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French forest fire suspect taken into custody: prosecutor
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
A volunteer firefighter who was suspected of starting a fire in France's historic Fontainebleau forest, was placed under formal investigation and remanded in cu...
Amazon defender Raoni leaves hospital a month after surgery
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Brazilian tribal chief Raoni Metuktire, the most recognized face of the fight to save the Amazon rainforest, was discharged Wednesday after spending a month in ...
Top US science body readies climate report as Republicans push back
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
A leading US science body will launch a major report Thursday on how precisely specific extreme weather events can be tied to climate change, a growing research...
Top US science body readies climate report as Republicans push back
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
The United States' leading scientific body is set Thursday to launch a major report on the link between climate change and extreme weather, a growing research f...
Unexploded munitions hamper fight against German park fire
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Unexploded munitions are hampering efforts by firefighters to tackle a blaze in a national park in northern Germany, local officials said Wednesday.
CORRECTED: Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke billows south
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Toronto had the worst air quality of any major city in the world on Wednesday, the Swiss firm IQAir said, as Canadian authorities urged people to stay indoors.
Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke billows south
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Toronto had the worst air quality of any major city in the world on Wednesday, the Swiss firm IQAir said, as Canadian authorities urged people to stay indoors.
Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke moves south
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Toronto had the worst air quality of any major city in the world on Wednesday, the Swiss firm IQAir said, as Canadian authorities urged people to stay indoors.
France in 'very worrying' drought: minister
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
France is experiencing a "very worrying" drought that has spurred a record number of water restrictions for the time of year, the ecology minister said on Wedne...
Green groups sue to block Trump rule gutting species habitat protections
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Conservation groups sued US President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday, accusing it of gutting a core protection in the Endangered Species Act by excluding...
Too hot: Buttoned-up Tokyo officials ditch suits for 'cool' shorts
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
On a hot, humid day in Tokyo, metropolitan government official Noboru Watanabe overcame embarrassment to come to work in shorts, an unusual choice in a country ...
Fire ravages popular forest outside Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled to control wildfires that have ravaged a hugely popular forest outside Paris as anothe...
First half of summer Spain's hottest on record: weather agency
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Mainland Spain registered its hottest first half of the summer since records began in 1961, with two heatwaves sending temperatures soaring, national weather ag...
NY pauses new large data center projects for one year
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
New York will stop issuing permits for new large-scale data centers in the state for one year, according to an order signed by the governor on Tuesday.
Record-smashing US heat wave surges from West to East
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the West toward the East Coast, placing nearly 100 million Americans under heat alerts.
Dangote's mega oil project threatens fragile Kenyan ecosystem: Greenpeace
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Climate rights group Greenpeace Africa called on Tuesday for a halt to a proposed mega oil refinery project by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Kenya's c...
Germany recorded 32 percent spike in deaths in June heatwave
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Deaths in Germany spiked 32 percent during a record heatwave in June compared to levels in the previous four years, official data showed Tuesday.
Fire ravages historic forest outside Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled wildfires that have ravaged a hugely popular forest outside Paris as another scorching...
Spain confirms 12 foreigners among 13 wildfire victims
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Twelve of the 13 victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through Andalusia in southern Spain were foreign nationals, the authorities said on Tuesday after compl...
Wildfires that ravaged historic forest outside Paris contained
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters on Tuesday managed to contain two fires that have burned over 2,000 hectares of the historic Fontainebleau forest near Paris ov...
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