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Extreme weather misinformation 'putting lives at risk,' study warns
Jul 22, 2025 (AFP)
The report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) -- which analyzed 100 viral posts on each of three leading platforms during recent natural disaste...
US withdrawing 700 Marines from Los Angeles: Pentagon
Jul 21, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump ordered thousands of National Guard and hundreds of Marines into Los Angeles last month in response to protests over federal immigration ...
Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Jul 20, 2025 (AFP)
The region is in an "uncertain moment", facing cuts in official development finance from the West as well as "especially punitive" US trade tariffs, the Sydney-...
Contaminated Fukushima soil delivered to Japan PM office
Jul 19, 2025 (AFP)
Soon after the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, authorities scraped a layer of contaminated soil from swathes of land in Fukushima to reduce radiation l...
Pentagon chief downsizes contentious LA troop deployment
Jul 16, 2025 (AFP)
President Donald Trump ordered thousands of National Guard and hundreds of Marines into Los Angeles last month in response to protests over federal immigration ...
ICEYE satellite data accelerates flood relief in southern Brazil
Jul 14, 2025 (SPX)
Leveraging its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology, ICEYE delivered high-resolution imagery capable of penetrating cloud cover, alongside its Flood Soluti...
Dominican Navy searches for capsized migrant boat; Guatemalan mob lynches 5 in quake-hit town
Jul 13, 2025 (AFP)
The death toll from the Friday capsizing rose to six, Fernando Castillo, provincial director of Dominican Civil Defense, told AFP. The boat was headed for the U...
Trump voices shock at devastating scale of Texas flood damage
Jul 11, 2025 (AFP)
The Republican leader and First Lady Melania Trump were in the Hill Country of central Texas to meet first responders, victims' families and local officials, a ...
Texas floods: Misinformation across political spectrum sows confusion
Jul 08, 2025 (AFP)
The catastrophic floods over the weekend have left more than a 100 people dead, including more than two dozen girls and counselors at a riverside summer camp, w...
Poland reintroduces border controls on Germany, Lithuania
Jul 07, 2025 (UPI)
The Polish Government Security Center said "controls at the border with Germany and Lithuania are being introduced" starting midnight on Sunday and will last un...
Search for woman who texted 'we're being washed away' in Texas flood
Jul 06, 2025 (AFP)
Triggering one of many frantic search efforts, Bandon pleaded for help from a house along the river, according to Louis Deppe, leader of a group of volunteers t...
Pentagon to erect 4th military zone along U.S.-Mexico border
Jul 02, 2025 (UPI)
The fourth National Defense Area will be controlled by the U.S. Navy and encompass approximately 140 miles of federal property along the U.S.-Mexico border near...
Rain caused natural disasters in 83% of Brazil's cities: report
Jul 02, 2025 (AFP)
Rising temperatures lead to increased water vapour in the atmosphere -- about 7 percent per additional degree -- increasing the risk of heavy rainfall in some r...
UN aid meeting seeks end to Global South debt crisis
Jul 01, 2025 (AFP)
"The debt burden is crippling the developing world," UN chief Antonio Guterres told the conference in the Spanish city of Seville that reaffirmed support for li...
Cold baths, climate shelters as Southern Europe heatwave intensifies
Jun 29, 2025 (AFP)
Ambulances stood on standby near tourist hotspots and regions issued fire warnings as experts warned that such heatwaves, intensified by climate change, would b...
Colombia to reject key US extradition requests
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
Eduardo Montealegre said the leftist government's priority would be to bring dissident leaders -- many of whom are deeply involved in the cocaine trade -- to th...
Netanyahu rejects report Israeli troops ordered to fire on Gaza aid-seekers
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
Left-leaning daily Haaretz earlier quoted unnamed soldiers as saying commanders ordered troops to shoot at crowds near aid distribution centres to disperse them...
The mixed fortunes of development aid
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
Here is an overview of the challenges development aid faces, and changes in funding fortunes: - Aid in general is down - Official development assistance is down...
Hegseth orders 3rd border buffer zone along U.S.-Mexico border
Jun 26, 2025 (UPI)
The National Defense Area, announced Wednesday, will cover about 250 miles of the Rio Grande River in Texas' Cameron and Hidalgo Counties. According to a statem...
At least 10 dead in Colombia landslide
Jun 25, 2025 (AFP)
Locals were warned to evacuate the area in the municipality of Bello, which remained vulnerable to landslides, the governor of the Antioquia department Andres J...
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