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  Guwahati, India (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 At least 40 people have died in flash floods inundating India's northeast, officials said Friday, as army teams plotted helicopter rescues for more of the thousands stranded in the deluge. Violent torrents stuck the remote state of Sikkim on Wednesday after the sudden bursting of a high-altitude glacial lake near India's borders with Nepal and China. Climate scientists warn that similar disasters will become an increasing danger across the Himalayas as global temperatures rise and ice melts. ... read more |
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Mont Blanc shrinks by over two metres in two yearsChamonix, France (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Western Europe's highest mountain, Mont Blanc, has shrunk by over two metres in height over the past two years, researchers said on Thursday, measuring the Alpine peak at 4,805.59 metres (15,766.4 feet). ... more 
Glacial lake floods: a growing, unpredictable climate riskBangkok (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 Indian rescuers are searching for over 100 people missing in a flash flood caused by a glacial lake bursting its banks, a risk scientists warn is increasing with climate change. ... more  
Vietnam's Mekong Delta may run out of sand by 2035: studyHanoi (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Vietnam's Mekong Delta may run out of sand by 2035, a leading expert warned Thursday, as sand-mining and dams strip the "rice bowl" region, putting people, crops and the economy at risk. ... more 
Drought caused 'historic' global hydropower drop in early 2023Bangkok (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 Dry conditions, particularly in China, caused a "historic" global drop in hydropower generation in the first half of 2023, a new analysis shows, highlighting the effects of climate change. ... more |
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 Indigenous troops guard Australia's vast north  
Dutch ex-foreign minister confirmed in EU climate postStrasbourg, France (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 European Union lawmakers on Thursday approved former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra to take over a top EU climate job, despite concerns over his past ties to the oil industry. ... more |
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In pesticide-heavy Brazil, could crop dusting be killed off?Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 The use of crop dusting in Brazil - the world's biggest consumer of pesticides - has helped fuel the giant agricultural industry that props up Latin America's largest economy. But as public health concerns mount, the future of the practice is increasingly in doubt. ... more  
Biden says 'can't stop' building of more Mexico border wallWashington (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 US President Joe Biden defended his administration's plans to add to the border wall with Mexico Thursday, saying he couldn't stop the use of funds earmarked under Donald Trump's signature policy. ... more 
'Broken in two': Libya flood survivors grapple with mental healthTripoli (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 Nearly a month after floods hit Derna in eastern Libya, survivors are struggling to overcome the psychological toll, with many grieving the loss - or still without news - of loved ones. ... more  
September was hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin: EU monitorParis (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said on Thursday. ... more |
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 Tens of millions of children uprooted by climate disasters: UNICEF  
Iran women's activist Narges Mohammadi wins peace NobelOslo (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, many of whom are removing their hijabs despite a harsh crackdown. ... more |
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Pope warns of 'irreversible' climate change, urges UN action Vatican City (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Pope Francis warned Wednesday the world "is collapsing" due to global warming, urging participants of the upcoming COP28 climate talks to agree to binding policies on phasing out fossil fuels. ... more
Libya flood relief hampered by 'turf wars' and divisionTunis (AFP) Oct 3, 2023 More than three weeks after Libya's deadly flood disaster, the divided country's two rival administrations remain bitterly at odds on how to manage the massive aid and reconstruction effort. ... more  
Floods hit days after fires in eastern AustraliaSydney (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Emergency services warned people to flee floods threatening more than 130 homes in eastern Australia Thursday - in a region swept by bushfires just 48 hours earlier. ... more 
Humans increasingly settling in high-risk flood zones, study warnsBangkok (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Humans are increasingly settling in areas highly exposed to dangerous flooding, a study warned Wednesday, with China helping drive the rise in risky urban expansion into exposed areas. ... more |
  Bangladesh swamped by record dengue deaths  
Senator blocks Egypt military aid over rightsWashington (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 The new top US senator on foreign relations on Tuesday blocked some $235 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, after his predecessor was indicted in a scandal that touched on ties with Cairo. ... more |
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China opposes sanctions, says fentanyl crisis 'rooted in' USBeijing (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Beijing lashed out Wednesday at Washington following US sanctions on a China-based drug network over the production of chemicals believed to fuel the fentanyl crisis, saying the opioid problem was "rooted in" the United States. ... more 
