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Brazil's Lula urges tariffs resolution in call with Trump
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Friday to resolve their countries' trade dispute, saying US tariff...
Popular forest near Paris to reopen after wildfire
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A hugely popular forest outside Paris is to reopen to the public this weekend after being partially ravaged by a wildfire in July, a local official said on Frid...
Austria to enshrine 2040 climate neutrality into law
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Austria's government on Friday announced it would enshrine a target to reach climate neutrality by 2040 into law, as a record drought scorches Europe.
Rising Kenyan lakes push crocodiles closer to homes
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
A crocodile basks in the sunshine on the roof of a submerged conference hall at a holiday resort in central Kenya, in a visible sign of how rising lake waters a...
Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month because of drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the st...
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife wa...
Morocco's lower-cadmium fertiliser bound for Europe
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
At a phosphate mine in Morocco, an excavator tears into the earth to extract a mineral that is at the centre of Europe's growing concern over cadmium in the foo...
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife wa...
UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain's national weather agency predi...
The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, s...
'I'll adapt': First pregnant candidate navigates French presidential race
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Greens leader Marine Tondelier is campaigning for the 2027 presidential race while pregnant, a first in France that is bringing infertility and motherhood into ...
Top India court orders new steps to protect threatened elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
India's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigne...
'How many will die?': the mysterious ailment killing Kenyan elephants
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious ailment...
El Nino to be 'biggest for over a century': UK Met Office
Aug 21, 2026 (AFP)
This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century, warming sea surface temperatures to an "unheard-of" level, Britain's national weather...
'Worst' ever El Nino to bring heavy rains, drought to Sri Lanka
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rains and severe drought are likely to hit Sri Lanka in the coming months as the largely agricultural nation faces its "worst" ever El Nino climate phenom...
Climate change could triple area hit by European wildfires: study
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change could nearly triple the area of land hit by wildfires every year in Europe, and even fuel blazes in regions with little experience of tackling th...
'It is tough': Indonesia battles wildfires, bracing for worse to come
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Smog is choking parts of Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and vast plantations, but the worst is yet to come, officials and experts warned Thursd...
Spain records nearly 4,500 heat-related deaths since June 1: public institute
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Spain registered nearly 4,500 heat-related deaths from June 1 to August 19, the highest amount during this period since 2022, according to figures from the publ...
Firefighters quell 'numerous flare-ups' in Belgian wildfire
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters wrestled "numerous flare-ups" under control overnight in a final push to quell Belgium's massive High Fens wildfire, officials said Thursday, pushi...
Germany logged 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer: govt data
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered around 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as Europe struggled through a series of punishing heatwaves, worse than a previous record high ...
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