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Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» LIRQUéN (CHILE) - Wildfires that have killed 19 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns, raged for a third day Monday, fanned by high temperatures and strong winds at the height of the southern hemisphere summer.
Toxic haze chokes Indian capital
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India's capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to more than 16 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum.
South Korean wildfires ‘largest on record’
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» ANDONG, South Korea - Wildfires in South Korea are now “the largest on record” having burned more forest than any previous blaze, the country’s disaster chief said Thursday, as the death toll rose to 26.
South Korea struggles to contain deadly wildfires
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» UISEONG, South Korea - Deadly wildfires in South Korea worsened overnight, officials said on Tuesday, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of the country’s worst-ever fire outbreaks.
Ghostly lunar sunsets shot by private lander
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the mystery of a strange haze first observed on the Moon in the 1960s.
After celebrations, displaced Gazans return home to destruction
AFP, Published on 19/01/2025
» JABALIA (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Columns of people hundreds strong were making their way home in northern Gaza on Sunday, flanked on both sides by countless buildings turned to rubble, as a ceasefire took effect in the Palestinian territory.
'He could get killed': Information war inflates Israel-Hamas fight
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» JERUSALEM - Months after he was discharged from hospital, his right leg amputated, Mohammed Zendiq saw his image swirling online in a vicious disinformation campaign downplaying the horrors of the Israel-Hamas war.
Canada far north city ordered to evacuate as wildfires advance
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» OTTAWA - Residents of one of the largest cities in Canada's far north were ordered Wednesday to flee amid warnings that raging wildfires could reach it by the weekend.
Military airlifts provide escape as wildfires sweep Canada's far north
AFP, Published on 16/08/2023
» MONTREAL - Jordan Evoy's escape from wildfires raging in Canada's far north was the "scariest moment" of his life as flareups closed roads, forcing him to backtrack to catch a military flight out in the Northwest Territories' largest ever evacuation.
Canada wildfires again bring more unhealthy air in North America
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» CHICAGO - Smoke from Canada's worst-ever wildfires was severely impacting air quality Wednesday across Ontario and at least 15 US states, with monitors warning that over one hundred million people face potentially unhealthy conditions.