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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Environment
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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‘Oppressive’ heat wave scorches US west and south
LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2023 (AFP) - Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were…
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Dangerous heatwaves strike globe as wildfires rage
ROME, July 16, 2023 (AFP) - Scorching weather gripped three continents on Sunday, whipping up wildfires and threatening to topple…
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Iraq’s marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them
By Guillaume DECAMME CHIBAYISH, Iraq, July 13, 2023 (AFP) - Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already…
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In Brazil, stargazers escape cities in search of ‘astro-tourism’
By Eugenia LOGIURATTO SANTA MARIA MADALENA, Brazil, July 12, 2023 (AFP) - Awestruck by the oranges and blues of the…
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