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Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday due to ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano, more than 150 kilometr...
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres...
Haze emergency grips Malaysian Borneo town
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Acrid smoke hung heavily over the Malaysian town of Serian, seeping into homes and cloaking roadside stalls, as residents navigated an air?quality emergency fue...
Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Sep 06, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres...
How haze from Indonesian fires impacts Southeast Asia
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago for weeks battles to contain fires that have burned large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra.
Tens of thousands of Croatians protest over hazardous waste
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Zagreb on Saturday seeking immediate cleanup of thousands of tonnes of illegally dumped hazardous waste in one of Croatia...
How haze from Indonesian fires impacts Southeast Asia
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Thick smog has blanketed parts of Indonesia as the vast archipelago for weeks battles to contain fires that have burned large swathes of Borneo and Sumatra.
Indonesia conducts water bombing to contain wildfires near future capital
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities carried out a water bombing operation on Saturday to prevent wildfires from spreading in the future capital city Nusantara, a city offici...
Indonesia rescues second orangutan mother and baby from wildfire
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
An orangutan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a state...
Deadly attack and drought emergency underline S.Sudan challenges
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
A deadly attack on a military base in South Sudan, combined with the declaration of an "unprecedented" drought emergency, have underlined the challenges facing ...
France unveils 1 bn euro farm aid package after climate-hit summer
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
France on Friday announced more than one billion euros in emergency support for farmers after an unprecedented summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought, but a...
Hawaii braces for possible brush from Hurricane Lowell
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Hawaii is preparing for impacts from Hurricane Lowell, which could brush by the state's westernmost islands from Monday evening, even as its exact path remains ...
Spain equalled September heat record Thursday at 45.7C: weather agency
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Spain registered its joint-highest temperature for September on record with 45.7C measured in a southwestern town as exceptional heat hits the country, weather ...
Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares over summer
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to off...
UK to approve new North Sea drilling: British media
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Britain's government is set to allow development of a controversial new gas field off its coast in the North Sea, local media reported Friday.
Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Nino
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal on Friday began reducing the number of ships passing through due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Reform UK officials resign over new donations scandal
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Two senior officials resigned from Nigel Farage's hard-right Reform UK on Friday as the scandal-hit party was reported to the police over fresh allegations it f...
Guinea buries 36 victims of Conakry landfill collapse
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Guinea held a mass funeral attended by thousands on Friday for the 36 people killed in a landfill collapse in a suburb of the capital last month following heavy...
Trump again seeks to remove protections for wolves
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday pushed to drop endangered species protections for wolves, outraging conservationists who said the move would j...
Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Malaysia declared an emergency in a region of its Sarawak state on Borneo island after hazardous haze from fires in neighbouring Indonesia drove air pollution t...
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