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The round-the-clock monitors protecting Bhutan from glacier risk
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
In a humble control room a few hours from Bhutan's capital, a team works around the clock to monitor the risks of the Himalayan country's rapidly melting glacie...
'Alarm bells ringing': US summer heat shatters record
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
The contiguous United States has endured its hottest summer on record, a new peak that scientists said should send alarm bells ringing over the increasingly dir...
US had warmest summer on record: climate agency
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
The contiguous United States endured its hottest summer since modern records began, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday, in the l...
Spain endured hottest summer on record: weather agency
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
Mainland Spain endured its hottest summer since records began in 1961, with an unprecedented 61 heatwave days across June, July and August, national weather age...
EU failing to cut import-linked CO2 emissions: NGO
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
From energy to textiles and meat, the European Union is failing to cut import-related CO2 emissions -- a weak point of its climate policy, an environmental NGO ...
Kauai on tornado watch as Hurricane Lowell nears Hawaiian islands
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Residents of Kauai were warned to watch for tornadoes late Monday as Hurricane Lowell edged toward the westernmost Hawaiian islands in the US Pacific island cha...
Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of t...
Inhibited fertilisers under scrutiny: EU campaign finds labelling issues
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Paris, France, Sept 8, 2026 (MediaConnect) - Press release from European Commission DG JUST-Tuesday 08 September 2026.
Police clash with protesters against Trump-linked Albania project
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Police clashed with protesters on Tuesday outside parliament as MPs returned from their summer recess in Albania, where a tourism project linked to the Trump fa...
Flights resume gradually in Indonesia after volcanic eruption
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Major airports in Indonesia reopened on Tuesday days after a volcanic eruption had grounded flights, with authorities saying normal operations would resume grad...
Pounding waves open up sinkhole in swanky Malibu
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Pounding surf lashing the swanky California enclave of Malibu on Tuesday opened up a giant sinkhole on the driveway of a house reportedly belonging to US actor ...
Flights resume gradually in Indonesia after volcanic eruption
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia had planes flying again on Tuesday after a volcanic eruption forced the country's major airports to close for days, with authorities saying that fligh...
On London's Brick Lane, a data centre sparks local battle
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
In Brick Lane, the historic heart of London's Bangladeshi community, residents oppose plans for a data centre in a disused brewery, citing the erosion of herita...
Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91 percent of a western island as it pushed out f...
Five baby orangutans found in India, trafficking suspected
Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Indian officials rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest on Tuesday, a state minister said, with authorities suspecting they were trafficked into the ...
Malaysia cancels haze emergency, but warns problems remain
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Malaysia called off a haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo island on Monday but said very unhealthy levels of air pollution remain as a result of forest fi...
Wildfires, heatwaves endanger air quality, health: UN
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and...
Jakarta airport extends closure after volcano eruption
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Jakarta's main airport and three others extended their closure to 6:00 pm on Monday after being forced to halt operations due to a volcanic eruption, leaving te...
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El Nino
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the wat...
Jakarta airport and others reopen after volcanic ash crisis
Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia's main airport and several other air travel hubs reopened early Tuesday after days of closure due to ash from a volcanic eruption, the Transport Minis...
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