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India monsoon floods, landslides kill more than 100 since July: officials
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, official data showed Wednesday, with thousands forced...
Iceland orders expulsion of 21 anti-whaling activists
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Iceland has ordered the expulsion of 21 anti-whaling activists held in Reykjavik since last week after their ship was seized while pursuing a whaling vessel, po...
South Korea pro baseball league cancels games over heatwave
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea's professional baseball league cancelled all games scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday amid a record-setting heatwave that has sent spectators to h...
Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and comp...
Austria hits all-time temperature high for 2nd day running
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Austria set an all-time temperature record for the second day running on Wednesday, recording 41.2C in the east of the country, the national weather agency said...
India monsoon floods, landslides kill more than 100 since July: officials
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people across India since July, official data showed Wednesday, with thousands forced...
Stranded boats, out-of-work fishermen as Danube hits record lows
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
The tourist port in the Romanian town of Corabia, on the banks of the Danube river, is deserted except for a few pleasure boats stranded in the algae.
Sri Lankan beauty pageant contestant fined with animal cruelty
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
A Sri Lankan court has fined a 19-year-old beauty pageant contestant with animal cruelty after she danced on stage with an endangered python, an official said W...
Austria, Slovakia hit new temperature records
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Austria and neighbouring Slovakia on Wednesday set new temperature records as a sweltering heatwave batters central Europe.
Guatemalan volcano eruption ends, locals return home
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
The eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano officially ended on Wednesday, the country's Institute of Volcanology reported.
Guatemala volcano eruption eases off, but alert remains in place
Aug 05, 2026 (AFP)
Activity at Guatemala's Fuego volcano died down slightly on Wednesday, after a powerful eruption of lava and ash forced hundreds of people to flee their homes.
Iceland says to rule on anti-whaling activists' expulsion this week
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Icelandic authorities will likely decide this week whether to expel 21 anti-whaling activists held in Reykjavik since last week after their ship was seized whil...
California utility blamed for deadly 2025 Los Angeles fire
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
One of the deadly 2025 fires that ravaged Los Angeles was caused when sparks from an idle transmission tower owned by a local power company ignited dry vegetati...
Hundreds flee homes after Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of people living on the slopes of Guatemala's Fuego volcano evacuated their homes Tuesday after a huge eruption spewed lava and plumes of ash.
Forest fire spreads in Dutch nature reserve for second day
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of Dutch firefighters were fighting Tuesday afternoon to contain a forest blaze in the southeast of the Netherlands that spread overnight to engulf 100...
Suspected heatstroke kills three lions at Japan zoo
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are under treatment, a spokeswoman said Tuesday, with the big cats struggling with h...
Guatemala issues 'danger' alert after Fuego volcano erupts
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Guatemalan authorities issued the country's second-highest emergency alert level on Monday after a major eruption of Central America's most active volcano, prom...
Guatemala issues 'danger' alert after Fuego volcano erupts
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Guatemalan authorities issued on Monday the country's second-highest emergency alert level after a major eruption of Central America's most active volcano.
July was France's hottest month on record: weather service
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
July was the hottest month ever recorded in France since measurements began in 1900, surpassing previous records set during the heatwaves of August 2003 and Jul...
Hundreds flee homes after Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts
Aug 04, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of people living on the slopes of Guatemala's Fuego volcano evacuated their homes Tuesday after a huge eruption spewed lava and plumes of ash.
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