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Hungary's anxious rural voters will decide Orban's fate
AFP, Published on 30/03/2026
» PUSZTAVACS (HUNGARY) - In the village of Pusztavacs in central Hungary, election posters on electricity poles remind voters of a looming poll, where nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's future is on the line.
Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2026
» LONDON - An Iranian girls school that took a direct hit on the first day of the war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the children and their activities, before it was struck along with at least six other buildings in an adjacent military compound, a Reuters investigation found.
'Narrative war': disinformation surges as conflict roils Middle East
AFP, Published on 04/03/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - Recycled images, video game footage passed off as missile strikes, and AI-generated combat visuals: the US-Israeli assault on Iran has unleashed a torrent of online disinformation that analysts are calling a war of narratives.
Hope fades in search for missing after Brazil rains kill 46
AFP, Published on 26/02/2026
» UBá (BRAZIL) - Despair hung over two cities in southeastern Brazil on Wednesday as rescuers and residents searched for 21 people missing after torrential rains unleashed flooding and landslides that killed at least 46.
Rescuers search for missing after deluge kills 30 in Brazil
AFP, Published on 25/02/2026
» JUIZ DE FORA (BRAZIL) - Three firemen pulled a man's body from the mud amidst the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in southeastern Brazil, where 30 people died and 39 were still missing on Tuesday after torrential rains.
New York mayor orders citywide travel ban as major storm hits US
AFP, Published on 23/02/2026
» NEW YORK - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday ordered the shutdown of the city's entire traffic network for all but emergency travel as a massive snowstorm began to hit the northeast United States.
Spain, Portugal face fresh storms, torrential rain
AFP, Published on 08/02/2026
» RONDA (SPAIN) - Spain and Portugal endured fresh storms and torrential rain that claimed another life Saturday, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Storm Leonardo.
Climate change fuels disasters, but deaths don't add up
AFP, Published on 21/01/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path?
Travel mayhem and power cuts in storm-tossed northern Europe
AFP, Published on 09/01/2026
» CHERBOURG, France - Gale-force winds and storms barrelled through northern Europe on Friday, disrupting air and rail travel and cutting power to hundreds of thousands in freezing temperatures.
Iran says no leniency for 'rioters' as protests persist
AFP, Published on 06/01/2026
» PARIS - Iran will offer no leniency to "rioters", though the public has a right to demonstrate, the head of the country's judiciary said on Monday, following more than a week of sometimes-deadly protests.