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Around 700 firefighters with aircraft battle blaze in southern France
Jul 08, 2022 11:49About 700 firefighters backed by aircraft have been pressed into service in France's southern Gard region to battle a blaze that has so far burnt more than 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of forest area.
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At least 77 die in monsoon rains in Pakistan, flood alerts issued in India
Jul 07, 2022 04:18Pakistan’s climate change minister says more than 70 people have died in the ongoing monsoon rains lashing different parts of the country over the past few weeks.
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Tens of thousands told to evacuate as floods batter Australia's largest city
Jul 05, 2022 15:58Thousands of people have been asked to evacuate their homes as torrential rains and floods hit Australia's east coast for the third time this year.
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Typhoon Chaba snaps ship in two off coast of southern China
Jul 02, 2022 16:52An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.
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Australian activists file legal bid to stop gas project
Jun 22, 2022 11:22Australian conservationists have launched a legal bid to block a massive gas project, saying it would harm the Great Barrier Reef by warming the planet.
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Strong earthquake kills at least 950 people in Afghanistan
Jun 22, 2022 07:34At least 950 people have been killed and many more injured after a strong earthquake struck remote parts of southeastern Afghanistan, according to disaster management officials.
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South Korean presidential park infested with US military base toxins
Jun 17, 2022 13:42New South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has moved his office closer to a US military base in the center of Seoul, and opened a park in the area on a trial basis.
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Fear of landslides haunts Brazil survivors
Jun 02, 2022 12:46While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days.
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6.1-magnitude quake hits China's Sichuan, at least 4 dead, 14 injured
Jun 01, 2022 15:33At least four people have been killed and 14 others injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled Lushan County of Ya'an City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
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Death toll in Brazilian floods rises to 106, 10 still missing
Jun 01, 2022 07:16At least 106 people have died and 10 are still missing in Brazil, the government said on Tuesday, as heavy rains tore through urban towns in the northeastern part of the country for a sixth consecutive day.