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Sheena Ansari, Iran's third female environment chief pushes for clean energy development
Sep 01, 2024 08:32Pars Today - Sheena Ansari, the third lady to head the Department of Environment in Iran, believes that some environmental laws, such as the waste management act and the clean air act, are not fully implemented.
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Leader plants olive sapling in honor of Palestine’s resistance
Mar 05, 2024 10:37Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday as he planted saplings to mark Iran’s National Arbor Day and Natural Resources Week said, “I thank the Iranian nation for turning up at polls on March 1.”
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Summer 2023 heat killed over 5,000 people in France
Feb 09, 2024 04:11French health authorities say more than 5,000 people died in France last year because of the searing summer heat waves.
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Powerful earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
Jan 23, 2024 08:59A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has hit the mountainous China-Kyrgyzstan border, causing several injuries and destroying houses.
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Death toll from Japan’s New Year’s Day quake rises above 200
Jan 09, 2024 12:56The death toll from a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan climbed to 202 on Tuesday, as 100 people are still unaccounted for amid ongoing relief operations, authorities said.
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Japan faces ‘race against time’ to find quake survivors as death toll rises
Jan 02, 2024 08:34Japan’s Prime Minister has said the country is facing a “race against time” to rescue quake survivors, after a powerful earthquake struck western Japan on New Year’s Day, reportedly killing more than 48 people.
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Magnitude 6.3 quake in west Afghanistan leaves multiple casualties
Oct 07, 2023 07:59A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, leaving at least 15 people dead and scores injured, officials say.
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UN says "extent of the problem" in flood-hit Libya remains unclear
Sep 15, 2023 11:49The United Nations has raised concerns about the situation in the flood-ravaged areas of Libya, citing civil strife as a main hindrance to aid efforts and calling on the fighting sides to put aside political deadlocks and divisions.
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Libyan authorities say floods may have killed 20,000 people
Sep 15, 2023 05:00Libyan authorities have demanded an investigation to see if the catastrophe that recently unfolded amid floods in the country killing thousands was caused by a human blunder.
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Libyan city counts toll of huge flood, 10,000 missing
Sep 13, 2023 09:53Libya's eastern city of Derna was counting its dead Wednesday with 2,300 people confirmed killed in devastating flash floods unleashed by Storm Daniel and the Red Cross warning that 10,000 are missing.