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German farmers warn of drought toll on grain harvest
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's grain harvest is expected to fall by seven percent this year after months of severe drought and heatwaves, the German Farmers' Association (DBV) said ...
Whales spark joy in New York but face threats from boat traffic
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
"WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!"
US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and...
Firefighters in 'crucial' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters headed into a "crucial" all-night push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds paralysing air support opera...
Firefighters in 'decisive' push to encircle Belgian wildfire
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters were locked in a potentially decisive push Tuesday to encircle Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, despite rainclouds hampering air support op...
Fires near Greek capital controlled after claiming two lives
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Two fires on the Greek island of Salamis near Athens that claimed two lives and led to the evacuation of nearly 600 people have been largely extinguished, the f...
Indian marble waste dump becomes unlikely tourist attraction
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A sprawling expanse of white marble waste in India is drawing tourists, filmmakers and social media enthusiasts to a landscape that looks more like a snow-cover...
Rain brings respite as Belgium wrestles massive wildfire
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanse...
'Never seen one like it': German pensioners flee wildfire
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced fro...
US man killed by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
A US man has died after being struck by lightning on Sicily's Mount Etna volcano, Italian firefighters told AFP Monday.
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it was pausing construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has fac...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters in Belgium battled to contain the country's worst wildfire in a century on Monday, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled...
Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The two largest reservoirs in the United States have fallen to record lows as a severe drought grips the country's West, according to data released over the wee...
Canada announces $50 billion plan to boost clean energy
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Canadian officials announced plans Monday to massively enhance wind and hydropower generation in the eastern part of the country, in a project Ottawa called "th...
Elderly far more at risk from rising heat than thought: study
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelli...
French PM announces help for fire-hit regions after jeers from locals
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Monday announced measures to help residents of the southwest hit by wildfires rebuild their lives, after being jeered...
Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters and farmers backed by water-dropping aircraft battled through a fourth day Monday to tame Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, still burning thro...
US pauses construction of border project in Texas national park
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration said Monday it had paused construction on a $1.7 billion border project at Big Bend National Park in Texas that has face...
Germany's coalition split over putting climate in constitution
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
As much of Europe swelters under a heatwave, a group of German ministers wants to enshrine climate protection in the constitution, a plan that sparked pushback ...
Europe wildfires: latest developments
Aug 17, 2026 (AFP)
Rain fell in Belgium on Monday as the country battles its biggest wildfire in recent history, while Greece said a deadly blaze near Athens had been controlled.
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