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China warns of 'severe' threat to harvest from worst heatwave on record
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BEIJING: China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
Drought uncovers dinosaur tracks in US park
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - A drought in Texas dried up a river flowing through Dinosaur Valley State Park, exposing tracks from giant reptiles that lived some 113 million years ago, an official said Tuesday.
Iraq's Sadr supporters hold sit-in outside judicial body
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BAGHDAD - Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr held a sit-in outside the top judicial body for several hours on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a showdown with a rival Shiite alliance.
After 'doomsday' floods, Sudanese fear worse to come
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» MAKAYLAB (SUDAN) - In the Sudanese village of Makaylab, Mohamed Tigani picked through the pile of rubble that was once his mud-brick home, after torrential rains sparked heavy floods that swept it away.
Flash flooding hits US parks, southern states in latest weather disasters
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES: A hiker swept away in flash floods and torrential rain was still missing Monday as a weekend of storms forced hundreds to evacuate in the latest weather disasters to hit national parks in the United States.
Kenya's Odinga files court petition disputing poll outcome
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» NAIROBI - Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country's top court, his lawyer told AFP Monday, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto.
22 million face starvation in Horn of Africa: WFP
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» NAIROBI - The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday.
Lake Mead mob murder: Gun found near site of body in barrel
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES - US detectives investigating a possible decades-old mob murder said Thursday they had found a gun near the spot on an evaporating Las Vegas lake bed where a body inside a barrel was discovered.
'Tornado of fire': Algeria forest blazes kill 38
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» EL KALA (ALGERIA) - Algerian firefighters battled Thursday to rein in forest fires that have ravaged large parts of the drought-hit North African country, killing almost 40 people including 12 who died in a bus trapped by the flames.
Spain, Portugal battle to control huge wildfires
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» MADRID - Spain and neighbouring Portugal fought against large wildfires on Tuesday, while three people were badly injured after their train hurtled into a smaller Spanish blaze.