ENVIRONMENT

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Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens, threatening Gulf coast of US
Jul 21, 2026 (AFP)
Tropical Storm Bertha -- the second named storm of the Atlantic season -- strengthened Tuesday, threatening states from Florida to Louisiana, the National Hurri...
France reintroduces 'bee-harming pesticides', environment minister to quit
Jul 21, 2026 (AFP)
France on Tuesday backed a controversial bill reintroducing two pesticides critics say harm bees, as the environment minister said she would resign.
EU pushes to pause methane fines after pressure
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union on Monday told member states to hold off imposing fines on oil and gas firms over planet-warming methane emissions for three years, after pre...
Three-day heatwave arrives in Greece
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
Temperatures in several areas in Greece on Monday exceeded 40 degrees Celsius for the first time this year, with the country experiencing its first heatwave.
Chile declares state of emergency over deadly rainfall
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
Heavy rainfall in Chile has killed five people and destroyed or severely damaged over 1,000 homes, pushing the government to declare a state of emergency on Mon...
Search for 14 missing as severe heat kills five Afghan migrants
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
Authorities in southwestern Afghanistan were searching on Monday for 14 people missing in the desert after five other migrants trying to reach neighbouring Iran...
Three arrested over N.Macedonia water supply-linked mass poisoning
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
Three people were arrested Monday over a mass poisoning in North Macedonia, allegedly caused by contaminated river water entering a town's drinking supply amid ...
Canada faces one of its most intense fire seasons
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
With nearly 1,000 active fires and an area as large as Belgium already burned, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country is facing one of the "most i...
20 killed, 100 missing in Afghanistan flooding
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 remain missing in flooding that hit Afghanistan's Nuristan province on Monday, officials said.
More than 100 missing as deadly flooding hits Afghanistan
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
More than 100 people are missing after deadly flooding hit Afghanistan's Nuristan province on Monday, disaster officials and the governor's office said.
105 missing as flood hits Afghan town: governor's office
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
More than 100 people are missing and nine bodies recovered after a major flood hit the capital of Afghanistan's Nuristan province on Monday, the governor's offi...
Hundreds evacuated from major new Spanish wildfire
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
More than 1,200 people have fled a major new wildfire raging north of Madrid on Monday that has been burning through a mountainous area dotted with tiny village...
Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate data
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train artificial intelli...
Trump speaks to Canada PM at World Cup after wildfire threats
Jul 20, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump said he held talks Sunday at the World Cup final with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and called for damages over wildfires that have...
Bad Bunny concert in Milan cancelled due to hailstorm
Jul 19, 2026 (AFP)
An open-air concert by Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny in Milan on Saturday night was cancelled due to a violent hailstorm but the organiser said tickets woul...
Fire forces evactuations in south France town
Jul 19, 2026 (AFP)
A fast-moving wildfire in southern France forced the evacuation of dozens of homes on Sunday as more than 600 firefighters and a fleet of water-bombing aircraft...
Floating igloo leaves France for polar exploration mission
Jul 19, 2026 (AFP)
A floating research station resembling a giant aluminium igloo on Sunday set out from France to begin a long-term mission in the Arctic that will see it drift w...
Wildfire scorches 12,000 hectares north of Madrid: Spanish authorities
Jul 19, 2026 (AFP)
A wildfire raging 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Madrid has spread, burning more than 12,000 hectares and forcing several hundred people to evacuate, local ...
Hundreds evacuated as wildfire scorches 13,000 hectares in Spain
Jul 19, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters were battling a wildfire north of Madrid on Sunday that has burned around 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) of land and forced some 700 residents to e...
N. Macedonia probes water supply after mass poisoning
Jul 19, 2026 (AFP)
Health officials in North Macedonia declared an epidemic in a region near Skopje Sunday after hundreds of people were treated for poisoning, with suspicions foc...
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