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Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires sweeping through parts of Italy, France and Spain on Thursday forced thousands of people to flee blazes fanned by scorching temperatures and strong wi...
Sri Lanka warns of drought, floods from El Nino
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Sri Lanka is heading for a severe drought followed by devastating floods due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, the environment minister warned on Thursday.
Wildfires ravage parts of southern France, Italy and Spain
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires raged on Wednesday in Sicily, southwestern France and central Spain, having claimed the lives of three firefighters and sparked thousands of evacuatio...
France evacuates 20,000 as fire rages in pine forest
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Flames roared through crackling pine trees on Thursday as a wildfire gained ground on the coast of southwestern France, forcing more than 20,000 tourists and re...
Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of Italy, France and Spain on Thursday, forcing thousands of people to flee as h...
France evacuates thousands of tourists as fire rages in pine forest
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Smoke rose from crackling pine trees Thursday as a wildfire gained ground on the coast of southwestern France, forcing more than 10,000 tourists to evacuate cam...
Deadly wildfires force thousands from homes in parts of Europe
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires continued to sweep across swathes of Italy, France and Spain on Thursday, forcing thousands to flee blazes fanned by scorching temperatures and strong...
'Like a war zone': France evacuates 20,000 due to wildfires
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Black smoke darkened the skies and crackling flames roared through pine trees in a forest in southwest France on Thursday as wildfires have forced more than 20,...
Deadly wildfires in Europe force thousands to flee
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires fanned by scorching temperatures and strong winds swept through parts of Italy, France and Spain on Thursday, forcing thousands of people to flee as h...
Coal-fired power generation rising globally on Mideast war: IEA
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Coal-fired power generation is set to increase in 2026, driven by supply difficulties and soaring natural gas prices linked to the war in the Middle East, the I...
Hundreds hospitalised in Japan heatwave 'disaster'
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
More than 450 people received hospital treatment for heat-related issues in a single day in Tokyo -- the highest number since records began 16 years ago, emerge...
Tokyo reports most heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, one dead
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Tokyo recorded on Wednesday the most daily heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, emergency services said as Japan sweltered in a severe heatwave, with one p...
Tokyo reports most heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, one dead
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Tokyo recorded on Wednesday the most daily heat-related hospitalisations since 2010, emergency services said Thursday as Japan sweltered in a severe heatwave, w...
In Ghana, one man's race to save critically endangered fish
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
As dawn breaks over Ghana's Atlantic coast, artisanal fishing boats return to shore with last night's catch -- baskets of snapper, crabs, rays and a distinct-lo...
Floods in northeast India kill at least 41
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 41 people in India's northeast Assam state, officials said Thursday, as authorities pursued re...
Trump family project in Albania has already caused 'irreparable' damage: NGOs
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
Preliminary work on a vast hotel project linked to the Trump family has already caused irreparable damage to a once pristine stretch of Albania's coast, scienti...
Chad's desert east faces 'dire need' for access to water
Jul 23, 2026 (AFP)
In Chad's far-flung east, a "dire need" for water blights lives and fuels deadly violence over access to wells in an impoverished and sweltering desert region.
France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, health authorities said on Wednesday, describing the excess mortality...
Greece broils on year's warmest day as three-day heatwave peaks
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Greece is expected to experience its hottest day of the year on Wednesday, with temperatures reaching up to 43C according to meteorologists, and several regions...
Over 100 hospitalised, 150 homes damaged in Algeria blazes
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
More than 100 people were hospitalised after wildfires reached nearly 150 homes in a small town in north-eastern Algeria, the country's interior minister said o...
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