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4.4 million Somalis face severe hunger: disaster agency
Aug 14, 2025 (AFP)
More than four million people in Somalia face "acute food insecurity", while over 100,000 have been displaced by conflict since June, its disaster authorities s...
Swiss Re profit jumps despite Los Angeles fires
Aug 14, 2025 (AFP)
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re reported Thursday a sharp jump in net profit for the first half of the year despite the costly wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles. Th...
Italy's defence minister says Israel has 'lost humanity' on Gaza
Aug 11, 2025 (AFP)
"What is happening is unacceptable. We are not facing a military operation with collateral damage, but the pure denial of the law and the founding values of our...
U.N. Security Council condemns Gaza war plans, 'inadequate' aid
Aug 10, 2025 (UPI)
The Sunday meeting of the U.N. Security Council was called for by Britain, Denmark, France, Greece and Slovenia. It did not place a resolution on the table, a m...
Portuguese navy boosts patrols after rare migrant landing
Aug 09, 2025 (AFP)
The wooden boat, carrying 38 people, landed Friday evening near the town of Vila do Bispo in Portugal's southernmost Algarve province at around 8 p.m. (1900 GMT...
US establishing migrant detention center at base near border
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump has made combating illegal migration a central part of his second term, and declared an emergency at the southern US border on his first ...
Natural disasters caused $135 bn in economic losses in first half of 2025: Swiss Re
Aug 06, 2025 (AFP)
Swiss Re, which serves as an insurer of insurance companies, said first half losses were up from the $123 billion in the first half of 2024. The Zurich-based re...
Dire water shortages compound hunger and displacement in Gaza
Aug 04, 2025 (AFP)
Gaza was already suffering a water crisis before nearly 22 months of war between Israel and Hamas damaged more than 80 percent of the territory's water infrastr...
France says it cannot save contraceptives US plans to destroy
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
The contraceptives were purchased by the US foreign aid agency USAID under former president Joe Biden to be provided to women in some of the world's poorest cou...
Landslide-prone Nepal tests AI-powered warning system
Aug 01, 2025 (AFP)
Tamang contributes to an AI-powered early warning system that uses rainfall and ground movement data, local observations and satellite imagery to predict landsl...
DefendEye adds Starlink Mini to tube drone system for real time global search ops
Aug 01, 2025 (SPX)
This upgrade positions DefendEye's system as a powerful tool for search-and-rescue, law enforcement and defense missions in remote or disconnected environments....
Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rain kill dozens
Jul 31, 2025 (AFP)
Swathes of northern China endured deadly rains and floods since last week that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands. The capital's rural suburbs were hard...
Peru's president rejects court order on police amnesty
Jul 31, 2025 (AFP)
The law, passed by Congress and awaiting the signature of President Dina Boluarte, benefits uniformed personnel accused or convicted of crimes committed during ...
Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rains kill dozens
Jul 31, 2025 (AFP)
Parts of northern China endured deadly rains and floods since last week that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands. The capital's rural suburbs were hardes...
Gaza seen from above: debris and darkness
Jul 30, 2025 (AFP)
Compared to the five months preceding the conflict, satellite images between January and May this year show a territory plunged into darkness. From above, the n...
Fukushima nuclear plant clean-up faces another delay
Jul 29, 2025 (UPI)
TEPCO's announcement is the latest setback in cleaning up and decommissioning the nuclear power plant that was catastrophically damaged following an earthquake ...
Fukushima radioactive debris removal delayed until 2037
Jul 29, 2025 (AFP)
Around 880 tonnes of hazardous material remain inside the power station, site of one of history's worst nuclear accidents after a tsunami triggered by a 9.0-mag...
'Once in a hundred years': villagers clean up after deadly China floods
Jul 29, 2025 (AFP)
Swathes of the country have been hit by torrential downpours and flooding, killing over 30 people and forcing tens of thousands to be evacuated. On the outskirt...
Philippine flooding centre stage at Marcos state of nation speech
Jul 28, 2025 (AFP)
Addressing a joint session of Congress after days of rain that left at least 31 dead, Marcos repeated his recent warning that the nation faced a climate change-...
Israel announces 'tactical pause' in Gaza to allow aid to starving
Jul 27, 2025 (UPI)
The Israel Defense Forces said it would implement "humanitarian corridors" for safe movement of United Nations aid trucks and "humanitarian pauses." The pause w...
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