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Ice-Locked Ship To Drift Over North Pole

It is being billed as the biggest single Arctic research expedition ever planned. Germany is going to sail its...

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Southern California Hit By Massive Storm

One of the strongest storms in years pounded California, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes,...

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Sea Ice At Poles Hit Record Low For January

The amount of sea ice at the Earth's poles fell to a record low for January, while the planet's temperatures last month...

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El Nino Gobbled Up California’s Beaches

Last year's unusually potent El Nino produced monster waves that carved away record-breaking swathes of the US West...

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Australia Warns of ‘catastrophic’ Fire Conditions Amid Heatwave

Eastern Australia was bracing for severe "off the scale" fire conditions on Sunday as it baked in a heatwave that has...

International

Bolivia Begins Fumigation Against Locust Plague

Bolivia has started chemical spraying in its eastern grain region to fight a plague of locusts which is endangering...

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Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta Declares Drought A National Disaster

Kenya’s president has declared the drought, which has affected as much as half the country, a national disaster....

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Volta Delta Under Threat

GHANA’S Volta Delta is yet to be recognised as critical and viable potential ecosystem that could spur sustainable...

International

Over 2 Million Kenyans At Risk of Starvation

Animal carcasses littered the fields and stench of dead animals pervaded the air in Kenya’s Marsabit County on...

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Latest: Dangers posed by the littering of plastic bags and surface mining (galamsey) I had wanted to wait until you had...

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Chile’s Worst Wildfire Destroys Town

More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country’s...

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Chile’s Worst Wildfire Destroys Town

More international help has been arriving in Chile to help the country fight the worst wildfire in the country’s...

International

Chile’s Worst Wildfire Destroys Town As Help Arrives

In Santa Olga, 1,000 homes in the town were razed to the ground More international help has been arriving in Chile to...

International

Food Security Crisis In Southern Africa After Drought

Southern Africa is still recovering from the devastating effects brought on by a two-year-long El Nino event that ended...

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Snow Falls On Sahara Desert For First Time In 37 Years

This might not be the first place you’d expect to find a festive snowy scene, but incredible images show the Sahara...

International

Ethiopia Says Oromo Leader Detained For Meeting Terrorist Group In Brussels

Ethiopian authorities have clarified that leading opposition figure and Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress...

International

Hurricane Otto Leaves At Least Nine Dead In Costa Rica

Tropical Storm Otto continues to weaken as it heads into the Eastern Pacific. As Hurricane Otto, this storm hit the...

Opinion

Threatening The Health Of Nigerians

In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that climate change is impacting on the health of Nigerians, suggesting that...

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NAM Traditional King Comes To Aid of Starving Community

For senior citizen Elia Shaanika from Ongandjera District in northern Namibia's Omusati Region, the future seemed bleak...