
Death toll climbs to 21 after tornadoes, storms buffet USNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Death toll climbs to 21 after tornadoes, storms buffet US
Washington, United States | AFP - The death toll from tornadoes and other extreme weather that buffeted the central United States over the weekend climbed…


Exceptionally early heatwave hits FinlandNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Exceptionally early heatwave hits Finland
Helsinki, Finland | AFP - Finland has been experiencing unusually warm weather this May, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue a heat warning on Monday.…


France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levelsNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levels
By Matthieu CLAVEL | AFP Caen, France - As France prepares to mark 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the…


Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and IndiaNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
By Mohammad MAZED and Sailendra SIL in Kolkata | AFP Patuakhali - Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed…

Europe’s water contamined by PFAS chemical: NGOsNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Europe’s water contamined by PFAS chemical: NGOs
Paris, France | AFP - Europe's rivers, lakes and groundwater are riddled with "alarming" levels of a persistent man-made 'forever chemical' linked to synthetic pesticides,…

Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyedNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Bangladesh cyclone toll rises to 10, around 30,000 homes destroyed
Dhaka, Bangladesh | AFP - The death toll from a cyclone that smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people,…

Papua New Guinea reports more than 2,000 people buried in landslideNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Papua New Guinea reports more than 2,000 people buried in landslide
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | AFP - More than 2,000 people have been buried in a Papua New Guinea landslide that destroyed a remote…

Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and IndiaNews
SourceMay 27, 2024
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Two dead as cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
Patuakhali | AFP - Fierce gales and crashing waves smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh and India on Monday, as an intense cyclone started…

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…
