Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP – Flash floods and a landslide swept four districts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island over the weekend, killing at least 16 people, the national disaster agency said.

“In total, 16 people died and seven more people are missing,” spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Abdul Muhari said in a statement on Monday.

dsa-ebe/lb

© Agence France-Presse

Featured image credit: kjpargeter | Freepik

Image: World food day celebration with world globe surrounded by vegetables (food, myths, climate change, plant-based diet)
Nearly half of Americans open to plant-based diets to cut emissionsNews

Nearly half of Americans open to plant-based diets to cut emissions

As Earth Day approaches on April 22, a new Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine/Morning Consult survey shows that 46% of Americans would consider eating a…
SourceSourceApril 17, 2025 Full article
Image: European Union flag (s. cop30, climate change, eu climate targets)
EU strikes last-ditch deal on climate targetsNews

EU strikes last-ditch deal on climate targets

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The European Union struck a deal Wednesday on the 27-nation bloc's next big emissions-cutting targets in time for next week's UN COP30…
SourceSourceNovember 5, 2025 Full article
Satellite Image: The Marismas Nacionales Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
Image of the day: Mangroves and lagoons of Marismas Nacionales, MexicoNews

Image of the day: Mangroves and lagoons of Marismas Nacionales, Mexico

Along Mexico’s Pacific shoreline, the Marismas Nacionales region forms one of the country’s most extensive coastal wetland systems. Stretching across parts of Nayarit and Sinaloa,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 14, 2025 Full article