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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2022 - Typhoon Muifa approached Japan's southern islands on Sunday, prompting officials to issue a warning for locals to seek shelter from the violent waves and winds before it made landfall.
Jun 26, 2026
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 - Veolia's hopes of taking advantage of municipal privatizations and promised Trump administration public works projects to expand its US presence, are being strained by its role in water crises in Flint, Michigan and other cities.
Jun 26, 2026
Caracas (AFP) Sept 4, 2016 - Venezuela on Saturday named publicly 18 military commanders to oversee the production and distribution of food and basic goods in an effort to alleviate severe shortages affecting the country.
Jun 26, 2026
Caracas (AFP) Sept 29, 2014 - Seeking to slash the world's second-highest murder rate, Venezuela launched a gun swap program Monday asking citizens to exchange firearms for scholarships, medicine, free surgery or construction materials.
Jun 26, 2026
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 29, 2010 - British resources giant Vedanta's shares tumbled on Wednesday after the company's Indian subsidiary, Sterlite Industries, was ordered to close its large copper smelter on pollution grounds.
Jun 26, 2026
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 18, 2018 - The Vatican could send a delegation to China by the end of the month, Beijing's state-run media said Tuesday, with the visit potentially paving the way for a historic agreement on the appointment of bishops.
Jun 26, 2026
Caen, France (AFP) Sept 19, 2024 - An ambitious housing project in the northwestern French city of Caen has run aground over worries that rising waters driven by climate change could make the area unlivable within the century.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2020 - Designed to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus by automatically tracing the contacts of infected people, Covid-19 tracking applications have encountered a series of challenges since their launch, from privacy concerns to technical glitches.
Jun 26, 2026
Mumbai (AFP) Sept 23, 2015 - Mumbai's world-renowned tiffin service is no longer the preserve of loyal housewives cooking up generations-old family dishes to be delivered to their husbands' offices by the city's famous dabbawallahs.
Jun 26, 2026
Wellington (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 - Vanuatu on Thursday ordered the compulsory evacuation of an entire island where a huge volcano rumbled to life over the weekend, threatening a major eruption.
Jun 26, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Sept 11, 2018 - China's highest paid movie star Fan Bingbing, who has not been seen in public since July, was placed last in an academic report ranking A-list celebrities on their social responsibility.
Jun 26, 2026
Vancouver (AFP) Sept 11, 2011 - A simple phone call about dead sea otters washing up on the shores of Alaska after US nuclear tests lead to the birth of environmental organization Greenpeace four decades ago.
Jun 26, 2026
London (AFP) Sept 27, 2024 - Three climate activists on Friday threw soup over two Vincent van Gogh paintings at the National Gallery in London, just hours after two others were jailed for committing the same act two years ago.
Jun 26, 2026
Muynak, Uzbekistan (AFP) Sept 15, 2018 - Beats pumped and strobe lights beamed across the desert in ex-Soviet Uzbekistan into the early hours of Saturday as festival-goers danced beside rusting boats beached miles from the shrinking Aral Sea.
Jun 26, 2026
Tashkent (AFP) Sept 23, 2011 - Uzbek President Islam Karimov on Friday praised his energy-rich country's growing ties with China as the world's biggest energy consumer shows an increasing appetite for Central Asian resources.
Jun 26, 2026
The Hague (AFP) Sept 12, 2009 - The UN's highest court will from Monday examine a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay centred round two paper mills on a river separating the Latin American neighbours.
Jun 26, 2026
