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COP29: Climate disaster fund for poor countries 'ready'
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
"The fund for responding to loss and damage is ready to disburse funding," said executive director Ibrahima Cheikh Diong of Senegal as it was officially signed ...
Climate crisis worsening already 'hellish' refugee situation: UN
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
With international climate talks under way in Baku, the UN refugee agency highlighted how soaring global temperatures and extreme weather events are impacting d...
Spain PM says flood disaster debate must follow recovery
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
His government also announced a fresh aid package worth almost 3.8 billion euros as Spain counts the cost of the October 29 disaster that has killed 222 people....
Cuba says arrests made over hurricane blackout protests; 2 quakes jolt island
Nov 10, 2024 (AFP)
Street protests are very rare in communist-run Cuba. The prosecutor's office said those arrested in Havana and the central provinces of Mayabeque and Ciego de A...
Tens of thousands protest in Spain over handling of deadly floods
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
Thousands also marched in other Spanish cities, but the Valencia regional authorities put the turnout in the regional capital at 130,000. Some protesters shoute...
Reeking mud sparks health fears in Spain flood epicentre as grim search moves to coast
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
"That's the rotten meat," said Toni Marco, pointing to a destroyed supermarket in the devastated town of Sedavi from which a disgusting odour wafted when AFP vi...
Fukushima trial nuclear debris removal complete
Nov 07, 2024 (AFP)
Extracting the estimated 880 tons of highly radioactive fuel and debris from Fukushima remains the most challenging part of the decades-long decommissioning pro...
Online disinformation exacerbates Spain flood disaster
Nov 07, 2024 (AFP)
The European nation's worst floods in a generation have killed more than 210 people, left dozens missing and submerged entire towns in mud, particularly in the ...
Having weathered Trump's first term, UN braces for more turmoil
Nov 06, 2024 (AFP)
"Cooperation between the United States and the United Nations is an essential pillar of international relations," Guterres said in a statement that congratulate...
Spain's young flood helpers smash 'snowflake' stereotype
Nov 06, 2024 (AFP)
"Hundreds, perhaps thousands have come, they have conducted themselves magnificently," said Noelia Saez, a 48-year-old from the devastated town of Catarroja. Th...
Spain unveils $11 bn aid plan after catastrophic floods
Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)
The exceptional Mediterranean storm that lashed eastern Spain a week ago triggered surging torrents of muddy water that have left a trail of destruction. Region...
French court jails 18 members of Channel people smuggling gang
Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)
The investigation found that this particular network, between 2020 and 2022, had great control over migrant crossings from France to England, which have cost do...
Radiation level of robot-retrieved Fukushima debris tested
Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)
Plant operator TEPCO said over the weekend that it had succeeded in bringing a small amount of debris outside the containment vessel surrounding a reactor -- us...
'Incalculable' bill awaits Spain after historic floods
Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)
Last week's catastrophe that killed more than 210 people nationwide gutted buildings, swept away cars, inundated fields, and wrecked transport and power infrast...
Flood mishandling fuels fury at Spain royals, PM: experts
Nov 04, 2024 (AFP)
In images seen around the world, furious crowds in the ravaged eastern town of Paiporta on Sunday hurled objects and insults at visiting King Felipe VI, Queen L...
Smart-Connect advances space tech for disaster response solutions
Nov 03, 2024 (SPX)
To address this, the European Space Agency (ESA) has initiated the Smart-Connect project under the Civil Security from Space programme. This initiative aims to ...
Crowds hurl mud at Spanish king on visit to flood disaster town
Nov 03, 2024 (AFP)
More heavy rain fell on the Valencia region after King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were forced to leave Paiporta where more than 7...
Spain sends thousands more troops to flood zone
Nov 02, 2024 (AFP)
Hopes of finding survivors ebbed four days after torrents of muddy water wrecked towns and infrastructure in the European country's worst such disaster in decad...
Spain flooding 'catastrophe' should serve as a warning, EU says at nature summit
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
European Commission envoy Florika Fink-Hooijer said the "catastrophe" in Spain's Valencia region earlier this week highlighted the link between biodiversity los...
S. Africa, Vatican, Qatar to mediate return of Ukrainian children from Russia
Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)
The "Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of Ukraine's Peace Formula" brought together representatives from 70 countries. "Children, civilians and pris...
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