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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?
Japan in political crisis as coalition collapses
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» TOKYO - Japan's ruling coalition collapsed Friday as junior partner Komeito quit the alliance, putting in peril Sanae Takaichi's bid to become the country's first woman prime minister.
Israel calls up reservists with Gaza ceasefire in peril
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2025
» JERUSALEM - Israel’s military has called up reservists in preparation for a possible resumption of fighting in Gaza if Hamas fails to meet a Saturday deadline to release more Israeli hostages and a nearly month-old ceasefire breaks down.
Fire-ravaged LA faces new peril as winds ramp up
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES - Hot, powerful winds threatened on Tuesday to strengthen and whip up major fires that have devastated the hills and suburbs of Los Angeles, killing at last 24 people and changing the face of America’s second biggest city forever.
Weather to heighten Los Angeles fire risks
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/01/2025
» LOS ANGELES - The weather will once again turn against Los Angeles after a brief respite that allowed firefighters to gain ground on blazes across the second-largest US city — and offered enough pause for officials to begin trading accusations.
BBC celebrates 100 years of 'poetic' shipping forecast
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» LONDON - The BBC on Wednesday celebrates 100 years of a weather forecast for sailors in British waters that has inspired musicians and poets and become an immovable fixture on UK radio.
France awaits appointment of new government
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as a France racked by political deadlock awaited the appointment of a new government.
French PM rushes to name new government
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» PARIS - France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou was racing on Friday to name by Christmas at the latest a government to lead the country out of its political crisis, but with no sign of an end to months of tensions that have rattled President Emmanuel Macron.
Explosions heard near Iranian airport, reason unknown
Reuters, Published on 19/04/2024
» DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Iran's Fars news agency said on Friday that explosions were heard near the airport at the country's central Isfahan city, but the reason was unknown.
‘Open warfare’ as Marcos-Duterte alliance crumbles
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2024
» MANILA - The alliance between Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte disintegrated this week when they accused each other of using drugs — a rift that could threaten Marcos’s reform agenda and risk fuelling instability.