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Boston MA (SPX) Oct 25, 2024 - Images of coastal houses being carried off into the sea due to eroding coastlines and powerful storm surges are becoming more commonplace as climate change brings a rising sea level coupled with mor
Oct 25, 2024
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - Schoolchildren in Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore have been banned from outdoor exercise until January because of hazardous smog levels, officials said Friday.
Oct 25, 2024
Tarawa, Kiribati (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - Kiribati's pro-China acting president Taneti Maamau sought a third term in power Friday, as voters chose between three candidates to lead the low-lying Pacific island.
Oct 25, 2024
Geneva (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - Israel's airstrike on a border crossing Friday has jeopardised the main escape route for people fleeing the conflict in Lebanon in search of refuge in Syria, the United Nations warned.
Oct 25, 2024
Brasilia (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - Mining giants BHP and Vale on Friday signed a deal with Brazil's government to pay nearly $30 billion in compensation for a 2015 dam collapse that triggered the country's worst environmental disaster.
Oct 25, 2024
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will resume an operation to remove a sample of highly radioactive material next week, reports said Friday, after having suspended the effort over a technical snag.
Oct 25, 2024
London (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - UK government advisers on Saturday urged ministers to set an ambitious target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81 percent by 2035 to combat climate change.
Oct 25, 2024
Kinmen, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visited an island off China on Friday for the 75th anniversary of a victory over communist forces, days after China and Taiwan held military drills in sensitive waters separating the two.
Oct 25, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 25, 2024 - The seabed stores vast amounts of carbon and nutrients, much more than the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. A new study, published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, reveals that
Oct 25, 2024
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 25, 2024 - Canada's environment ministry said Friday that climate change had made nearly all the heat waves recorded this summer more likely, including in an Arctic area where temperatures hit 35 degrees Celcius.
Oct 25, 2024
Strasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 24, 2024 - The European Parliament on Thursday denounced Azerbaijan's crackdown on critical voices, saying it was incompatible with its hosting of the upcoming COP29 United Nations climate summit.
Oct 24, 2024
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Oct 24, 2024 - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Thursday that Turkish air strikes killed 12 civilians in northeastern Syria, following a deadly attack on a defence firm near Ankara.
Oct 24, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2024 - A team of researchers, including UC Santa Cruz scientists, has directly measured how dolphins respond to military sonar. The surprising result? Dolphins are sensitive to sonar at much lower levels t
Oct 24, 2024
Kolkata (AFP) Oct 24, 2024 - At least 1.1 million people on India's eastern coast are fleeing to storm shelters inland, hours before a powerful cyclone is expected to hammer the low-lying region, ministers said Thursday.
Oct 24, 2024
Jablanica, Bosnia And Herzegovina (AFP) Oct 24, 2024 - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday visited Bosnia's areas hit by the deadly floods earlier this month and pledged the bloc's further aid to deal with the consequences.
Oct 24, 2024
Paris (AFP) Oct 24, 2024 - Humanity is 'paying a terrible price' for inaction on global warming, with time running out to correct the course and avoid climate disaster, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.
Oct 24, 2024
