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Brazil's Lula vetoes parts of environmental 'devastation bill'Brasilia (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vetoed some provisions of a bill that would have made it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, bowing to pressure from activist groups. ... more  
A French sailor's personal 'Plastic Odyssey'Paris Aug 7, 2025 Simon Bernard's private war on plastic pollution began in 2016. ... more 
Abidjan landfill transformed into city parklandAbidjan (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Beneath the fresh grass and brand-new infrastructure of Abidjan's Akouedo Park lie millions of tons of waste that for decades plagued locals' lives and health. ... more  
Hungarians protest with camels to raise alarm over droughtBudapest (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 A camel-led caravan of farmers, scientists and environmentalists marched through central Budapest on Thursday to raise awareness of desertification and demand that the government take action. ... more |
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Comet debris signs found in Baffin Bay sediments linked to Younger Dryas coolingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Analysis of Baffin Bay ocean sediments has uncovered geochemical evidence consistent with debris from a comet that may have triggered the Younger Dryas cooling event 12,800 years ago. Christopher Mo ... more  
Lioness present in northeast C.Africa for first time in years; New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karstLibreville (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern Central African Republic for the first time in six years. ... more  
Solomon Islands bars China and Taiwan from top Pacific summitWellington (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Pacific nation Solomon Islands has said it would exclude non-member nations from a key regional summit in September, a group that includes China, Taiwan and the United States. ... more 
US to rewrite its past national climate reportsWashington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report - its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming. ... more |
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Brazil COP30 climate summit lodging too pricey for some nationsParis (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 High prices for lodging may force small island states to slash the size of their delegations to the November COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a representative said Friday. ... more |
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France strikes down return of banned bee-killing pesticideParis (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 France's top constitutional authority on Thursday blocked a law that would allow the reintroduction of a pesticide virulently opposed by environmental groups. ... more  
US establishing migrant detention center at base near borderWashington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United States is setting up a migrant detention facility at the Fort Bliss military base near the Mexico border with an eventual capacity of up to 5,000 people, the Pentagon said Thursday. ... more  
New York declares total war on prolific rat populationNew York Aug 9, 2025 New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways, leaving some residents afraid to let their children walk on sidewalks. ... more  
10 dead, 33 missing in northwest China floods as 'Never seen before' rains lash southern JapanBeijing (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 Ten people are dead and 33 missing after flash floods and mudslides in northwest China's Gansu province, state media reported Friday, the latest in a series of lethal weather events to hit the country. ... more |
US French satellite SWOT captures Kamchatka tsunami in unprecedented detailLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Data from a joint NASA and CNES mission has provided valuable insights to refine tsunami forecasting models, potentially improving coastal safety worldwide. The Surface Water and Ocean Topogra ... more  |
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Early Earth may have had active plate tectonics far sooner than thoughtParis, France (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 Researchers investigating the Hadean Eon, which lasted from 4.6 to 4.0 billion years ago, have uncovered signs that plate tectonics began far earlier than widely assumed. The era started with Earth' ... more  
UAE rejects Sudan claim it destroyed Emirati plane full of mercenaries; Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visitDubai (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United Arab Emirates rejected on Thursday an announcement from Sudan's armed forces saying they had destroyed an Emirati plane ferrying Colombian mercenaries into the country to back paramilitary rivals. ... more  
French firefighters optimistic after controlling vast wildfire; Three die in Greece as gales stoke fires, disrupt ferriesSaint-Laurent-De-La-Cabrerisse, France (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 French authorities said Friday that they were counting on better weather conditions to help put out the country's biggest wildfire in at least half a century, after firefighters finally managed to bring it under control. ... more 
Thousands evacuated as wildfire spreads north of Los Angeles; Canada sends troops to eastern province as fire damage growsLos Angeles, United States (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles triggered evacuations in two US counties, scorching nearly 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares), authorities said Friday. ... more |
 
Trump demands new US census as redistricting war spreadsWashington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favorable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. ... more  
Trump may use military against drug cartels: Colombian president initiates dialogue with top cocaine gangWashington (AFP) Aug 9, 2025 President Donald Trump is moving to target Latin American drug cartels with the military, US media said Friday, after Washington designated several narcotics trafficking groups as "terrorist" organizations earlier this year. ... more  
SMOS mission reveals 15-year global forest carbon storage trendsParis, France (SPX) Aug 05, 2025 Data from ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission is shedding new light on the global carbon cycle by enabling scientists to track how much carbon is stored in forest biomass ... more 
Pacific microstate sells first passports to fund climate actionSydney (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 A remote Pacific nation selling passports to fund climate action has approved just six applicants since early this year, but officials said Thursday that interest in joining the low-lying, largely barren island is increasing. ... more |
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Great Barrier Reef suffers most widespread bleaching on recordSydney (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, according to a government report released Wednesday that warns the natural wonder is in dire health. ... more 
Chikungunya in China: What you need to knowBeijing (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Cases of chikungunya fever are rising in southern China, prompting local authorities to take measures to curb its spread. ... more 
'Human presence': French volunteers protect sheep from wolvesVillebois-Les-Pins, France (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Carrying staffs like shepherds, Sophie Morice-Couteau and Geoffroy Galliot inspect the nets of a sheepfold on a steep slope in the Baronnies massif, part of their daily mission to keep wolves away. ... more
Summer 2025 already a cavalcade of climate extremesParis Aug 5, 2025 Record heat, massive fires, deadly floods... August has barely begun, but the summer of 2025 is already marked by a cascade of destructive and deadly weather in the northern hemisphere. ... more |
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Indian army searches for missing after deadly Himalayan flood; Torrential rains drench south China; Floods kill 6 in Myanmar border townNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment on Wednesday to search for scores of people missing a day after deadly Himalayan flash floods. ... more |
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Natural disasters caused $135 bn in economic losses in first half of 2025: Swiss Re Zurich (AFP) Aug 6, 2025 Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Wednesday. ... more 
France seeks to 'stabilise' wildfire raging in the southLagrasse, France (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 French firefighters said Thursday they were hoping to halt the country's biggest wildfire this summer that has left one person dead and destroyed several thousand hectares of land and dozens of homes in the south. ... more
Thousands in besieged Sudan city at 'risk of starvation': WFPPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Thousands of families trapped in a besieged city in war-torn Sudan's west are at "risk of starvation", the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday. ... more  
Super alcohol discovery reveals potential building block of cosmic lifeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2025 Researchers have successfully synthesized methanetetrol for the first time, unveiling a highly unstable molecule that could serve as a foundational component in the search for extraterrestrial life. ... more |
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