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Natural disaster costs hit 23-year high in France: insurers
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
"It was an annus horribilis," France Assureurs president Florence Lustman told Europe 1 radio, citing the hailstorms, floods and droughts that hit the country l...
8 dead, including 6 Chinese nationals, after ship sinks near Japan
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
The Jin Tian, carrying crew from China and Myanmar, sent a distress signal on Tuesday evening from a position around 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of the remot...
Saving Earth-based explorers and enabling exploration
Jan 24, 2023 (SPX)
The international search and rescue effort enables hikers, boaters, pilots, and other explorers to activate location beacons should they become distressed or lo...
Arizona dismantles shipping container wall on US-Mexico border
Jan 21, 2023 (AFP)
Republican Doug Ducey ordered the huge line of shipping containers to be placed at the frontier between the United States and Mexico, during the final months of...
Ukrainian deminers learn from decades of Cambodian experience
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
Cambodia is among the most heavily mined countries in the world, following 30 years of civil war which ended in 1998, with clearance work continuing to this day...
Drought, fire, flood: natural disasters test California town
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
Even for a state almost perpetually suffering from drought, the parade of biblical disasters is too much to bear. "When I heard the news, my heart just dropped;...
Ukraine centre stage as Davos returns
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
Military planes, troops and police have been deployed to guard the exclusive mountain resort as government leaders, CEOs, activists and celebrities gathered for...
California looks to drier times as Biden declares disaster to speed aid
Jan 15, 2023 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden late Saturday declared a major disaster in California, allowing the federal government to expedite aid -- including help with temporary h...
Japan to start releasing treated water from Fukushima this year
Jan 13, 2023 (AFP)
The plan has been endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but the government will wait for "a comprehensive report" by the UN watchdog before...
Supreme Court allows NY 'sensitive location' gun bans for the moment
Jan 11, 2023 (AFP)
Almost seven months after the high court's landmark ruling overturning New York City's highly restrictive gun carry rule, the justices rejected a petition to fr...
NATO, EU look to protect critical infrastructure
Jan 11, 2023 (AFP)
The move comes after a sabotage attack on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines last year and as the two organisations seek to bolster cooperation in the wak...
NOAA: U.S. weathered 18 billion-dollar disasters in 2022
Jan 10, 2023 (UPI)
The 18 disasters are tied for third-most in a year, behind only 2021 and 2020. The total damages for the 18 events reached about $165 billion, with Hurricane Ia...
Over $9 bn raised for Pakistan flood recovery
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
Pakistan is still reeling from the unprecedented deluge that submerged huge swathes and killed more than 1,700 people, while over 33 million others suffered its...
Pakistan seeks billions for flood recovery, climate resilience
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
To meet the huge needs, Pakistan and the United Nations will co-host an international conference in Geneva, urging countries, organisations and businesses to st...
Pakistan flood recovery needs 'massive' investment: UN
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
"No country deserves to endure what happened to Pakistan," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an international conference in Geneva. The unprecedented m...
Pakistan asks IMF for restructuring 'pause'
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
Shehbaz Sharif said he was trying to persuade the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to give Islamabad some breathing space as it tackles the "nightmarish" situa...
Brazil patrols government buildings retaken from rioting Bolsonaro supporters
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
In stunning scenes reminiscent of the January 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol building by supporters of then-president Donald Trump, backers of Bolsonaro bro...
Migrants, drugs on agenda as Biden heads to Mexico
Jan 08, 2023 (AFP)
Aiming to tame criticism over what he has called a "broken" immigration system, Biden will stop off in the southern US state of Texas for his first trip to a bo...
19 killed, 20 injured in road accident in eastern China: state media
Jan 08, 2023 (AFP)
The "major road traffic accident" took place just before 1:00 am (1700 GMT) in Nanchang County, state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing local authorities. "The ...
Pakistan risks 'extraordinary misery' without flood recovery help: UN
Jan 08, 2023 (AFP)
Pakistan is still reeling from the unprecedented monsoon floods unleashed last August which killed more than 1,700 people and affected some 33 million others. T...
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