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Oman moves to contain oil spill after tanker ran aground
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Oman on Monday said it was working to contain an oil spill off its southern coast after a tanker ran aground in June inside a protected marine area, triggering ...
Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70 percent of France
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Nearly 70 percent of France is subject to water-use restrictions as drought conditions worsen amid successive heatwaves, the government said Monday.
Europe braces for another summer heatwave
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Much of Europe is bracing for yet another scorching heatwave following periods of record drought that have driven rivers to historic lows, ignited historic fore...
Days of heavy rain leave at least 16 dead in Philippines
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Floods, landslides and accidents driven by a nine-day downpour equivalent to more than a month's worth of rain in some areas have killed at least 16 people in t...
Parts of Germany's Rhine could become unnavigable, group warns
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Parts of the Rhine river in Germany could soon become unnavigable as water levels drop further due to soaring summer temperatures and low rainfall, an industry ...
Europe braces for another summer heatwave
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Much of Europe is bracing for yet another heatwave following periods of scorching temperatures that have driven rivers to record lows, ignited historic forest f...
Record July heat in regions home to 900 mn people: AFP analysis
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
Regions home to around 900 million people experienced their hottest July on record in 2026, including in the Sahel, Central America, France and Spain, according...
Pakistan brickmakers scorched by sun above and fire below
Aug 10, 2026 (AFP)
As dark plumes billow from overhead smokestacks, brickmakers at a kiln in Pakistan's Sheikhupura district crush coal through small holes beneath their feet into...
Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their lives...
Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads
Aug 09, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities have closed access to a national park on Java Island as firefighters battle a wildfire raging there for nearly a week.
Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A tiny greenish, noctural frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in the Costa Rica's central Pacific region, where it also faces risks from...
Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy's Catania airport
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption on Saturday, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airp...
Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Amazon confirmed Friday it is financing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in t...
Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying...
Empty beaches and 'unbearable stench': Mexico wages war on sargassum weeds
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A small skiff moves through a stinking carpet of sargassum, dragging what looks like a threshing machine through the brown, floating seaweed choking the normall...
Rugby player in Japan dies of suspected 'severe heatstroke': club
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A Fijian rugby player with a Japanese professional team has died after being taken to hospital with "symptoms consistent with severe heatstroke", Saimoni Vunila...
Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A fire broke out Friday night at a recycling plant near the port of Rotterdam, spewing thick smoke across the area before being brought under control in an all-...
Arrivals resume at Sicily's Catania airport after Etna eruption
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
The airport at Catania in Sicily, a top Italian tourist destination, reopened late Saturday afternoon after suspending arrivals when an eruption at nearby Mount...
Floods in India's northeast kill nearly 100
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Floods in India's northeast have killed nearly 100 people, according to an official toll update on Friday, with villages buried in mud after one of Assam state'...
Indonesia battles Mount Bromo wildfire as El Nino takes root
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities battled Friday to contain a wildfire that has swept through Mount Bromo National Park on Java island, destroying more than 120 hectares a...
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