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Disasters cause $3.8tn in crop loses over 30 years: UN
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» PARIS: Natural and man-made disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop and livestock losses over 30 years, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday.
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
Invasive firestarter: How non-native grasses turned Hawaii into a tinderbox
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - After a catastrophic wildfire that killed more than 100 people in Hawaii, eyes have turned toward an unexpected culprit: invasive grass species that have spread massively over the archipelago for decades, serving as the perfect fuel.
Food supplies ‘running low’ in Italy flood areas
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» FAENZA, Italy: The toll from floods that have devastated Italy's Emilia Romagna region rose to 14 on Friday, amid calls for the government to revive an abandoned project to mitigate the impact of natural disasters.
First 72 hours crucial for quake rescues
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» PARIS: Time was running out for survivors buried in the rubble of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, as search efforts near the crucial 72-hour mark, a rescue response expert said Wednesday.
'Waiting for our dead': Anger builds at Turkey's quake response
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» GAZIANTEP (TURKEY) - With every passing moment, Ebru Firat knows the chances dim of finding her cousin alive under the rubble of a flattened building in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep.
Australia's top diplomat to visit Samoa, Tonga trailing Chinese counterpart
AFP, Published on 01/06/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia's recently sworn-in Foreign Minister Penny Wong is heading back to the Pacific Islands Wednesday, travelling to Samoa and Tonga just days after her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
US lifting pandemic border expulsion policy in May
AFP, Published on 02/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced Friday it was lifting a public health order imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic that required the immediate expulsion of migrants arriving at the southern border.
Fishing crews fear 5-year recovery after oil spill
AFP, Published on 31/01/2022
» The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.
Political paralysis, Covid surge: problems pile up for Biden
AFP, Published on 21/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - A defiant rejection of his massive social spending bill by a single US senator and a surge in Covid cases are imperiling Democrat Joe Biden just a year into his presidency.