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Santa Cruz, Bolivia (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - Less than a year after the worst wildfires in Bolivia's history, farmers face a choice: continue starting blazes to clear land for agriculture, or plant trees to mitigate worsening droughts.
Mar 1, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 - Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), in collaboration with an international team of scientists, have leveraged advanced satellite positioning data to monitor the behavior o
Mar 1, 2025
London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 - A recent study led by scientists from Cardiff University, the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol, and the University of Michigan has unveiled distinct differences in the evolutionary hi
Mar 1, 2025
Niamey, Niger (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - Nearly 400 people died in Niger and more than 1.5 million others were affected by floods triggered by last year's exceptionally torrential rains, according to a final toll announced on Saturday.
Mar 1, 2025
Hanoi (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling an alarming air pollution surge that the communist government appears in no hurry to fix.
Mar 1, 2025
Dehradun, India (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - At least four people died from their injuries after an avalanche hit a remote border area in India, officials said Saturday, as rescuers battled sub-zero temperatures in their search for five others missing.
Mar 1, 2025
Valencia, Spain (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - Tens of thousands rallied in the Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday in the latest protest demanding regional leader Carlos Mazon's resignation over his handling of October's deadly floods.
Mar 1, 2025
Washington (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - The United States will deploy nearly 3,000 additional troops to its border with Mexico, bringing the total number of active-duty personnel there to around 9,000, the US military said Saturday.
Mar 1, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 - Japan was battling its largest wildfire in more than three decades on Saturday, one of several blazes that have killed one person and forced the evacuation of more than a thousand.
Mar 1, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 - Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, receives less than 1 mm of rainfall annually. Water supplies in the region largely depend on underground reservoirs that were last replenis
Mar 1, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 - After five years of breakthroughs in the climate fight, Europe's Greens are watching in dismay as Brussels unpicks part of that legacy in the name of spurring growth - amid fears it may just be the beginning.
Feb 28, 2025
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 - The United States issued a security alert to its citizens in Thailand on Friday, warning of the possible risk of reprisal attacks after the kingdom deported dozens of Uyghurs to China.
Feb 28, 2025
Nairobi (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 - The United Nations has authorised the evacuation of families of its international staff from Burundi following violence in DR Congo, according to a letter seen by AFP Friday.
Feb 28, 2025
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 - Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in Syria and Iraq, who long for peace after fighting hard for autonomy.
Feb 28, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 - China missed a key climate target in 2024 and emissions in the world's second-largest economy rose slightly as coal remained dominant despite record renewable additions, official data showed Friday.
Feb 28, 2025
Nice, France (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 - The mayor of Nice backtracked Friday on sharply limiting visits by large cruise ships to avoid overtourism in the French Riviera city.
Feb 28, 2025
