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World
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International
7/24/2024 10:27:28 AM
Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines on Wednesday, triggering floods in Manila and landslides in mountainous regions as Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monsoon.
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World
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International
4/9/2024 5:58:21 PM
Water levels in overflowing rivers were still rising on Tuesday in swathes of Russia and Kazakhstan that have been hit by massive floods, with Russia's city of Orenburg and western Siberia bracing for a new peak.
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World
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International
4/8/2024 2:48:40 PM
The Russian city of Orenburg, near the Kazakh border, braced on Monday for flooding not seen in decades, as officials evacuated locals to escape rising rivers in the Urals and western Siberia.
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World
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Region
7/14/2023 6:53:42 PM
With scorching temperatures and power cuts, Wissam Abed cools off from Baghdad's brutal summer by swimming in the Tigris river, but as Iraqi rivers dry up, so does the age-old pastime.
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Sports
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Omni sports
5/16/2023 7:30:40 PM
The Philadelphia 76ers have fired head coach Doc Rivers after their exit from the NBA playoffs at the hands of the Boston Celtics.
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Sports
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Omni sports
5/3/2023 8:14:23 PM
Philadelphia center Joel Embiid said it is possible that he will play in Game 2 of the 76ers' second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics
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Sports
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Omni sports
4/29/2023 9:00:40 PM
Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers says NBA MVP finalist Joel Embiid is doubtful for Game 1 of the playoff series against the Boston Celtics with a sprained right knee.
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World
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Africa
1/31/2023 5:52:12 PM
Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic.
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World
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International
1/15/2023 7:43:16 PM
Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month.
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World
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International
1/10/2023 1:05:13 PM
The latest in a relentless string of storms slammed California on Monday, swamping roads, battering coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides.
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World
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International
12/16/2022 3:38:20 PM
A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday.
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World
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International
12/4/2022 1:10:59 PM
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and sending rivers of lava down its side, sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/10/2022 1:12:47 PM
Where the mother of all rivers meets the Atlantic Ocean in coastal Brazil, it's not a single channel, instead, it braids around 230 kilometres (142 miles) of islands including the Bailique Archipelago.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 10:51:34 AM
Fish, rice, mangrove trees and the lush delta wetlands where the massive Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers drain into the Bay of Bengal.
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Sports
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Africa
11/3/2022 12:05:29 AM
Nigerian football supporters had two reasons to celebrate on Wednesday as Rivers United and Plateau United scored nine goals between them in CAF Confederation Cup play-off triumphs.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 2:12:04 PM
Parts of the European Union could face three more months of warmer and drier conditions as Europe weathers a major drought that has fueled forest fires, dried up rivers and devastated crops, the 27-nation bloc's Earth observation program is warning in a report.
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World
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International
8/9/2022 4:01:28 PM
Some of the heaviest rain in decades swamped South Korea's capital region, turning Seoul's streets into car-clogged rivers and sending floods cascading into subway stations. At least nine people were killed, some drowning in their homes, and six others were missing, with more rain forecast, officials said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/7/2022 4:26:45 PM
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohammed Abdel-Ati announced on Sunday that the rainfall rates over the basins of Nile River's tributaries – the Blue Nile and Atbarah rivers – is above the average, describing it as "a promising start" to the month of August.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/25/2022 6:32:55 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud discussed in a meeting in Cairo on Monday a host of bilateral and regional issues, at the top of which is the latest developments regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and ways to enforce security and stability in the region, especially in the Red Sea.
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World
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Region
7/16/2022 8:57:53 PM
Iraq on Saturday asked Ankara to increase the flow of water downstream along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as both countries face droughts and tensions over resource management.
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