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US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it was pausing construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has fac...
Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A sprawling expanse of white marble waste in India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-cover...
French PM announces help for fire-hit regions after jeers from locals
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Monday announced measures to help residents of the southwest hit by wildfires rebuild their lives, after being jeered...
'Never seen one like it': German pensioners flee wildfire
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced fro...
Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought: study
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelli...
US man killed by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A US man has died after being struck by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna volcano, Italian firefighters told AFP Monday.
Germany's coalition split over putting climate in constitution
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
As much of Europe swelters under a heatwave, a group of German ministers wants to enshrine climate protection in the constitution, a plan that sparked pushback ...
Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the wee...
Residents jeer French PM on visit to fire-hit region
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Dozens of residents on Monday jeered the French prime minister as he arrived in a region hit by wildfires earlier this summer, in a show of anger over the gover...
The Nigerian fishing community being eaten up by the Atlantic
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean -- some years ago, s...
Hawaii recovery efforts begin as Lala downgraded, moves west
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Clean-up efforts were underway on Sunday as Hurricane Lala, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, rolled past Hawaii's Big Island and dumped heavy rain acro...
Stubborn vulture plucked from plane's wing before Greece flight: report
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A vulture who refused to budge had to be removed from the wing of a flight awaiting takeoff on the Greek island of Crete, in order to avoid potential damage to ...
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it had paused construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has face...
Germany's coalition split over putting climate in constitution
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
As much of Europe swelters under a heatwave, a group of German ministers wants to enshrine climate protection in the constitution, a plan that sparked pushback ...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Rain fell in Belgium on Monday as the country battles its biggest wildfire in recent history, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled.
Belgium fire makes 'limited' spread overnight, more help on way
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Air reinforcements were headed to Belgium Monday to help combat the country's worst wildfire in a century, which made "limited" advance overnight after threaten...
Spain's Aragon sends 'largest deployment' against wildfire
Aug 16, 2026 (AFP)
Spain's Aragon region deployed what authorities called the largest firefighting arsenal in its history on Sunday as French reinforcements were due to help conta...
'People could get hurt': Conservationists decry AI wildlife visuals
Aug 16, 2026 (AFP)
The black-and-white image appears to show the unlikeliest of interactions: an orangutan cradling endangered leopard cubs deep in the jungles of Malaysia's Sabah...
Eastern Japan rain kills nine: report
Aug 16, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rain that battered eastern Japan has left nine people dead, public broadcaster NHK said Sunday, after an "unprecedented" deluge that flooded over a thousa...
Hurricane Lala brushes past Hawaii's Big Island, bringing heavy rain
Aug 16, 2026 (AFP)
The eye of Hurricane Lala brushed past the southern part of Hawaii's Big Island on Saturday, as heavy rain and strong winds struck the US Pacific state and offi...
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