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Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - A historic drought across southern Africa has jeopardised access to food for 26 million people, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned Wednesday, calling for urgent funding.
Dec 4, 2024
Geneva (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - The UN appealed Wednesday for more than $47 billion to deliver vital aid next year, warning surging conflicts and the climate crisis will leave hundreds of millions of people in need.
Dec 4, 2024
Lobito, Angola (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - President Joe Biden will make the case on Wednesday in Angola that the United States must do better rather than more than China to regain influence in Africa.
Dec 4, 2024
Marseille (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - A French theme park said Wednesday that it would close early next year over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, including the two last orcas in captivity in the country.
Dec 4, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 - US lawmakers concluded a two-year investigation Monday into the Covid-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans - backing the theory that the virus likely leaked from a Chinese laboratory.
Dec 3, 2024
London, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 - New research from King's College London has strengthened the link between climate change and the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana's Okavango Delta in 2020. The study highlights how a surg
Dec 3, 2024
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 - Drought costs the world more than $300 billion each year, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia.
Dec 3, 2024
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 - The Arctic is warming at a rate two to four times higher than the global average, revealing complex interactions between temperature changes and atmospheric conditions. A study by researchers in Jap
Dec 3, 2024
London, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 - Specialized lifeforms that thrive beneath Arctic sea ice face increasing risk as the ice continues to retreat, according to new research conducted by an international team of scientists. The s
Dec 3, 2024
Strasbourg, France (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 - Dozens of countries on Tuesday approved downgrading the protection status of the wolf in Europe, a move activists say will upset the recovery made by the species over the past 10 years after near extinction a century ago.
Dec 3, 2024
San Francisco (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 - Meta on Tuesday said fears that artificial intelligence would unleash a torrent of misinformation to deceive voters around the world did not come true as elections played out around the world this year.
Dec 3, 2024
Cotonou (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 - Gunmen have killed three soldiers who were guarding an oil pipeline in Benin, a military source said Tuesday, in the latest attack in the West African country where jihadist violence is rising.
Dec 3, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Dec 3, 2024 - Spain has registered its warmest November since record-keeping began more than six decades ago, even after October ended with its worst floods in a generation, official data showed Tuesday.
Dec 3, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 - Orca whales, known for their diverse diet including marine mammals, turtles, and fish, appear to have developed unique hunting strategies in the Gulf of California. A particular pod may have acquire
Dec 3, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 - New research from Curtin University has revealed that the Ninetyeast Ridge, the planet's longest straight underwater mountain chain, was formed in a manner different from prior scientific assumption
Dec 3, 2024
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2024 - The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in collaboration with the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), has unveiled the World Drought Atlas, a comprehensive resource address
Dec 3, 2024
