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Too hot: Buttoned-up Tokyo officials ditch suits for 'cool' shorts
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
On a hot, humid day in Tokyo, metropolitan government official Noboru Watanabe overcame embarrassment to come to work in shorts, an unusual choice in a country ...
Spain confirms 12 foreigners among 13 wildfire victims
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Twelve of the 13 victims of a deadly wildfire that swept through Andalusia in southern Spain were foreign nationals, the authorities said on Tuesday after compl...
Dangote's mega oil project threatens fragile Kenyan ecosystem: Greenpeace
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Climate rights group Greenpeace Africa called on Tuesday for a halt to a proposed mega oil refinery project by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Kenya's c...
Wildfires advance in forest south of Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires raging in a forest south of Paris have devoured more land overnight, firefighters said on Tuesday, ahead of France's national day celebrations.
Wildlife rescuers help birds survive Pakistan's hotter summers
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Cradling an Asian koel in his hands, wildlife officer Zaheer Ahmed gently stretched its wings as part of a health checkup to rehabilitate birds hit with dehydra...
Fire ravages historic forest outside Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled wildfires that have ravaged a hugely popular forest outside Paris as another scorching...
Fire ravages historic forest outside Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled wildfires that have ravaged a hugely popular forest outside Paris as another scorching...
Fire ravages popular forest outside Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled to control wildfires that have ravaged a hugely popular forest outside Paris as anothe...
Wildfires that ravaged historic forest outside Paris contained
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters on Tuesday managed to contain two fires that have burned over 2,000 hectares of the historic Fontainebleau forest near Paris ov...
UK climate now hotter, sunnier: weather agency
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
The UK climate is profoundly different compared to typical British weather last century, with constantly rising temperatures and frequent extreme events, the na...
Record-smashing heat wave surges from West to eastern US, Canada
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the Mountain West toward the eastern United States and Canada, placing more than 100 million people under...
NY state pauses new large data center projects in US first
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits...
NY state pauses new large data center projects in US first
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits...
First half of summer Spain's hottest on record: weather agency
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Mainland Spain registered its hottest first half of the summer since records began in 1961, with two heatwaves sending temperatures soaring, national weather ag...
Germany recorded 32 percent spike in deaths in June heatwave
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Deaths in Germany spiked 32 percent during a record heatwave in June compared to levels in the previous four years, official data showed Tuesday.
Fire ravages popular forest outside Paris
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of French firefighters aided by water bombers on Tuesday battled to control wildfires ravaging a hugely popular forest outside Paris as another scorchi...
Spanish PM urges better prevention after deadly wildfire
Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday urged Spain to strengthen its prevention measures after one of the country's deadliest wildfires in recent history killed...
'Almost like gold': water debate rages on Italy's Aeolian Islands
Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)
Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether to build more desalination plants that will also cater to the large num...
Fontainebleau: French forest of kings, painters and hikers
Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)
A massive wildfire near Paris has torched swathes of a forest that has lured admirers for centuries, from royal hunting parties to impressionist painters, rock ...
Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris
Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)
France on Monday battled two fires that scorched over 1,300 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of arson.
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