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  Mogadishu (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 
China successfully launched four Earth-observation radar satellites into space early Tuesday morning aboard a Long March 2D rocket, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (C ... more |
 Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms. ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2024 
The Ohio River Basin, spanning from Pennsylvania to Illinois, covers an area nearly as large as France and is home to over 25 million people. A collaborative effort between NASA and the French space ... more |
 Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
The European Central Bank and the EU's insurance regulator published Wednesday a proposal to create a European-wide system to better respond to the costs of natural catastrophes. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the Southern Ocean, according to a study published Wednesday. ... more |
 Latakia, Syria (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
The military chief of Syria's victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Tuesday it would be "the first" to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
Human societies need a radical overhaul to stop the destruction of the planet, according to the UN biodiversity expert panel's "transformative change" report released Wednesday. ... more |
 Maputo (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has risen by 11 to 45, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Wednesday. ... more |
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Pamandzi, France (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 
The district of La Vigie on the French overseas territory of Mayotte was until last week a bustling hub of life. Now it no longer exists. ... more |
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Mamoudzou (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to arrive in Mayotte Thursday to assess the devastation wrought by Cyclone Chido on the Indian Ocean archipelago, as rescuers race to search for survivors and supply desperately needed aid. ... more |
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Port Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
Overseas rescuers joined a hunt for survivors in the rubble of shattered buildings in earthquake-struck Vanuatu on Thursday, with officials saying the toll of nine dead is set to rise. ... more |
 Akkaraipettai, India (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
The deadly tsunami that swamped India's southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves. ... more |
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Phang Nga, Thailand (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
As an eight-year-old boy Pirun Kla-Talay was orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Now he makes his living from the waters that claimed his parents. ... more |
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Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ago brought peace to the province. ... more |
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London (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water is set to find out Thursday whether the water regulator will permit it to massively hike customers' bills to fund improvements to its outdated infrastructure. ... more |
 Tokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
A Japanese court on Thursday convicted a man who stole more than 200 kilogrammes (440 pounds) of spring onions from a rival farmer after record summer heat ruined his own crops, local media reported. ... more |
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 Macau (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 
Seated in the audience at Macau's Dom Pedro V Theatre in the 1970s, 16-year-old Miguel de Senna Fernandes understood not a word of the "strange language" spoken on stage - but right away he was mesmerised. ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 18, 2024 
California ground squirrels that scientists thought ate only grains are eating voles, too, according to researchers at University of California-Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 
Veteran anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson, released from detention in Greenland after Denmark refused a Japanese extradition request, has spent decades battling harpoonists and seal hunters in high seas confrontations. ... more |
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Badung, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 
A critically endangered elephant living at a zoo on the Indonesian resort island of Bali was found dead in a river Tuesday after being swept away by strong currents following days of torrential rain, officials said. ... more |
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