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Raeisi orders follow-up on relief operations in flood-hit south as eight die
Jan 04, 2022 14:30President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has ordered his energy minister to visit the country’s provinces hardly hit by floods and follow up on the relief operations underway in the affected areas.
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Three missing and feared dead from fierce Colorado wildfire
Jan 02, 2022 12:51Three people are missing and feared dead after a wind-stoked wildfire roared through two towns in Boulder County, Colorado, prompting thousands of evacuations and destroying nearly 1,000 homes, authorities said on Saturday.
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Indonesians flee homes after magnitude 7.3 quake triggers tsunami warnings
Dec 14, 2021 08:25A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday triggering a tsunami warning, the meteorological department said, which sent startled residents out into the streets, but there was no immediate word on any casualties or damage.
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Envoy: US sanctions hamper Iran’s efforts to tackle climate change
Dec 10, 2021 08:10Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN says the United States’ unlawful sanctions against the country have barred Iran’s access to financial resources to tackle climate change, and hampered the Islamic Republic's significant steps to address the worldwide challenge.
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Palestine urges probe into Israel’s burial of radioactive waste in West Bank
Dec 08, 2021 13:27Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the international community to launch an investigation into the issue of the illegal Zionist entity’s burial of nuclear, chemical and solid waste in the West Bank, citing increasing cancer rates in the occupied territory.
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New Delhi residents struggle with worsening pollution
Nov 19, 2021 13:05New Delhi residents on Friday (November 19) struggled with breathing problems as high pollution levels continued in the Indian capital.
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Indian officials impose new lockdown to tackle dangerous levels of air pollution in Delhi
Nov 17, 2021 10:39India stepped up efforts on Wednesday to combat high levels of pollution in New Delhi that threaten the lives of residents and others nearby, ordering a temporary halt to operations of five power stations and longer school closures.
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Iran to build 5,000 MW of coal-fired power capacity
Nov 17, 2021 09:43Iran has to build 5,000 megawatts of coal-fired power capacity in the coming years due to limitations of gas supplies to power plants in cold seasons and the need to diversify the fuel basket of thermal power generation units, a senior energy official says.
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Two strong quakes jolt southern Iran
Nov 14, 2021 10:27Two strong earthquakes measuring 6.3 and 6.4 struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday.
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COP26 ends in Glasgow with ‘compromise’ climate deal, but ‘catastrophe’ still looms
Nov 14, 2021 08:14United Nations climate talks have ended with the vast majority of world leaders agreeing to make efforts to harness global warming by reducing gas emissions and gradually ending deforestation by 2030.