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DALLAS — They sounded like an alarm. Ringing for 40 minutes, only with no snooze button in sight to silence the painful knells. The endless sounds of clanks reverberated around the American Airlines Center for the…

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Three months on from Cairns' worst floods in recorded history, Donna Jardine and her neighbours still find themselves living on an "island" on the city's northern beaches.The sheer deluge of water down the Barron River on December 17…

A national Essential poll, conducted March 20–24 from a sample of 1,150, gave the Coalition a 50–44 lead including undecided, a reversal of a 48–47 Labor lead last fortnight. Primary votes were 36% Coalition (up one), 29% Labor…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Around the first day of spring in 1913, a stormy pattern culminated in catastrophic floods across the Ohio Valley that claimed more than 900 lives, including at least 467 in Ohio. Powerful…

We all snack. But some snacks are better than others, especially if you’re managing type 2 diabetes or obesity.An ideal snack gives you protein or fiber -- or both -- to help you feel full, says Gillian Culbertson, RD, certified diabetes…

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The northeast African country is already in the grip of the world's largest displacement crisis, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, noted. Fighting between the Sudanese Army and a rival group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has…

“The official records yesterday or this morning said there was a tenth child officially registered in a hospital as having starved to death,” said UN health agency spokesperson Christian Lindmeier. “A very sad threshold…(but) the…

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Barcelona, Spain – The Magic Fountain is a popular tourist attraction where coloured jets of water shot up in the air as classical or pop favourites played. Not anymore. Like fountains across Barcelona, it lies dry and a little forlorn…

Drone footage filmed by Reuters in Vina del Mar area showed whole neighbourhoods scorched, with residents rummaging through husks of burnt-out houses where corrugated iron roofs have collapsed. On the streets, singed cars littered the…

Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people -- and parts of entire cities — in the earthquake-prone country's deadliest disaster of modern times. Grieving Turks are still coming to terms with how a…

As we enter 2024, the conflict in Sudan is shaping up to be one of the worst crises in the world. Nearly 7 million people have been displaced, hunger is widespread and a hallmark of this civil war has been…

2023 Wake Up Call: Outbreaks of Harmful Algae Threaten Lives and Local Economies WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, December 22, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As 2023 comes to a close, BlueGreen Water Technologies (BlueGreen) releases its…

An aggregation of male fruit flies. Credit: R. Davies/Natural History Museum One of the world’s worst pests is infesting crops all over California. There are seven active quarantines spanning the length…

An aggregation of male fruit flies. Credit: R. Davies/Natural History Museum One of the world’s worst pests is infesting crops all over California. There are seven active quarantines spanning the length…

An aggregation of male fruit flies. Credit: R. Davies/Natural History Museum One of the world's worst pests is infesting crops all over…

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is worsening, as the country struggles with its civil war against rebels, backed by Saudi-led coalition and the country's official government. The UN calls Yemen's humanitarian situation the worst in the…

South Africa is facing one of the worst droughts to hit the region in 30 years. Many small farmers are expected to go out of business as food production and prices increase, especially in the Free State to BBC News HERE out our website:…

New evidence shows Brazil's Doce River contains high levels of heavy metals and other toxic chemicals following the country's worst-ever environmental disaster, the United Nations human rights agency has confirmed. Swathes of red sludge…

New evidence shows Brazil's Doce River contains high levels of heavy metals and other toxic chemicals following the country's worst-ever environmental disaster, the United Nations human rights agency has confirmed. Swathes of red sludge…

The root of the problem is Russia's old oil infrastructure. So every year millions of tons of crude oil are spilled.

http://democracynow.org - About half the population of the South Pacific Island state of Vanuatu has been left homeless by a devastating Category 5 cyclone that flattened buildings and washed away roads and bridges. Aid agencies say Cyclone…