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Storm Bora floods homes, streets in Greek island of Rhodes
ATHENS - Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing...
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Cyclone Fengal kills 19 in India and Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI - Cyclone Fengal killed at least 19 people in India and Sri Lanka and caused flooding in Tamil Nadu state and the Puducherry...
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Exclusive-UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation
RIYADH - Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 trillion in investment by the end of...
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Divisions on curbing plastic waste persist as UN treaty talks begin
BUSAN/BAKU - As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an...
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Analysis-Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges
BAKU - When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday morning,...
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Explainer-COP29 - How does $300 billion stack up?
BAKU - Countries agreed at the U.N.'s COP29 climate conference to spend $300 billion on annual climate finance. Here are some ways of...
Nov 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan - This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense...
Nov 24, 20243 min read
COP29 climate finance deal clinched, what are countries saying?
BAKU - Countries agreed to a hard-fought COP29 deal to provide $300 billion in annual climate finance by 2035. But while some delegates...
Nov 24, 20243 min read
Atmospheric river pounds Northwest US, killing 2 and knocking out power across three states
A powerful storm clobbered Washington state on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people while disrupting road...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Climate finance talks face 'hardest' stage as COP29 nears end-game
BAKU - Countries at the COP29 climate summit were warned on Wednesday that the "hardest part" was about to start in talks over how much...
Nov 21, 20243 min read
Japanese manicurist takes on plastic pollution, one nail at a time
CHIGASAKI, Japan - Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Chile's rare salt flat fish faces threat from lithium mining project
ASCOTAN SALT FLAT, Chile - At more than 3,700 meters (12,000 feet) above sea level, the "karachi" swims happily in dense salt flat...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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