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US says emergency teams ready for Hurricane Melissa
Oct 29, 2025 (AFP)
"The United States is in close contact with the governments of Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic and The Bahamas as they confront the devastating impacts of Hu...
Regional Spanish leader under fire year after deadly floods
Oct 29, 2025 (AFP)
The eastern region bordering the Mediterranean had woken up under the highest red alert for torrential rain on October 29 last year. But for five hours, the con...
Sinking Indian megacities pose 'alarming' building damage risks
Oct 29, 2025 (SPX)
Groundwater overuse is a critical driver of the problem, said Susanna Werth, assistant professor of geosciences who co-authored the paper published Oct. 28 in N...
Climate change won't end civilization, says Bill Gates
Oct 28, 2025 (AFP)
The missive was seen as a pivot by the 70-year-old Microsoft co-founder, a major backer of green technologies through his Breakthrough Energy organization, and ...
California to deploy national guard to help food banks
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers across the country are not being paid as Democrats and Republicans in Washington squabble over the national budget, lea...
US climate-disaster database reveals record losses; Norway to enlist AI to manage economic risks
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters tracker, long maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), chronicled major US cat...
U.N. high court says Israel must allow UNRWA aid to Gaza; Israel balks
Oct 22, 2025 (UPI)
The opinion by the United Nations' highest court is non-binding but has moral and diplomatic weight. It also said that Israel has not proven its allegations tha...
Mexican national Guard aids towns isolated by flood that killed 70
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The military-run organization carried out several flights from Pachuca, the capital of Hidalgo, to various disconnected areas, including Tianguistengo and Xalac...
Divine deterrence could support modern sustainability goals
Oct 16, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers from Doshisha University and collaborating institutions applied evolutionary game theory to investigate how belief in supernatural punishment affect...
300 airlifted out of villages in Alaska after typhoon, floods
Oct 16, 2025 (UPI)
The Alaska National Guard called it the largest airlift in the state's recent history. Typhoon Halong brought extreme winds -- some over 100 mph -- that overtur...
Unexploded bombs pose 'enormous' risks in Gaza, NGO warns
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
"The risks are enormous -- an estimated 70,000 tons of explosives have been dropped on Gaza" since the start of the war, said Anne-Claire Yaeesh, the organisati...
Survivors in flood-hit Mexico need food, fear more landslides
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
Gonzalez, 44, lives in San Bartolo Tutotepec, a municipality in Hidalgo, one of three states in central and eastern Mexico worst-hit by several days of rains th...
Turkish military ready to take part in any Gaza mission: defence ministry source
Oct 10, 2025 (AFP)
Turkey, which has been closely involved in the negotiations, had sent a team to the talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh. "Our Turkish Armed For...
Lebanon, Syria commit to new path for strong partnership
Oct 10, 2025 (UPI)
This marks an attempt to move away from decades of tense ties, characterized by political domination and military interference, toward building a strong politic...
Landslide kills at least 15 bus passengers in northern India
Oct 07, 2025 (AFP)
The rescue workers and local villagers at the accident site were digging for survivors from under heavy boulders and mounds of earth. The incident happened at n...
Rescuers scramble to deliver aid after deadly Nepal, India floods
Oct 06, 2025 (AFP)
The downpours, which began on October 3, have now eased, but rescue teams are still struggling to reach several cut-off areas with roads blocked and bridges was...
Israel intercepts 13 vessels of humanitarian flotilla heading for Gaza
Oct 01, 2025 (UPI)
Among the roughly 200 activists from dozens of countries on the intercepted boats was Greta Thunberg, who the Israeli Ministry confirmed was detained, posting v...
NATO drone competition highlightes use of autonomous technology in disaster relief
Sep 30, 2025 (SPX)
The competition, the second of a three-part international series that kicked off last summer in London in 2024, took place on the Huntsville UAS and Counter-UAS...
Trump sued over plans to deploy National Guard to Portland
Sep 29, 2025 (UPI)
The lawsuit was filed Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Portland Division, making it the latest litigation challenging President Don...
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
Sep 26, 2025 (AFP)
"I was born here, my father was born here, my grandfather was born here," sighed the 58-year-old government employee. "But we don't have any choice, we have to ...
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