16 dead, million seek shelter as cyclone hits Bangladesh
At least 16 people died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.
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At least 16 people died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.
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Singapore announced Tuesday it aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, giving a firm date for the first time, and will look at using hydrogen as a major…
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Numerous posts on social media blame climate-change policies for the surge in energy prices. AFP Fact Check asked experts whether the claim stands up.
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The World Bank report revealed that the Philippines is now the WB’s seventh top borrower in 2022 with $1.58 billion taken out from the International Bank for…
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'The country is on its way to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the economy displaying a rebound gross domestic product growth rate of 5.7-percent in…
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MIESCOR Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC), a joint venture between Meralco subsidiary MIESCOR and Stonepeak, announced the first closing for its…
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Even as extreme weather and climate disasters are multiplying, half of countries lack the advanced early warning systems needed to save lives, the United…
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New Zealand on Tuesday unveiled plans to tax the greenhouse gas emissions from farm animals, in a controversial proposal designed to tackle climate change.
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If rising seas engulf the Maldives and Tuvalu, will those countries be wiped off the map? And what happens to their citizens?
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A landslide in Venezuela has left at least 25 people dead and more than 50 missing after a river overflowed, officials said Sunday, in the latest deadly…
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His head haloed by a whirlwind of mosquitoes, Aamir Hussain stands on the roof of his home in southern Pakistan surveying the fetid floodwaters all around.
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Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Jose Acuzar discussed the details of the Marcos administration's plans for the housing industry…
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Reforms to the way that societies collect and treat their waste could slash global emissions of planet-heating methane, a new report said Monday, noting that…
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A weakened peso and rising commodities prices and electricity rates could drive the September inflation between 6.6 to 7.4 percent, the Bangko Sentral ng…
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State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines has signed an agreement with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development for the crafting of a…
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Hurricane Ian left much of coastal southwest Florida in darkness early Thursday, bringing "catastrophic" flooding that left officials readying a huge…
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Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt…
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Five rescuers were killed in the Philippines after they were sent to a flooded community during a powerful typhoon, authorities said Monday, the first…
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