Wed 24 December 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Moscow, according to Syria’s official news agency SANA. The meeting addressed a range of political, military and economic issues of mutual concern, with a particular focus on strategic cooperation in the military […]
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Fri 19 December 2025: The October-December 2025 rainy season has “essentially failed” across the eastern Horn of Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday, raising concerns of a sharp deterioration in food security during the first half of 2026. Cyril Ferrand, resilience team leader for Eastern Africa at FAO, told reporters […]
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Wed 17 December 2025: Scientists say up to 4,000 glaciers could melt annually if global warming is not curbed. The world could lose thousands of glaciers each year over the coming decades unless global warming is curbed, leaving only a fraction remaining by the end of the century, scientists warn. A scientific study published on Monday in […]
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Sat 13 December 2025: This year ‘virtually certain’ to end up second or third warmest on record, Copernicus Climate Change Service says. The year 2025 is on track to be the second hottest on record, Europe’s climate monitor has said, in the latest warning that the planet’s climate is headed towards a catastrophic point of […]
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Tue 09 December 2025: Air pollution has been linked to thousands of preventable deaths in the European Union, despite a “significant” improvement in air quality, according to a report. A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) found that between 2005 and 2023, premature deaths attributable to fine particulate matter fell by 57 percent, […]
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Sat 06 December 2025: The Arab region faced its hottest year on record in 2024, with temperatures rising at twice the global average and extreme weather causing mounting social and economic disruption, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. The first State of the Climate in the Arab Region report released by the WMO said the […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: US space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch for December 3–4, warning of possible minor disruptions to power grids, satellite operations, and high-frequency communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center classified the alert as a G2 level on Monday, meaning “moderate” storm conditions are […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: The death toll from the ongoing floods and landslides in four countries in South and Southeast Asia climbed to over 1,400, as hundreds are still missing amid continued search and rescue operations, according to data shared by local governments. Unprecedented floods, landslides, storms, and cyclones have wreaked havoc across Indonesia, Malaysia, […]
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Tue 25 November 2025: According to a new World Bank report released on Monday, by 2030, around 90% of people in South Asia could face extreme heat risks, while nearly 25% may be vulnerable to severe flooding. The report, titled “From Risk to Resilience: Helping People and Firms Adapt in South Asia,” based on case […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: The UN climate change conference, COP30, concluded Saturday in Brazil without a clear commitment to phase out fossil fuels, igniting immediate open protests from dozens of countries that warned that the summit’s final draft undermines the global fight to limit warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F). The draft agreement, proposed by the Brazilian […]
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