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Children in war-scarred Yemen line up for water, not school
Jun 17, 2023 (AFP)
He and his three siblings walk at least a mile (1.6 kilometres) and wait, sometimes for hours, hoping to fill their jerry cans and make it back in time for scho...
United States affirms cooperation with Japan, Philippines in Tokyo
Jun 16, 2023 (UPI)
Japan's National Security Advisor Akiba Takeo, and Philippines National Security Advisor Eduardo Año joined Sullivan to address a wide range of growing securit...
We've pumped so much groundwater that we've nudged the Earth's spin
Jun 16, 2023 (SPX)
Based on climate models, scientists previously estimated humans pumped 2,150 gigatons of groundwater, equivalent to more than 6 millimeters (0.24 inches) of sea...
Mexico says mass bird die-off 'most probably' due to Pacific warming
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
Mexico's agriculture and environment ministries "excluded the presence" of the AH5N1 virus responsible for bird flu and determined that the birds had starved to...
'There is nothing for me': Vietnam drought dries up income
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
After a series of heatwaves, including a record high in May, and an unprecedented drought, rivers and reservoirs in northern Vietnam are running dry, pulling lo...
This salty gel could harvest water from desert air
Jun 16, 2023 (SPX)
As the material absorbs water vapor, it can swell to make room for more moisture. Even in very dry conditions, with 30 percent relative humidity, the material c...
Record UK drinking water demand sparks water use restrictions
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
A temporary ban for people living in the southern Kent and Sussex areas will come into force on June 26 as forecasters predict the summer will see little rainfa...
UN to adopt high seas treaty Monday
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
"It's a historic moment," Minna Epps, ocean team director of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, told AFP. But "it's appalling that it took ...
US wins 'unimpeded' access to Papua New Guinea military bases
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
The full text of the deal was tabled in Papua New Guinea's parliament on Wednesday evening and obtained by AFP, shedding light on details that have been closely...
Space exploration company brings high-tech laser lab to the ocean floor
Jun 15, 2023 (SPX)
InVADER Mission, which is still on-going, stands for In situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research and aims to advance technologies originally developed...
US military wins 'unimpeded' access to Papua New Guinea bases
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
The full text of the deal was tabled in Papua New Guinea's parliament on Wednesday evening and obtained by AFP, shedding light on details that have been closely...
Overfishing pushes reef sharks toward extinction: study
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
That matters to humans because the species act as managers of their marine ecosystems, maintaining delicately balanced food webs on which hundreds of millions o...
Space rock holds clues as to how Earth got its water
Jun 14, 2023 (SPX)
Even more intriguing, according to the research team, is the fact that the sample comes from an S-type asteroid, a category known to mostly lack hydrated, or wa...
Dam flood death roll rises to 10, with 41 missing: Kyiv
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
The Russian-controlled Kakhovka dam along the front line in the Kherson region was destroyed on June 6, forcing thousands to flee and sparking fears of humanita...
Zelensky: ICC investigating dam attack
Jun 12, 2023 (UPI)
According to Ukraine's ministry of Internal Affairs, at least 46 towns and villages remained flooded Sunday, nearly a week after the Kakhovka Hydro Electric Pow...
Drought hits Bishkek, where taps are running dry
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
At the laundrette where she works, she is unable to serve customers who come in with piles of dirty clothes. "I'm a laundress but I can only run three washing m...
Large fish kill washes up on shore of Texas Gulf Coast
Jun 11, 2023 (UPI)
Beaches have started to clear Sunday after two days of fish washing ashore. The number of fish believed to have been cleaned up is reportedly in the tens of tho...
Thirsty Uruguayans launch quest to find underground water
Jun 10, 2023 (AFP)
For the past 10 days, the noisy machinery has added to the urban soundscape. "You always have to have a Plan B," said Valeria Arballo, a geologist supervising t...
Water gradually receding in flooded Ukraine regions: officials
Jun 09, 2023 (AFP)
"Thirty-five settlements remain flooded on the right bank, 3,763 houses are under water, but the water is gradually receding," said Oleksandr Prokudin, head of ...
Flooding over 600 square kilometres after Kakhovka dam breach: Ukraine
Jun 08, 2023 (AFP)
"The average level of flooding is 5.61 metres. 600 square kilometres of the Kherson region are under water, of which 32 percent is the right bank and 68 percent...
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