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At least 3 dead as wildfires, record-high temperatures hit S. Italy

A cow is seen in a burned area in Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, on July 26, 2021. (Xinhua) At least three people died in Italy due to extensive wildfires raging in the country's several southern

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At least 42 killed in Algeria wildfire

Smoke billows from a wildfire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers, on August 10, 2021. /CFP At least 42 people were killed so far after several forest fire

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U.S. California wildfire now second-worst in state history

Flames leap from tree to tree as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, U.S., August 3, 2021. /AP The monstrous Dixie Fire in northern California has

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California wildfire spreads fast, growing to largest this year in U.S.

A helicopter flies to battle against a wildfire dubbed Dixie Fire in Lassen National Forest, Northern California, the United States, on Aug. 5, 2021. (Photo by Dong Xudong/Xinhua) A fast-movin

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California’s resilient volunteer firefighter

03:17 The largest wildfire in California has destroyed at least 42 structures and it continues to threaten thousands more, as it continues to expand in size.The state has allocated near

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Western wildfires: California blaze crosses into Nevada

A Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting new evacuations, but better weather has been helping crews battling the nation’s largest blaze in southern

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Verizon demos THOR, its new vehicle for frontline rapid humanitarian response

The increasingly intense heats bearing down feverishly across the globe are accelerating the number, scale, and complexity of disasters worldwide. Just in the past few weeks, we have seen record heat

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Lake Mead reaches lowest levels amid severe drought in the western US

01:52 Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S. created by the Hoover Dam in Nevada, has sunk to its lowest levels ever, as extreme heat and drought scorch the western U.S.Located 30

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Max Q — China’s space station gets a staff

This week, China started staffing up its own space station, and Rocket Lab got the nod from NASA to develop small satellites for the purposes of exploring Mars. Meanwhile, space startups continue to r

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Hydrosat raises $5M seed round to deliver ground temperature data to customers

A lot of information can be gleaned about a surface area just by taking the ground temperature data. If a crop field is under stress, for example, the ground temperature will be elevated long before t

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Wildfires tear through U.S. state Arizona in summer heat

The Telegraph Fire burns in Globe, Arizona, U.S., June 10, 2021. /CFP Multiple wildfires were burning in the U.S. state of Arizona as of Monday, and the authorities warned of very high fire da

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Over 2,300 cases of Indian COVID strain recorded in the UK

Photo taken on April 12, 2021 shows customers queuing up to enter a department store in London, Britain. /Xinhua British Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Monday that a total of 2,323

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Indian variant can "spread like wildfire" among people not vaccinated

Commuters arrive in the morning rush hour at London Waterloo train station in London, Britain, on April 9, 2021. /Xinhua According to the British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday, the C

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California on the frontline of climate change

02:41 In the U.S. state of California, record temperatures have been recorded over the past year, as the state witnessed its worst wildfire season in recent history, along with increas

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Lightning strikes to spark more Arctic fires: study

Lightning strikes inside the Arctic circle may double this century, sparking widespread tundra fires and increasing the risk of setting off the carbon time bomb held within permafrost, new researc

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Facebook to label all posts about vaccines with WHO information

The move follows vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi saying the government was battling a "tsunami of disinformation" around the jabs.

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U.S. must slash emissions by at least 57% to meet Paris climate target

The Cascade Mountain Range is enveloped in the fog in Oregon State, the U.S., as the wildfire spreads on the country's west coast, September 21, 2020. /CFP The United States needs to set a tar