Environment
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Wildfires Scorch Nearly 100,000 Hectares in Spain Amid Second Summer Heat Wave
MADRID – Nearly 100,000 hectares of land have been burned by wildfires across Spain so far this year, more than…
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Turkey battles wildfire in northwest for second day after evacuations
Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Turkey on Tuesday, with a large blaze in the northwestern province of Canakkale burning for…
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Spain Faces Severe Wildfires, Forcing Evacuations from Villages to UNESCO Sites
MADRID – Spain has been grappling with large wildfires in one of its most intense summers in recent years, with…
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July 2025 Ranks as Third-Warmest Globally, Copernicus Data Shows
READING – July 2025 was the third-warmest July on record globally, according to data released Thursday by the European Union’s…
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Talks resume in Geneva on treaty to curb plastics pollution
Hopes for a “last-chance” ambitious global treaty to curb plastic pollution have dimmed as delegates gather this week at the…
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Storm kills six in Thailand
Floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Wipha since last month have killed six people and affected more than 230,000…
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Greece battles wildfires across country, evacuates villages
Firefighters were battling wildfires near Athens and across Greece on Saturday as the Mediterranean country sweltered under the third heatwave…
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Damage mounts in South Korea as torrential rains enter fourth day
Torrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their…
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Algeria Launches Local Branch of Clim-Gov2 Project to Strengthen Climate Adaptation
ALGIERS – The Algerian Ministry of Environment and Life Quality launched on Tuesday, in Algiers, the local branch of the…
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EU wants to see China taking more ambitious climate action
The world needs China to show more leadership on climate action, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said on Sunday, highlighting…
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