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Hardships mount in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as flood tolls rise
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» JAKARTA - Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 Monday following weeks of heavy rain.
Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618
AFP, Published on 07/12/2025
» COLOMBO - Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.
Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» PA BON (THAILAND) - Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.
Global matcha obsession drinks Japan’s tea farms dry
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - At a minimalist Los Angeles matcha bar, powdered Japanese tea is prepared with precision, despite a global shortage driven by the bright green drink’s social media stardom.
Indian activists seek to save child brides
AFP, Published on 23/06/2025
» BEED (INDIA) - When wedding season comes in India, the phone of child rights activist Tatwashil Kamble never stops ringing with appeals to stop girls from being married off due to poverty.
Post-cyclone Mayotte faces biodiversity crisis
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» DZAOUDZI, Mayotte - Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and biodiversity crisis that could last for a decade or more, scientists say.
In Brazil town turning to desert, farmers fight to hang on
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» GILBUéS (BRAZIL) - Standing amid a terrain of rugged red craters that looks like something from Mars, Brazilian farmer Ubiratan Lemos Abade extends his arms, pointing to two possible futures for this land fast turning to desert.
To find out how wildlife is doing, scientists try listening
AFP, Published on 18/10/2023
» BANGKOK - A reedy pipe and a high-pitched trill duet against the backdrop of a low-pitched insect drone. Their symphony is the sound of a forest, and is monitored by scientists to gauge biodiversity.
Brazil's banana spider aids erectile dysfunction treatment
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» BELO HORIZONTE - Three decades ago, Brazilian researchers began studying a curious side effect from banana spider bites: the toxin left victims with priapism, a painful and persistent erection.
Invasive firestarter: How non-native grasses turned Hawaii into a tinderbox
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - After a catastrophic wildfire that killed more than 100 people in Hawaii, eyes have turned toward an unexpected culprit: invasive grass species that have spread massively over the archipelago for decades, serving as the perfect fuel.