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Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo
Three female lions died of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo's Tama Zoological Park over the last week, the first heat-related deaths among the facility's lion population in its 62-y...
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Sustainable fund launches stutter amid industry caution
The global sustainable fund industry has seen just a handful of new launches this year as weak performance, investor withdrawals and heightened regulatory scrutiny prompt asset ma...
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China seeks to prevent, mitigate impact of landslides and floods
China is planning to strengthen its ability to prevent and mitigate the impact of landslides and floods as it seeks to better respond to climate change, state broadcaster CCTV sa...
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South Korea's Lee urges authorities to step up support as heatwave kills 16
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged on Tuesday authorities to step up support for people affected by a record heatwave in the country, saying the death toll had risen to ...
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Antarctic cold snap sweeps New Zealand's South Island, shuts roads and schools
An Antarctic polar blast swept across parts of New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday, bringing snow to sea level and icy temperatures that forced road closures and disrupted scho...
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Wildfires near Spokane destroy more than 700 buildings, force 64,000 to flee
Wildfires raging on the outskirts of Spokane, Washington, for a third day have destroyed at least 700 buildings and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in and a...
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Death toll from Venezuela June earthquakes tops 6,000
The death toll from twin earthquakes which struck Venezuela in June has risen to 6,125, according to figures released by top lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez on Monday.
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England and Wales record driest-ever July
England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, the Met Office said on Monday, citing provisional data.
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More sun needed in Ivory Coast cocoa regions to boost main crop, farmers say
More sunny weather is needed across most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions to support the September-to-February main crop, farmers said on Monday, after below-average rainfal...
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Greek crews fight wildfire northwest of Athens for fourth day
Blazes fanned by strong winds gutted homes, thousands of hectares of farmland and pine forests, and forced emergency evacuations by land and sea.
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China evacuates residents as heavy rains hit northwest, southwest
China warned of risks from heavy downpours across multiple parts of the country on Monday, with storms concentrated in the northwestern Shaanxi and southwestern Sichuan provinces...
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Record heatwave spreads across Korean Peninsula, prompting emergency response
Forecasters said that extreme heat, previously concentrated in South Korea's southeast, was spreading to the Seoul metropolitan area and other western regions.
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Fourteen dead, thousands displaced as rains, floods strike southern India
Heavy rains and floods battered parts of southern India over the weekend, killing at least 11 and displacing thousands in the state of Kerala, and setting off a landslide that ki...
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Malaysia's Sarawak grapples with rising crocodile encounters
Villagers in one indigenous community in Malaysia's Sarawak state once lived by an unspoken rule: leave the crocodile be, and it will leave you alone in turn.
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5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes north of Egypt's Suez, no damage reported
An earthquake measuring 5.6 in magnitude struck 38 km (24 miles) north of the Egyptian city of Suez just after 3:00 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Monday, Egypt's National Research Institu...
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Greece battles wildfires, Hungary shuts nuclear power plant due to drought
Europe has been ravaged by wildfires this summer after a period of record-breaking heatwaves and little rain - conditions that scientists say have been exacerbated by climate chang...
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits east coast of North Island in New Zealand, GFZ says
An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
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Landslide death toll rises in China's Gansu Province as heavy rains continue
Flash floods in Gansu Province in China's northwest last week killed 25 people and injured 23 more, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, raising earlier death toll...
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