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Havana (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - Power was restored to much of Cuba on Friday, two days after Hurricane Rafael left the island's 10 million inhabitants without electricity for the second time in a month, authorities said.
Nov 9, 2024
Nairobi (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - Devastating flooding in South Sudan is affecting around 1.4 million people, with more than 379,000 displaced, according to a United Nations update that warned about an upsurge in malaria.
Nov 9, 2024
East Flores, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Saturday, sending a giant ash tower nine kilometres (more than five miles) into the sky, days after it killed nine people and forced thousands of locals to evacuate.
Nov 9, 2024
Kabul (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - An Afghan delegation will attend the upcoming UN climate change summit in Azerbaijan, the foreign ministry spokesman told AFP on Saturday, marking a first since the Taliban government came to power.
Nov 9, 2024
Valencia, Spain (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday in Valencia to voice their anger at the authorities' handling of deadly floods.
Nov 9, 2024
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 09, 2024 - Mount Fuji, the tallest peak in Japan, has experienced its first snowfall following one of the longest snow-free periods on record in 130 years. On 7 November, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 missio
Nov 9, 2024
New York (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - Over a 100 firefighters battled a rare brushfire in New York City's Brooklyn borough as prolonged drought and unusually high temperatures have fuelled a series of blazes in the northeast United States, authorities said Saturday.
Nov 9, 2024
Mexico City (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - The United States and Mexico said Saturday that they have signed an agreement aimed at preventing water shortages in parched southern US states with more reliable Mexican deliveries of river water.
Nov 9, 2024
Mammoth Cave, United States (AFP) Nov 9, 2024 - Standing at a woodland entrance to the world's longest cave system in Kentucky, a park ranger warns those about to enter of an extremely deadly fungus - not for humans, but for the bat populations it has devastated across North America.
Nov 9, 2024
Belgrade (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - Three Balkans region capitals - Belgrade, Pristina and Sarajevo - were on Friday among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, just behind Lahore, Delhi and Beijing.
Nov 8, 2024
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - The Sudanese foreign ministry accused paramilitaries late Thursday of causing at least 120 civilian deaths over two days in Al-Jazira state, Sudan's pre-war breadbasket where fighting has raged since last month.
Nov 8, 2024
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2024 - A new technology developed by NASA to predict space weather showed that Hurricane Helene produced enormous waves in the Earth's upper atmosphere as it came ashore on Sept. 26, the agency says.
Nov 8, 2024
Tripoli (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - In Libya's capital, a cafe's sleek exterior gives little hint of the vibrant space inside, built entirely from recycled materials to promote sustainability in a country recovering from years of war.
Nov 8, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2024 - China has launched a strategic plan to drive growth in its ice and snow economy, with winter sports, tourism, and equipment manufacturing at the forefront, targeting a 1.5 trillion yuan ($211 billio
Nov 8, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2024 - Tree planting is often promoted as a cost-effective measure to mitigate climate change due to trees' ability to sequester carbon. However, a new study published in 'Nature Geoscience' suggests that
Nov 8, 2024
East Flores, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - A volcano in eastern Indonesia belched a huge ash tower more than five miles into the sky Friday, after officials widened an exclusion zone for locals.
Nov 8, 2024
