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Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91 percent of a western island as it pushed out f...
Flights resume gradually in Indonesia after volcanic eruption
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Major airports in Indonesia reopened on Tuesday days after a volcanic eruption had grounded flights, with authorities saying normal operations would resume grad...
Pounding waves open up sinkhole in swanky Malibu
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Pounding surf lashing the swanky California enclave of Malibu on Tuesday opened up a giant sinkhole on the driveway of a house reportedly belonging to US actor ...
Five baby orangutans found in India, trafficking suspected
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Indian officials rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest on Tuesday, a state minister said, with authorities suspecting they were trafficked into the ...
Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of t...
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the wat...
Scorching summer pushes French wine harvest to new historic low
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
French wine production this year is expected to fall 6 percent from 2025 after a summer of unprecedented heatwaves and drought, the agriculture ministry said on...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Jakarta's main airport and three others delayed reopening on Monday after halting operations due to a volcanic eruption and leaving hundreds of thousands strand...
Jakarta airport and others reopen after volcanic ash crisis
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport and several other air travel hubs reopened early Tuesday after days of closure due to ash from a volcanic eruption, the Transport Minis...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands of passengers stra...
Norway firm begins capturing CO2 at Dutch plant for underground storage
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Norwegian chemicals group Yara said Monday it had begun capturing part of the CO2 emitted by its factory in the Netherlands, hoping to prove the viability of a ...
Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health: UN
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and...
Hurricane warning issued for westernmost Hawaiian islands
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
A hurricane warning was issued Monday for the westernmost Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau as Category 3 Hurricane Lowell approached the US Pacific island c...
Panama Canal says not ruling out new transit restrictions due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal is not ruling out new restrictions on ship traffic due to a drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon, the critical waterway's new ...
Azerbaijan jails rights, climate activist for 13 years
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
An Azerbaijani court on Monday sentenced prominent rights defender and climate advocate Anar Mammadli to 13 years in prison, his lawyer said, denouncing the cas...
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the wat...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands of passengers stra...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport and three others postponed reopening on Monday after halting operations following a volcanic eruption that left hundreds of thousands o...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Jakarta's main airport and three others extended their closure to 6:00 pm on Monday after being forced to halt operations due to a volcanic eruption, leaving te...
AI data centers are less thirsty now, tech giants say
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Data centers are running into a wall of public anger in the United States over their thirst for water and power.
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