Nobel Peace Prize buzz for women's rights, climate fightOslo (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 The Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded on Friday could go to women's rights campaigners, climate activists or international courts investigating war crimes, with experts saying the field is wide open. ... more  
NASA selects Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition contractorsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2023 NASA has selected seven companies to provide commercial data in support of the agency's Earth science research. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program will acquire Earth observation ... more 
One person dead in Taiwan from Typhoon Koinu's record windsPingtung, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Typhoon Koinu left at least one person dead on Thursday as it grazed Taiwan's southern tip, lashing the island with the strongest winds it has ever recorded and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. ... more |
 
Military joins fight against wildfire on Spain's TenerifeSanta �rsula, Spain (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Spanish troops were deployed Thursday to help battle a wildfire on the holiday island of Tenerife, which reignited amid scorching temperatures after ravaging thousands of hectares in August, officials said. ... more 
French army to begin Niger pullout 'this week'Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 France said Thursday that it would start withdrawing its troops from Niger this week after a falling-out with the post-coup regime, which insists the exit be carried out in accordance with its "conditions". ... more 
Hong Kong man jailed for importing 'seditious' children's booksHong Kong (AFP) Oct 6, 2023 A Hong Kong man was sentenced to jail on Friday after importing "seditious" children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves. ... more  
Inuit hunters blame cruise ships as narwhal disappearIttoqqortoormiit, Denmark (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 To hunt the narwhal, whose long tusk was the unicorn horn of medieval myth, you need absolute silence. ... more |
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Colombian army apologizes for civilian executionsBogota (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Colombia's army apologized for the first time Tuesday for the deaths of civilians executed by soldiers to inflate performance numbers as they fought leftist guerrillas. ... more  
Carbon capture method plucks CO2 straight from the airEvanston IL (SPX) Oct 04, 2023 Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmospher ... more  
Climate change primary driver of amphibian decline: studyParis (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Climate change has become the main factor driving amphibians towards extinction as they remained the most threatened vertebrates over the past two decades, according to research published on Wednesday. ... more 
Brazil vows more aid as Amazon waters dry upSao Paulo (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Brazil's Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin said Wednesday that more help would be sent to an Amazon state where rivers are drying up in a severe drought, causing mass die-offs of fish and dolphins. ... more |
At least 10 dead, 82 missing in India glacial lake burstGuwahati, India (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 The death toll from a devastating glacial lake burst that triggered a torrential flash flood in India has risen to at least 10 people, with 82 others still missing, according to officials. ... more
French army says to begin Niger withdrawal 'this week'Paris (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger "this week", Paris said Thursday, after a falling-out with the military junta in power since a July coup. ... more 
AI of the tiger: Tiny camera 'protects' predator -- and peopleParis (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Tiger populations are on the rise in the jungles of India and Nepal and the predators are roaming ever closer to villages, sparking a race among conservationists to find ways of avoiding conflict. ... more 
Warming beaches threaten Yemen sea turtles' futureAl Ghay'Ah, Yemen (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 On a Yemeni beach, a sea turtle clambers ashore to lay eggs, which will likely be born female due to rising temperatures, creating a gender imbalance that brings the threat of local extinction. ... more |
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'Zero income' after storms ravage famed Greek apple harvestZagora, Greece (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 Engine revving, Greek apple farmer Thymios Economou strains to drive a pickup truck through a rock-strewn dirt road and reach his flood-stricken orchard. ... more 
Living in fear on Italy's Campi Flegrei volcanoPozzuoli, Italy (AFP) Oct 4, 2023 As a child, Alfredo Colato cooked eggs on this southern Italian volcano. Today, he is poised to flee Campi Flegrei, as experts warn earthquakes rocking his hometown could herald an eruption. ... more
Typhoon Koinu brings 'record' winds, torrential rains to TaiwanTaitung, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 5, 2023 Typhoon Koinu grazed the southern edge of Taiwan on Thursday, blanketing the region in torrential rain and bringing record-breaking winds of more than 340 kilometres an hour to an outlying island. ... more 
DRC army officer receives death sentence over protest killingsGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 2, 2023 A military court sentenced a DR Congo army officer to death and handed 10-year prison terms to three others Monday over the August killing of more than 50 protesters in the eastern city of Goma. ... more |
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