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'In a sauna': Hong Kong's labourers swelter as temperatures rise
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» HONG KONG - Dressed in a full-body protective suit, an elderly pest control worker could last no more than 15 minutes spraying pesticide along a Hong Kong pavement before the summer heat became too much.
WHO: Extreme heat straining health systems
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» GENEVA: The extreme heat in the northern hemisphere is putting an increasing strain on healthcare systems, hitting those least able to cope the hardest, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
As temperatures climb, pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for hajj climax
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» MOUNT ARAFAT (SAUDI ARABIA) - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking hajj pilgrimage held in fierce summer heat.
Extreme weather killed 195,000 in Europe since 1980
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» COPENHAGEN - Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.
Biden, 80, declared medically 'fit' ahead of 2024 campaign
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden was declared "fit for duty" by his doctor Thursday after the final annual medical check-up before he is expected to declare he's running for re-election in 2024, when he will be 82.
Biden, Obama, Trump target key US state in countdown to midterms
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» PHILADELPHIA - US President Joe Biden and his two predecessors converged on the state of Pennsylvania Saturday, making closing pitches in a key battleground state for next week's midterm election.
'Nobody knows where their village is': New inland sea swamps Pakistan
AFP, Published on 10/09/2022
» MEHAR (PAKISTAN) - From a hastily erected embankment protecting Mehar city, mosque minarets and the price board of a gas station poke above a vast lake that has emerged, growing to tens of kilometres wide.
Forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe
AFP, Published on 17/07/2022
» MADRID - Firefighters struggled to contain wildfires sweeping across southwest Europe on Sunday as a heatwave showed no sign of abating, with Britain poised to set new temperature records this coming week.
Western Europe wilts under fresh heatwave
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» MADRID - Firefighters battled wildfires in Spain and Portugal Tuesday as Western Europe faced its second heatwave in less than a month which threatened glaciers in the Alps and worsened drought conditions.
Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era hajj
AFP, Published on 08/07/2022
» MOUNT ARAFAT (SAUDI ARABIA) - Huge crowds of Muslim pilgrims started praying on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat early Friday, the high point of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic forced drastic cuts in numbers for two years in a row.