Croatia targets latest climate-change threat: mosquitoes
By Lajla VESELICA ZAGREB, July 20, 2023 (AFP) - Hordes of buzzing but sterile mosquitoes are being let loose in…
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Lebanese activists fight rampant beachside development
By Jonathan Sawaya AMCHÎT, Lebanon, July 20, 2023 (AFP) - In a pristine patch of Lebanon's north coast, a rare…
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Heat-struck Mediterranean is climate change ‘hot spot’
PARIS, July 20, 2023 (AFP) - Struck by near-record temperatures and wildfires during this week's heatwave, the Mediterranean region is…
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Millions hit by extreme heat on three continents
By Yannick PASQUET ATHENS (AFP) - Millions suffered through intense heat Wednesday as fires raged, health worries mounted and the…
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Meta challenges OpenAI and Google with open-source AI
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook owner Meta on Tuesday released a new and free-of-charge version of its artificial…
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Extreme heat scorches Europe
ROME, July 18, 2023 (AFP) - Swathes of Europe baked Tuesday in a heatwave trailed by wildfires and health warnings,…
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World must prepare for more intense heatwaves: UN
GENEVA, July 18, 2023 (AFP) - The world should get ready to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned…
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Record highs scorch the globe as Europe prepares for heatwave peak
By Gael Branchereau, with Marina Rafenberg in Athens ROME, July 18, 2023 (AFP) - More temperature records were expected to…
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Canada’s Magdalen islands have ‘front row’ seat to climate change
CAP-AUX-MEULES, Canada, July 17, 2023 (AFP) - In the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, on the small Magdalen islands, foot paths…
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Scorching heatwave threatens to break top temperatures
By Gael BRANCHEREAU Agence France-Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Scorching heat across the Northern Hemisphere threatened to break records and…
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