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Against the tide: Filipinos battle rising sea on sinking island
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» BULACAN, Philippines - On the Philippine island of Pugad, street food vendor Maria Tamayo wakes before her grandchildren to begin the backbreaking work of removing seawater from her home scoop by scoop with a plastic dustpan.
Syria's wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 million
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» DAMASCUS - Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity.
Hamas: Trump’s ‘DEAD’ threat to Gaza undermines ceasefire
AFP, Published on 06/03/2025
» GAZA CITY - Hamas said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s threats would encourage Israel to disregard the fragile ceasefire, after the US president said that unless hostages are freed, the people of Gaza would be “DEAD”.
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» YASHIO (JAPAN) — Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard from since his vehicle was swallowed by a sinkhole this week.
Japan releases water from Fukushima nuclear plant, China furious
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» NAMIE (JAPAN) - Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, prompting a furious China to ban all seafood imports from its neighbour.
Final preparations begin for Fukushima water release
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» TOKYO: Final preparations to discharge waste water from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan were under way on Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the scheduled release into the Pacific Ocean.
Water release finds little support in Fukushima
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» SHINCHIMACHI, Japan: Most Fukushima fishermen are tight-lipped but Haruo Ono can't keep his thoughts to himself on Japan's plans to release treated cooling water from the stricken nearby nuclear power plant into the Pacific from Thursday.
Japan begins final preparations for Fukushima water release
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» TOKYO - The final preparations to discharge waste water from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan began Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the scheduled release into the Pacific Ocean.
Japan to start releasing Fukushima water on Thursday
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» TOKYO - Japan will begin releasing cooling water from the stricken Fukushima power plant on Thursday, 12 years after one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.
Wind of change in German energy sector
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» SCHNABELWAID, Germany: Residents of the rural Bavarian village of Schnabelwaid have said "yes" to the installation of wind turbines on the hillside next to their community in a rare win for an energy source unloved in Germany's biggest region.