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Bulgaria sends troops to tackle migrant influx from Turkey
Nov 01, 2021 (AFP)
"Soldiers arrived at the Bulgarian-Turkish border since today to back up the border police," Georgi Panayotov told the private bTV channel. The 350 troops deplo...
Ecuador suspends mountain-climbing after deadly avalanche
Oct 30, 2021 (AFP)
Climbers will not be able to access the snow-capped peaks of Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Illiniza Sur, Antisana and Chimborazo for at least a week, the Environment Minis...
'Superhumans': the acclaimed author refusing to forget refugees
Oct 29, 2021 (AFP)
Thuy -- who escaped Saigon as a 10-year-old in the aftermath of the Vietnam War -- predicted that the world's attention would soon drift from crises such as Afg...
Smoke bombs, floods and virus fears as Glasgow readies for COP26
Oct 29, 2021 (AFP)
The clouds of white smoke were symbolically aimed at the heads of state beginning to arrive in Scotland's biggest city for COP26, the United Nations climate cha...
UN calls for more climate adaptation cash from COP26
Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)
Climate adaptation means adjusting to the current effects of climate change and preparing for its predicted impacts in future. The approach is crucial in develo...
Bangladesh's shanty towns for climate refugees
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
Experts say that this impoverished delta nation of 170 million people is set for the biggest displacement in human history -- due to climate change. "I remember...
A first for search and rescue from space
Oct 18, 2021 (ESA)
ESA's OPS-SAT Space Lab recently demonstrated that by processing data from these beacons in space, instead of on Earth as currently happens, the whole process c...
Fires, floods, flying insects: 10 recent climate-fuelled disasters
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
Here are some of the most devastating climate-fuelled disasters from the past two years: - Mediterranean on fire - Greece's worst heatwave in decades fuelled de...
U.S. Navy, Lebanese military to improve construction, humanitarian capabilities
Sep 21, 2021 (UPI)
As part of the mission, Central Partnership Station, the U.S. Navy and Lebanese armed forces will exchange subject matter experts on topics including mine count...
Mexico's suit against US gunmakers edges ahead
Sep 20, 2021 (AFP)
Last week, the Massachusetts court approved the calendar proposed by the relevant parties. "The defendant companies will have until November 22, 2021 to present...
Plea for Haiti aid amid political crisis, quake clean-up
Sep 18, 2021 (AFP)
On August 14, more than 2,200 people were killed in a 7.2-magnitude quake devastated the southwestern part of the country, which is also in the throes of a year...
Researchers determine optimal method to soothe crying baby
Sep 13, 2021 (UPI)
The findings were published Tuesday in the journal Current Biology, and found parents who pick up their crying baby, gently walk around with them for 5 minutes,...
Climate change could force 216 million from their homes: World Bank
Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)
The estimate from the Washington-based development lender released Monday updates a 2018 report with new figures from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Afr...
UN nuclear watchdog launches review of Fukushima water release
Sep 09, 2021 (AFP)
During its inspection, the International Atomic Energy Agency will consult experts including from China and South Korea, which have reacted angrily to the relea...
Biden warns of climate change 'code red' in visit to storm damage
Sep 07, 2021 (AFP)
"We've got to listen to the scientists and the economists and the national security experts. They all tell us this is code red," Biden said in the hard-hit New ...
Climate change fuelling surge in property insurance: Swiss Re
Sep 06, 2021 (AFP)
More frequent and stronger weather events, rising seas and wildfires driven by man-made changes to the world's climate will see demand for insurance protection ...
Haiti racing to rebuild schools destroyed in earthquake
Sep 05, 2021 (AFP)
It is a logistical and humanitarian challenge in the disaster-prone country -- the poorest in the Americas -- one that never fully recovered from the huge quake...
Merkel defends would-be successor on flood zone tour
Sep 05, 2021 (AFP)
Armin Laschet, the head of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), was long the favourite to replace her as chancellor after elections on September 26, but his rati...
Belgium creates garbage highway for flood victims' waste
Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)
The makeshift dump -- comprising 90,000 tonnes of domestic debris stretching for eight kilometres (five miles) down the closed A601 motorway north of the city o...
Hopes for historic United Nations Resolution to stamp out witchcraft atrocities
Sep 02, 2021 (SPX)
Passed without a vote, the Resolution, which has been several years in the making, was tabled this month at the UN Human Rights Council by Kenya, with the suppo...
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