At least 15 dead in US tornadoes, stormsNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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At least 15 dead in US tornadoes, storms
Washington, United States | AFP - At least 15 people were killed across the central United States as tornadoes and other extreme storms hit several…

Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelterNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelter
By Mohammad MAZED | AFP Patuakhali, Bangladesh (UPDATED) - An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million…

Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuatedNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Armenia floods kill one, hundreds evacuated
Yerevan, Armenia | AFP - Floods in northern Armenia killed at least two people as they destroyed key roads and bridges, forcing some 200 to…

Seven young elephants drown in Sri LankaNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Seven young elephants drown in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP - Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka on Sunday found seven carcasses of young elephants believed to have drowned in the…

Mexico City records highest-ever temperature of 34.7 CNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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Mexico City records highest-ever temperature of 34.7 C
Mexico City, Mexico | AFP - Mexico City recorded its highest-ever temperature on Saturday when thermometers hit 34.7 degrees Celsius (94.46 degrees Fahrenheit) as a…

EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climateNews
SourceMay 26, 2024
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EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climate
By Juliette Collen | AFP Paris, France - Will clouds help cool or warm our world in the years ahead? The EarthCARE satellite will soon…

Gas strategy fuels concerns about the cost of energyClimate
SourceMay 25, 2024
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Gas strategy fuels concerns about the cost of energy
By Dani Alexander, UNSW in Sydney The Australian government's gas strategy has stoked old tensions between advocates of fossil fuels and those who want our reliance on…

NASA launches ground-breaking climate change satelliteNews
SourceMay 25, 2024
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NASA launches ground-breaking climate change satellite
Washington, United States (AFP) - A tiny NASA satellite was launched Saturday from New Zealand with the mission of improving climate change prediction by measuring…

Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle wavesNews
SourceMay 25, 2024
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Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle waves
Malé, Maldives (AFP) - The Maldives on Saturday demanded international funding to battle rising sea levels, saying the low-lying Indian Ocean archipelago was being unfairly…

Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since MarchNews
SourceMay 24, 2024
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Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since March
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) - Mexico has registered 48 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the government said Friday, as scientists warned…

Over 170 arrested as climate protests target TotalEnergies and fund managerNews
SourceMay 24, 2024
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Over 170 arrested as climate protests target TotalEnergies and fund manager
La Défense, France (AFP) - The boss of TotalEnergies told shareholders Friday that new oil fields had to be developed to meet global demand, as…

Celebrations as new biopiracy treaty agreed at UNNews
SourceMay 24, 2024
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Celebrations as new biopiracy treaty agreed at UN
By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Representatives of Indigenous peoples celebrated Friday at the United Nations following the agreement of a treaty against…

Agreement reached at UN on biopiracy treatyNews
SourceMay 24, 2024
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Agreement reached at UN on biopiracy treaty
By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - More than 190 nations agreed Friday on a new treaty to combat so-called biopiracy and regulate patents…

El Nino not responsible for East Africa floods: scientistsNews
SourceMay 24, 2024
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El Nino not responsible for East Africa floods: scientists
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) - The El Nino weather pattern did not have "any influence" on widespread flooding that killed hundreds in East Africa this year,…

Kenyan president warns debt clouds Africa climate potentialNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Kenyan president warns debt clouds Africa climate potential
Washington, United States (AFP) - Africa's vast potential in the global fight against climate change is at risk due to the heavy burden of debt…

Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023News
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023
By Laure FILLON | AFP Lyon, France - The estimated number of wolves in France last year was 1,003, down nine percent from the year…

Atlantic faces ‘extraordinary’ hurricane season: US agencyNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Atlantic faces ‘extraordinary’ hurricane season: US agency
By Lucie AUBOURG | AFP Washington, United States (UPDATED) - The North Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1, is forecast to be "extraordinary,"…

Uncertainty clouds UN talks on biopiracy treatyNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Uncertainty clouds UN talks on biopiracy treaty
By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - UN talks to create a global treaty to combat biopiracy and the exploitation of genetic resources hung…

India plans ‘historic’ tiger transfer to Cambodia this yearNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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India plans ‘historic’ tiger transfer to Cambodia this year
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (AFP) - India will send four tigers to Cambodia this year in a "historic" bid to revive the kingdom's big cat population,…

WWF takes Norway to court over deep sea miningNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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WWF takes Norway to court over deep sea mining
Oslo, Norway (AFP) - The World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Norwegian chapter said Thursday it would take legal action against Norway for opening up…

WiFi, drones and sharp blades on Japan’s whaling mothershipNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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WiFi, drones and sharp blades on Japan’s whaling mothership
By Simon STURDEE | AFP Tokyo, Japan - In whale-motif jacket, shirt and tie plus a whale-shaped hat, Hideki Tokoro shows off Japan's new whaling…

Finland’s wizards making food out of thin airNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Finland’s wizards making food out of thin air
By Anna KORKMAN | AFP Vantaa, Finland - At a factory in Finland, the "farmers of the future" are making a new food protein by…

Australia gives largest coal power plant two-year lifelineNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Australia gives largest coal power plant two-year lifeline
By Steven TRASK | AFP Sydney, Australia (UPDATED) - Sun-soaked Australia's lofty renewable energy ambitions were given a harsh reality check on Thursday, as looming…

Flower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plantNews
SourceMay 23, 2024
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Flower or power? Campaigners fear lithium mine could kill rare plant
By Romain FONSEGRIVES | AFP United States - Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the…
