, researchers said Wednesday, calling for urgent action to halt the decline.
Jul 30, 2025
Moscow (AFP) July 30, 2025 - Russian state television on Wednesday aired footage of a tsunami wave sweeping through a coastal town in the far east of the country, carrying buildings and debris into the sea.
Jul 30, 2025
