Environment
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Japan’s Worst Wildfire in Half a Century Spreads
As of Tuesday morning, the wildfire had engulfed around 2,600 hectares (6,400 acres), the fire and disaster management agency said — over seven times the area of New York’s Central Park.
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Hanging graves: How sand miners degraded Usoma village in Kisumu
Interestingly, the people who led the illegal sand harvesting were mr Osir’s family members, particularly his sons
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Mamlaka ya hali ya hewa Tanzania yatangaza uwepo wa kimbunga Dikeledi
Kwa sasa, kimbunga hicho hakiashirii uwezekano wa kusababisha athari za moja kwa moja hapa nchini. Hata hivyo, kutokana na ukaribu wa maeneo ambayo kimbunga “DIKELEDI” kipo sambamba na maeneo ya kusini mwa nchi yetu, upo…
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Whole Streets Burn as Fires Rage Around Los Angeles
Up to 1,500 buildings have burned in fires that have broken out around America’s second biggest city, forcing over 100,000 people from their homes.
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Kenya investigating fallen space debris
It said the object was not a threat to public safety, and praised the villagers nearby who had swiftly alerted authorities.
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Red Cross Fears More Than 200 Volunteers Missing in France’s Cyclone-Hit Mayotte
According to the latest official toll, 21 people are confirmed to have been killed by Cyclone Chido when it barrelled into the island and its surrounding archipelago at the weekend.
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Bosnia Hits Hottest Year on Record in 2024
The average temperature in the southern city of Mostar would be about 17.5-17.6 Celsius, some 0.7-0.8 degrees above 2023, while in Sarajevo the average would be 12.9-13.0 Celsius, about one degree above the 2023 figure,…
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Scientists Struggle to Explain Record Surge in Global Heat
Scientists are unanimous that burning fossil fuels has largely driven long-term global warming, and that natural climate variability can also influence temperatures one year to the next.
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Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido
A senior official said Sunday that the death toll from cyclone Chido’s passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as France rushed in rescue workers and supplies.








