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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
SeedDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)

New Delhi to ban construction for six weeks to tackle air pollution

New Delhi will ban construction for six weeks in the country's capital, as part of a slew of measures announced on Monday to tackle the city's air pollution.

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SeedDaily Sep 24, 2026 (AFP)
Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit

An overnight airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, home to the Taliban government's supreme leader, a resident told ...

SeedDaily Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
Moldova declares energy, water emergency

Moldova's parliament on Tuesday voted to introduce a 60-day state of emergency in the energy and water sectors as the country face...

SeedDaily Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
UN warns super El Nino a 'significant' threat to world health

El Nino represents a "significant" threat to global health, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as the world braces for a cycle ...

DisasterDay Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Flooding, power cuts and evacuations as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico

Power was cut to part of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Monday as Hurricane Polo prepared to roar ashore on the Pacific Coa...

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SeedDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 20, 2026 (AFP)
Sri Lanka flies monks over drought-hit areas to seek divine help

Sri Lanka's Air Force said on Sunday it had flown Buddhist monks who prayed and sprinkled holy water over drought-hit areas in an attempt to encourage rain.

SeedDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
French presidential hopeful Philippe pledges climate readiness

French presidential candidate Edouard Philippe on Thursday said he would help France better adapt to face climate change if he won, after the country's hottest summer since 1900.

SeedDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Guatemala to provide food aid as El Nino causes severe drought

Guatemala will provide food assistance to more than one million families living through drought due to the powerful El Nino weather pattern, the government announced Wednesday.

SeedDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Nine European countries beat August drought record: AFP analysis

Nine European countries experienced their driest August on record as a sweltering summer supercharged by climate change scorched the continent, according to an AFP analysis of figu...

AfricaDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday, pushing ahead with plans to better organise the commercialisation of the precious metal in one of the continent's top produce...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Iran says its UN delegation does not plan further US talks

Iran's delegation in New York for the UN General Assembly is not planning further talks with the United States, state media reported Monday, after US President Donald Trump said he...

DarwinDaily Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
The wildfires choking Indonesia, sparking regional haze

For weeks, Indonesia has been battling fires that have burned vast swathes of forest and peat ecosystems, caus...

DisasterDay Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Hurricane Polo approaches Mexico, threatens severe damage

Hurricane Polo is expected to make landfall on Monday in a small town off Mexico's Pacific coast, where author...

DisasterDay Sep 28, 2026 (AFP)
Eight dead in Thailand floods since mid-September

Eight people have died in flooding in Thailand since September 16, although none in the capital Bangkok which ...

RadarDaily Sep 28, 2026 (SPX)
HF radar proposed as a wide area sensor for US Navy operations in a changing Arctic

Rising temperatures and shrinking sea ice are opening Arctic waters to more shipping, and an Australian physic...