Environment

About 100 people missing as flash flood tears through town in northern India

DEHRADUN (AFP): A torrent of mud from a flash flood has smashed into a town in India’s Himalayan region, tearing…

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Japan sets record temperature of 41.8C

TOKYO (AFP): Japan logged a new heat record on Tuesday, with the mercury hitting 41.8C, the weather office said, warning…

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Decision time as plastic pollution treaty talks begin

GENEVA (AFP): Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark…

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17 heat records broken in Japan

TOKYO (AFP) : Seventeen heat records were broken in Japan on Monday, the weather agency said, after the country sweltered…

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Small earthquake rattles New Jersey and New York City

NEW YORK (AP): A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area on Saturday night. The US Geological Survey (USGS)…

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Australian towns blanketed with rare snow in wild weather

CANBERRA (Reuters): Several towns in eastern Australia were blanketed with their thickest layer of snow in decades as wild weather…

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Dormant Russia volcano erupts for first time in 450 years

MOSCOW (AFP): A volcano erupted for the first time in 450 years in Russia’s eastern Kamchatka region, the nation’s emergency…

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Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupts again, spews giant ash plumes

JAKARTA (AP): Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight day, sending a…

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New push to reach plastic pollution pact

PARIS (AFP) : Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday…

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Pakistan ranks 4th globally with 167 snow leopards in landmark population survey

F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: In a groundbreaking moment for wildlife conservation, Pakistan has unveiled its first-ever scientific estimate of the snow…

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