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Drownings surge past 300 in France amid heatwaves
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
France has recorded more than 300 drownings this summer, up sharply from last year, a minister said Sunday, linking the surge to the heatwaves that have swept E...
Landfill collapse kills several in Guinea
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
Several people died in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday when a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed before dawn onto neighbouring homes following heavy ra...
Landfill collapse kills 30 in Guinea
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
Thirty people died in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday when a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed before dawn onto neighbouring homes following heavy rai...
Landfill collapse kills 30 in Guinea
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
Thirty people died in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday when a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed before dawn onto neighbouring homes following heavy rai...
Blowing in the wind, humble balloon gets green makeover
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon is undergoing a green revolution thanks to UK researchers.
Indonesia deploys hundreds of soldiers to tackle Borneo fires
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia is deploying an additional 1,500 soldiers to Borneo, an official said Saturday, to help tackle wildfires that have burned through swathes of the islan...
South Korea to send first container ship through Arctic route
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups wa...
In US, rare earths extracted from coal mine wastewater
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
In the Appalachian region stretching through the US state of West Virginia, the reddish water flowing out of retired coal mines is acidic, full of heavy metals ...
Slow boat to Amsterdam ships Caribbean cargo using sail power
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
Gliding into the port of Amsterdam under full sail with a booty of 40 tonnes of Caribbean rum, coffee and cocoa, the twin-masted Tres Hombres looks like somethi...
Brazil's Lula urges tariffs resolution in call with Trump
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Friday to resolve their countries' trade dispute, saying US t...
Brazil's Lula urges tariffs resolution in call with Trump
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call Friday to resolve their countries' trade dispute, saying US tari...
South Korea sends first container ship through Arctic route
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea sent its first trial container ship through the Arctic on Saturday, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warne...
Climbers, walkers flock to forest outside Paris after wildfire closure
Aug 22, 2026 (AFP)
A hugely popular forest outside Paris reopened to the public Saturday after being partially ravaged by a wildfire in July which forced the closure of the belove...
Top India court orders new steps to protect threatened elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigne...
UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain's national weather agency predi...
'I'll adapt': First pregnant candidate navigates French presidential race
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Greens leader Marine Tondelier is campaigning for the 2027 presidential race while pregnant, a first in France that is bringing infertility and motherhood into ...
Top India court orders new steps to protect threatened elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigne...
The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, s...
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife wa...
Morocco's lower-cadmium fertiliser bound for Europe
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
At a phosphate mine in Morocco, an excavator tears into the earth to extract a mineral that is at the centre of Europe's growing concern over cadmium in the foo...
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