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Nouakchott (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Khadidjatou Taher has lived for a decade in her ramshackle neighbourhood on the far outskirts of Mauritania's capital, but is yet to have running water in her home.
Nov 18, 2024
Copenhagen (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Denmark's government said Monday that the country's major parties had agreed on the details of the world's first carbon tax on emissions by livestock, to be introduced in 2030.
Nov 18, 2024
Tegucigalpa (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - Tropical storm Sara left at least four people dead in Honduras and Nicaragua over the weekend, while more than 120,000 were left homeless or suffered damages in floods across Central America, officials said Monday.
Nov 18, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice because of worsening toxic smog, the latest bid to ease the sprawling megacity's health crisis.
Nov 18, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2024 - The world's oceans are rising, posing significant challenges for coastal regions as they face disruptions to their infrastructure and communities. To help these areas prepare, NASA is providing crit
Nov 18, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2024 - Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a prominent provider of daily Earth observation data, has announced an expansion of its collaboration with Abelio, a French tech company specializing in advanced digital
Nov 18, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 18, 2024 - India's capital New Delhi switched schools to online classes Monday until further notice as worsening toxic smog surged past 60 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum.
Nov 18, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines' most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation.
Nov 17, 2024
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - The air quality in Pakistan's smog-choked city of Lahore on Sunday fell below the threshold considered hazardous for humans for the first time in two weeks.
Nov 17, 2024
Manaus, Brazil (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Joe Biden will make the first trip to the Amazon rainforest by a sitting US president Sunday - but his visit will be overshadowed by incoming leader Donald Trump's vows to roll back his green policies.
Nov 17, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - The erosion of political freedoms in Hong Kong will come under the spotlight this week with key developments in two high-profile national security trials.
Nov 17, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Typhoon Man-yi lashed the Philippines' most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation.
Nov 17, 2024
Manaus, Brazil (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - US President Joe Biden paid an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change, insisting it would survive Donald Trump's return to the White House.
Nov 17, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Dozens of bushfires were burning across Australia's Victoria state Sunday, authorities said, forcing the evacuation of residents and destroying at least one home.
Nov 17, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will face lawmakers to explain the management of late October's catastrophic floods that left 226 people dead, his office said on Sunday.
Nov 17, 2024
London (AFP) Nov 17, 2024 - The UK on Sunday announced a GBP 113 million ($143 million) aid boost to support more than one million people affected by the war in Sudan, doubling its current package.
Nov 17, 2024
