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California wildfire threat to Yosemite giant sequoias 'almost gone'
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» LOS ANGELES - The wildfire threat to the world's largest trees in California has almost passed, with the blaze now spreading away from giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park, a forestry official said Thursday.
Sydney floods force thousands more to flee
AFP, Published on 05/07/2022
» SYDNEY: Rain-swollen rivers spilled mud-brown waters across swathes of Sydney on Tuesday, swamping homes and roads while forcing thousands to flee.
US mega drought makes boating rough on Lake Mead
AFP, Published on 03/07/2022
» LAKE MEAD (UNITED STATES) - In the 15 years since Adam Dailey began boating on Lake Mead, the shoreline has receded hundreds of meters, the result of more than two decades of punishing drought that is drying out the western United States.
S.Africa seeks clues after 21 teens die in packed bar
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» EAST LONDON, South Africa: South African police were on Monday combing a township tavern where 21 teenagers mysteriously died as survivors described a battle to escape the jam-packed premises and one reported a suffocating smell.
Record early heatwave sweeps France as fires flare in Spain
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» PARIS - French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures.
Parts of storm-wrecked Yellowstone to remain shut all year
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Parts of Yellowstone will remain closed for the rest of the year because of extensive flood damage, managers say, with the oldest national park in the United States completely shuttered Wednesday.
Famed Hong Kong floating restaurant towed away after half a century
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a famed but ageing tourist attraction that featured in multiple Cantonese and Hollywood films, was towed out of the city Tuesday after years of revitalisation efforts went nowhere.
Ukraine pushes back in Kherson as Zelensky visits east
AFP, Published on 30/05/2022
» KHARKIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian forces have counterattacked in the country's south, claiming to have pushed back Russian troops near three villages in the Kherson region, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first visit to the embattled east since the start of the war.
Strawberry farms threaten Spanish wetlands
AFP, Published on 27/05/2022
» DONANA NATIONAL PARK (SPAIN) - Standing in the middle of a stretch of land surrounded by dunes and pine forest, Juan Romero examines the cracked ground then stares at the dusty horizon.
Tears and relief, as Azovstal evacuees reach safety
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» ZAPORIZHZHIA (UKRAINE) - Their bunker couldn't withstand a direct hit from ferocious Russian bombardment, food was running out and finding water could get them killed -- yet that ordeal finally ended Tuesday for Azovstal evacuees in the banal safety of a shopping centre car park.