Cox’S Bazar, Bangladesh (AFP) June 19, 2024 Torrential rains in Bangladesh have triggered landslides burying alive at least nine people and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground, police and government officials in the low-lying nation said Wednesday. Schools have been turned into shelters for those abandoning their homes to rising river waters, while more than a million people have been stranded in northern areas. … Continue reading Landslides kill nine as Bangladesh lashed by rain

Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2024 More than a dozen people were missing in China on Tuesday after heavy rains and flooding struck swaths of the south, while the north baked under some of its highest temperatures this year. State news agency Xinhua reported that four people were unaccounted for after a flash flood in Changji, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where torrential rains triggered … Continue reading Over a dozen people missing as extreme weather hits China

Paris (AFP) June 18, 2024 A resurgence of cholera across Africa has driven an urgent need for more vaccine doses, but stock shortages have hampered the fight against the increasing outbreaks of the deadly disease. But pressure on the supply of doses is now decreasing, said Aurelia Nguyen, chief programme officer of the Gavi vaccine alliance that raises funds to supply vaccines to developing countries. … Continue reading Pressure on cholera vaccine stocks ‘decreasing’: Gavi alliance

Brasilia (AFP) June 18, 2024 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for flexibility and speed in combatting criminal organizations that are deforesting the Amazon, as he signed a measure Monday to expand security in the region. “Never before in the history of Brazil have people thought of taking such an extraordinary step to tend to the Amazon as now,” Lula said as he … Continue reading Lula calls for ‘agility’ in combatting Amazon deforestation crime

San Salvador (AFP) June 17, 2024 Thirteen people have died in flooding and landslides in El Salvador and Guatemala as heavy rains pound Central America, authorities from the two countries said. In El Salvador, the hardest hit country so far, five people died Monday in a landslide in the western district of Tacuba, in the department of Ahuachapan, Civil defense chief Luis Amaya said. Those … Continue reading 13 killed as heavy rains pound Central America

Algiers (AFP) June 17, 2024 Protesters took to the streets for the second day Monday in Algeria’s northern Tiaret region, social media reports said, in rare demonstrations against severe shortages of drinking water. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had vowed to address the issue by the Eid al-Adha holiday which began Sunday. According to several social media accounts, demonstrations erupted and roads were blocked inhttp://dlvr.it/T8R608 Continue reading Rare protests in northern Algeria over water shortage

Kabaw, Libya (AFP) June 17, 2024 In the Libyan village of Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains, M’hamed Maakaf waters an ailing fig tree as climate change pushes villagers to forsake lands and livestock. Once flourishing and known for its figs, olives, and almonds, fields around Kabaw, located some 200 kilometres (124 miles) southwest of Tripoli, are now mostly barren and battered by climate change-induced drought. … Continue reading Once fruitful, Libyan village suffers climate crisis

Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2024 China said Monday it had launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of pork and pork by-products from the European Union. “The Ministry of Commerce has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of relevant pork and pig by-products originating from the European Union,” the ministry said in a statement. The probe is in response to an application “formally submitted by thehttp://dlvr.it/T8NfgR Continue reading China says launches anti-dumping probe into EU pork imports

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2024 The Israeli military will pause fighting during the day along an important humanitarian corridor in southern Gaza to facilitate aid efforts, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday as it also warned Hezbollah against further attacking the Middle Eastern Country. In a statement posted online, the IDF announced “a local, tactical pause of military activity” will be in place from … Continue reading IDF announces pause to daytime fighting along southern Gaza humanitarian corridor

Kathmandu (AFP) June 17, 2024 Millions of people dependent on Himalayan snowmelt for water face a “very serious” risk of shortages this year after one of the lowest rates of snowfall, scientists warned Monday. Snowmelt is the source of about a quarter of the total water flow of 12 major river basins that originate high in the region, the report said. “This is a wake-up … Continue reading Low snow on the Himalayas threatens water security: study