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Wildfire smoke engulfs millions in US ahead of World Cup final
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
Dense wildfire smoke billowing down from Canada set off unhealthy air quality alerts across the United States again Friday, fomenting concern over the weekend's...
N Macedonia police probe water supply after mass poisoning
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
More than 1,000 people have been treated for poisoning symptoms in North Macedonia, a hospital said Friday, after contaminated river water was allegedly pumped ...
Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
On a rocky Cape Verde beach, Maria and Vania fill their buckets with black sand the moment that waves recede, transporting it on their heads to a stockpile wher...
Fickle winds whip up huge Spanish wildfire
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters battling a huge wildfire in northeastern Spain prepared for another challenging night on Friday as "crazy" winds were expected to fan flames that h...
Wildfire smoke engulfs millions in US ahead of World Cup final
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
Dense wildfire smoke billowing down from Canada and northern Minnesota set off unhealthy air quality alerts across the United States on Friday, triggering conce...
Paris region deaths more than doubled during June heatwave: health authorities
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
The rate of deaths in the Paris region during a record-breaking heatwave last month was more than double normal levels, France's health agency said on Friday.
EU reforms carbon market under pressure from industry
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union on Friday proposed easing its carbon trading scheme for companies, as it unveiled reforms to one of its flagship climate policies under press...
Wildfire smoke engulfs millions in US ahead of World Cup final
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
Dense wildfire smoke billowing down from Canada set off unhealthy air quality alerts across the United States again Friday, fomenting concern over the weekend's...
With climate ambitions in question, EU reforms carbon market
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union on Friday unveils reforms of its carbon market, after fierce wrangling between countries, industry and activists over the pace of the bloc's ...
Volvo Cars sees declining sales in 'challenging' environment
Jul 17, 2026 (AFP)
Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars on Friday reported a drop in sales in the second quarter, noting a "very challenging environment," but said it expected sales to pic...
New science report could boost climate damage suits against oil giants
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
Climate lawsuits seeking massive damages from fossil fuel companies increasingly hinge on the question: how reliably can scientists pin specific extreme weather...
Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian wildfires raged, sending smoke spewing into ...
Canadian wildfire sends hazardous smoke spewing into US
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
Out-of-control wildfires were raging Thursday in the Canadian province of Ontario, sending dangerous smoke spewing into the United States where millions of peop...
Collapse of Amazon soy pact to unleash new deforestation: study
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
The collapse of a landmark Amazon soy pact will drive at least 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of extra deforestation in Brazil over the next decade, r...
US unveils 25% tariff on certain goods from Brazil, drawing rebuke
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
An incoming US tariff targeting various imports from Brazil has drawn a rebuke from the Latin American giant, as Washington accused the country of unfair trade ...
Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
After hours of overnight torrential rain lashed Lagos recently, church pastor Samuel Akpan spent most of next day bailing water from his flooded parsonage in an...
Algae fed by farm waste carpet Italy's warm River Po
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
Rowers on the River Po in Turin are battling vast blooms of algae, as high temperatures in northwest Italy and runoff from farms create ideal conditions for ram...
UK launches hi-tech mission to study Greenland ice melt
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
A team of international scientists sets sail Thursday from Britain for Greenland to study its rapidly melting ice using drones, mini-submarines and autonomous s...
In Senegal, a feverish ancestral hunt beckons the rain
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
Against a frenzy of drums, chanting and gunfire, a few hundred Serer men parade about in a trance-like state, brandishing the day's hunt -- jackals, monitor liz...
'Cruel, wasteful': Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins
Jul 16, 2026 (AFP)
In the high seas off west Africa, a fisherman on a Chinese longline tuna vessel cuts the fins off a live shark before throwing it back in the water to suffocate...
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