ENVIRONMENT

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Italy struggles with wildfires, heatwave
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Italian firefighters battled dozens of wildfires Wednesday in Sicily, where one inferno forced a clinic to be evacuated.
Japan cities 'cruelly hot' for first time
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days", a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40C, with heatstroke alert...
France records over 5,700 excess deaths in June heatwave
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, health authorities said on Wednesday, describing the excess mortality...
Six killed in Algeria forest fires: interior ministry
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires in Algeria have killed six people, the interior ministry announced, with several fires still raging across the North African country gripped by a heat...
Rome cinemas offer climate shelter as Italy battles wildfires
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Air-conditioned cinemas in Rome will offer free places to help residents of the Italian capital struggling with an intense summer heatwave, city officials said ...
New Zealand may miss climate targets due to government policies: report
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Recent government climate change policy decisions will see New Zealand miss its own emissions reduction targets, an independent report has warned.
France's environment minister announces resignation over pesticide bill
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
France's environment minister said on Wednesday she would "submit her resignation to the president today," after lawmakers approved a bill allowing bee-harming ...
EU watchdog reduces safe level of exposure to 'forever chemical' TFA
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
The EU's food safety agency said Wednesday it has dramatically reduced the acceptable daily intake level of the so-called forever chemical TFA, following new ev...
Japan suffers heat 'disaster as cities hit by 'cruelly hot' days
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days", a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40C, with emergency offici...
Japan suffers heat 'disaster' as cities hit by 'cruelly hot' days
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days", a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40C, with emergency offici...
Climate change making Europe drought 'more severe': study
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Human-caused climate change has intensified a drought across Europe with extreme heat, rather than low rainfall driving the exceptionally dry conditions, a team...
Rome cinema, libraries to offer climate shelter
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Air-conditioned cinemas in Rome will offer free entry to help residents of the Italian capital struggling with intense summer heatwave, city officials said on W...
Extreme heatwave grips Tunisia as wide power cuts fuel frustration
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
In Tunisia long power outages across the country have added to the strain of an intense heatwave, with temperatures as high as 49C, leaving many fearing for the...
France environment minister quits, then stays to act on climate
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
France's environment minister will remain in her post, given the "urgency" to act on climate change, after submitting her resignation to President Emmanuel Macr...
Balkan storms leave one dead in Albania
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
Storms that swept across the Balkans overnight Tuesday to Wednesday left at least one person dead in Albania and caused "enormous damage" to crops in Bosnia.
Over 100 hospitalised, 150 homes damaged in Algeria blazes
Jul 22, 2026 (AFP)
More than 100 people were hospitalised after wildfires reached nearly 150 homes in a small town in north-eastern Algeria, the country's interior minister said o...
Afghans search for dozens missing after devastating flood
Jul 21, 2026 (AFP)
Rescuers were struggling to reach residents trapped under mud and boulders in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, after a major flood smashed through one province k...
Heavy rain dampens search for dozens missing in Afghanistan flood
Jul 21, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rain and warnings of further flooding dampened the search Tuesday for dozens of residents missing in eastern Afghanistan, after a major deluge smashed thr...
Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens, threatening Gulf coast of US
Jul 21, 2026 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Bertha -- the second named storm of the Atlantic season -- strengthened Tuesday, threatening states from Florida to Louisiana, the National Hurri...
Chile declares state of emergency over deadly rainfall
Jul 21, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall in Chile has killed at least 10 people and destroyed or severely damaged over 1,000 homes, officials said Monday, as the government declared a st...
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