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‘Extreme drought’ in Iraq, Iran and Syria blamed on climate change
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» BAGHDAD - The "extreme" drought gripping Iraq, Syria and Iran would not have occurred without climate change caused primarily by burning fossil fuels, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that punishing dry spells will become more intense as the world warms.
Colombia to cull some of Pablo Escobar's hippos
AFP, Published on 03/11/2023
» BOGOTá - Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday.
China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» BEIJING - China's booming electric vehicle industry is fuelling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region's fragile ecology and deepening rights violations, research published Wednesday said.
Hurricane causes 27 deaths, severe damage in Mexico's Acapulco
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Hurricane Otis caused at least 27 deaths and major damage as it lashed Mexico's resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster."
'Frozen in time' landscape discovered under Antarctic ice
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» PARIS - Scientists revealed Tuesday that they had discovered a vast, hidden landscape of hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers that has been "frozen in time" under the Antarctic ice for millions of years.
'Double game?' Migrants pour through Orban's Hungary
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» HONT (HUNGARY) - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban claims to be "defending Europe from a tide of migrants".
Toxic? Britney tells of troubles in new memoir
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears, the dewy-eyed child star who became a global pop phenomenon and then melted down in full view of the world, tells her story Tuesday with the release of her already bestselling memoir.
The mighty Mississippi, America's water highway, is dangerously low
AFP, Published on 24/10/2023
» MEMPHIS - In the middle of the shrunken Mississippi, a barge drags a giant metal-edged suction head along the riverbed to remove sediment from shipping lanes.
Switzerland: land of languages, neutrality, farmers and pharma
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» GENEVA - A land renowned for cheese, chocolate and banks, Switzerland, nestled in the heart of Europe, held its general election on Sunday.
Two dead as Storm Babet batters Scotland
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» BRECHIN, Scotland - Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland on Friday as Storm Babet moved east after pounding Ireland.