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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
8/24/2022 12:48:46 PM
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
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Region
8/24/2022 11:29:47 AM
Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
8/23/2022 9:00:21 PM
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World
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Africa
8/23/2022 5:20:42 PM
More than 2.8 million children across the Horn of Africa and the Sahel are already suffering from severe acute malnutrition and could die in disturbing numbers unless urgent support is provided, the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.
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International
8/22/2022 10:54:03 AM
Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batters the region.
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World
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Region
8/18/2022 1:21:05 PM
Algerian firefighters were Thursday battling a string of blazes, fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave, that have killed at least 38 people and left destruction in their wake.
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World
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International
8/17/2022 3:16:31 PM
Some of Switzerland's best-known lakes are at their lowest level ever for August after a dry year so far in 2022, the environment ministry said on Wednesday.
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World
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International
8/17/2022 11:28:13 AM
The French weather service warned Wednesday of flash flooding risks across much of the south, where a historic drought has parched the rugged Mediterranean hills, a day after fierce rainstorms lashed much of the country.
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Egypt
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Society
8/15/2022 4:02:21 PM
The drought of Siwa Oasis’ Fatnas Lake – known as the sunset lake – has recently stirred controversy among its local residents with the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources announcing the implementation of several measures to develop the irrigation and drainage system in Siwa Oasis and maintaining its agricultural production.
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World
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Africa
8/11/2022 4:17:21 PM
A historic drought in Somalia has now displaced one million people and left the country in the shadow of famine, the United Nations said Thursday.
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Life & Style
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Health
8/9/2022 1:56:44 PM
Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.
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Sports
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Omni sports
8/7/2022 9:54:04 AM
World number one Daniil Medvedev won his first ATP title of 2022 on Saturday, roaring past defending champion Cameron Norrie 7-5, 6-0 in the final of the hardcourt tournament in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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World
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International
8/5/2022 5:10:46 PM
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that France is facing the ``most severe drought'' ever recorded in the country and announced the activation of a government crisis unit.
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World
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Region
7/25/2022 2:40:00 PM
Temperatures in the Middle East have risen far faster than the world's average in the past three decades. Precipitation has been decreasing, and experts predict droughts will come with greater frequency and severity.
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Rio
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News
7/23/2022 12:38:51 PM
Flash floods in Iran's drought-stricken southern Fars province have killed at least 17 people, state television said Saturday.
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World
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Africa
7/19/2022 3:01:32 PM
Officials are meeting in Kigali in Rwanda this week as part of the continent's first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress in a bid to expand the preservation of land and marine wildlife, despite little funding and the low quality of many existing conservation areas in the region.
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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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Multimedia
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In Pictures
7/12/2022 4:39:08 PM
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World
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Africa
7/5/2022 1:03:11 PM
More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid arrives.
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