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Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Amazon confirmed Friday it is financing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in t...
Etna ash suspends arrivals at Italy's Catania airport
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ashes in a new eruption on Saturday, forcing the suspension of arrivals at a nearby airp...
Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A fire broke out Friday night at a recycling plant near the port of Rotterdam, spewing thick smoke across the area before being brought under control in an all-...
Rugby player in Japan dies of suspected 'severe heatstroke': club
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A Fijian rugby player with a Japanese professional team has died after being taken to hospital with "symptoms consistent with severe heatstroke", Saimoni Vunila...
Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
A tiny greenish, noctural frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in the Costa Rica's central Pacific region, where it also faces risks from...
Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires
Aug 08, 2026 (AFP)
Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have disrupted daily life nationwide, Canada is trying...
US firm takes on backyard mosquitoes -- with 600,000 mosquitoes
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Todd Montgomery pops the lid off a small tube and taps out hundreds of mosquitoes into the backyard of a suburban home outside Washington.
Free as a bird: rescue mission returns rare Serbian eagle
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Feliks, a rare eastern imperial eagle, is again soaring through the skies of his Serbian homeland after being rescued from the clutches of bird smugglers during...
Amazon behind massive private gas plant for new data centers
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Amazon confirmed Friday it is financially backing a massive, private gas power plant in Texas that could become the single largest source of greenhouse gas emis...
South Korea recovers landmines washed from North by floods
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
South Korean authorities have collected 15 landmines believed to have washed over into their coastal territory from the inter-Korean border on monsoon deluges, ...
Indonesia battles Mount Bromo wildfire as El Nino takes root
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities battled Friday to contain a wildfire that has swept through Mount Bromo National Park on Java island, destroying more than 120 hectares a...
Deforestation hits record low in Brazilian Amazon
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last year plunged to its lowest level in a decade, according to official data released Friday, the latest decline under Lu...
Floods in India's northeast kill nearly 100
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Floods in India's northeast have killed nearly 100 people, according to an official toll update on Friday, with villages buried in mud after one of Assam state'...
Food security fears mount as UK farmers battle drought
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Giant dust clouds rose from a green-red combine harvester as it crawled across a parched field, a sign that something was awry with UK farmer John Pawsey's land...
Queuing at dawn as Comoros taps run dry
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Like many residents of the capital of the Comoros, 86-year-old Ben Joma does not bother to turn off the taps at his home.
North Korea touts dog soup and other home-cooked recipes to beat the heat
Aug 07, 2026 (AFP)
Dog meat soup and bubbling ginseng broths are being proffered by North Korea's leadership as home remedies to take the edge off a spell of searing weather.
Fire crews battle wildfires as Balkan heatwave peaks
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters were battling wildfires across the Balkans on Thursday as a sweltering heatwave is expected to peak with temperatures climbing to 40C in some areas...
French winemakers dread 'smoky taste' after wildfires
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Brushing his hand over crackling vine leaves, French winemaker Gregory Guibergia was relieved a wildfire only scorched the edge of his vineyard but he feared it...
Energy firm RWE abandons US offshore wind projects in deal with Trump admin
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
German energy company RWE announced on Thursday that it is abandoning its offshore wind projects in the United States, citing regulatory hurdles, and turning to...
Slovakia hits temperature record for 2nd day running
Aug 06, 2026 (AFP)
Slovakia set an all-time temperature high for the second day running Thursday, recording 42.2C in a southern village, the national weather agency said, as a hea...
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