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Abuja (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year, the number rising sharply as soaring food prices exacerbate the effects of conflict and climate change, according to a report Friday.
Nov 8, 2024
Manila (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - Authorities cleared uprooted trees and debris in the northern Philippines on Friday as Typhoon Yinxing blew out to sea after pounding the coast overnight, ripping roofs from homes and forcing thousands to seek shelter.
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
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2024 - Torrential rains have unleashed catastrophic flash floods across southern and eastern Spain, with some of the most significant impacts seen in Costa del Sol and Valencia. Satellite technology has be
Nov 8, 2024
Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - Brenda Diaz Valencia's life was upended nearly two years ago when the bullet-riddled truck driven by her father, Mexican environmental defender Antonio Diaz Valencia, and lawyer Ricardo Lagunes was found abandoned.
Nov 8, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 - Spain was soaked in its wettest October on record last month which culminated in catastrophic floods that have killed 219 people and left dozens missing, the government said on Friday.
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
Dhaka (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - Bangladesh is struggling to tamp down a surge in dengue cases as climate change turns the disease into a year-round crisis, leaving some paediatric wards packed with children squeezed two to a bed.
Nov 7, 2024
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - A difficult operation to remove a small piece of radioactive debris from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant using a robotic device was completed successfully, the plant operator said Thursday, after technical issues halted earlier attempts.
Nov 7, 2024
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - More than 500 Caspian Sea seals, an endangered species in Kazakhstan, have washed up on the shores of the Caspian Sea over the past two weeks, authorities said Thursday, citing pollution or disease as possible causes.
Nov 7, 2024
Havana (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - Hurricane Rafael knocked out power to all of Cuba on Wednesday as it slammed through the cash-strapped island, which was still reeling from a recent blackout and a previous deadly storm.
Nov 7, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - The disinformation inundating social media during Spain's catastrophic floods threatened the crucial work of emergency services and exploited fear, anger and grief, an AFP investigation has found.
Nov 7, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a grim display of environmental degradation in India's capital.
Nov 7, 2024
East Flores, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted more than half a dozen times on Thursday, catapulting a colossal ash tower five miles into the sky against a backdrop of lightning as nearby residents fled in panic.
Nov 7, 2024
Paris (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - Europe is pushing for ministers to take part in UN talks this month to ensure that the world's first treaty on plastic pollution will be highly ambitious.
Nov 7, 2024
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 7, 2024 - More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is impacting water supplies and river transport, UNICEF said Wednesday.
Nov 7, 2024
