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At least 153 people have died in the devastating flash floods that struck Afghanistan's northern provinces, the Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday. Ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani told dpa that at least 131 fatalities were reported in Baghlan, the worst-hit province. Twenty people were killed in Takhar, and two in Badakhshan, he added. At least 100 others were reportedly injured. Earlier, the country's National Disaster Management Authority had placed the nationwide death toll at 85, but other sources put a much higher number of fatalities. Officials estimate that the number of casual...
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At least three Afghan provinces have been hit by devastating flash floods as a new wave of flooding hits north of the country, officials reported on Saturday. Baghlan province is suffering the brunt of the disaster. Officials are struggling to provide an accurate death toll, but a local representative quoted by TOLOnews estimates at least 150 fatalities in Baghlan province. The report also suggests another 100 people are injured. Officials in neighbouring Takhar province reported more than 20 deaths, while Badakhshan province confirmed two fatalities and two missing people. The flooding caused...
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By Sara HUSSEIN Bangkok (AFP) - L'éducation de millions d'enfants est menacée par le changement climatique, comme l'a prouvé le mois dernier la vague de chaleur qui a frappé l'Asie et contraint à des fermetures d'écoles. Si l'arrivée des pluies saisonnières a offert un certain répit dans certaines régions, les experts redoutent que ce type de problème ne s'aggrave avec à terme de graves conséquences sur la scolarité. L'Asie se réchauffe plus rapidement que la moyenne mondiale avec des vagues de chaleur plus fréquentes, plus longues et plus intenses, mais la hausse des températures n'est pas l'...
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Paris (AFP) - Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to preserve the world's heritage of seeds", are on a mission. Their vocation is to safeguard as many seeds as possible so that one day the world can benefit from their genetic characteristics. Their work is all in the name of protecting global food security. Hawtin and Fowler helped set up a world reserve of seeds dug into a glacier on the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard in the Arctic -- where 1.25 million samples are now stored for preservation in the cold. It was...
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Germany's National Hydrogen Council has significantly raised its forecast for future hydrogen demand in Germany. The expert committee, which advises the German government on hydrogen issues, now assumes a total demand of between 94 and 124 terawatt hours (TWh) for the year 2030. By way of comparison, around 55 TWh of hydrogen is currently consumed in Germany every year. An initial forecast presented by the NWR in February 2023 assumed a maximum demand of 93 terawatt hours. The NWR's new estimate is of the same order of magnitude as the update of the German government's National Hydrogen Strate...
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By Beiyi SEOW Greensboro (États-Unis) (AFP) - Plus jeune, Devante Cuthbertson pensait devoir un jour quitter sa ville de Greensboro, dans le sud-est des Etats-Unis, pour trouver du travail, jusqu'à ce que le constructeur japonais Toyota décide d'investir près de 14 milliards de dollars pour y bâtir une méga-usine de batteries automobiles. A 28 ans, il effectue un apprentissage dans un établissement public d'enseignement technique, incluant trois jours hebdomadaire de travail chez le constructeur installé en Caroline du Nord, dans l'optique d'y décrocher un emploi. Une déferlante d'investisseme...
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Greensboro (United States) (AFP) - Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay put. The 28-year-old from Greensboro is among students of an apprenticeship program at Guilford Technical Community College, working three days weekly with the automaker with an eye on future employment. "At one point, I felt maybe I'd go to a different state or a different country and try different job avenues," Cuthbertson told AFP. But when the Toyota tie-in "cam...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has assured the Pacific island states of her continued support in the fight against the consequences of climate change. "The climate crisis is literally washing the ground away from under the feet of the people here," she said during a visit to Fiji, the first German foreign minister to visit the island. "We will not leave the region alone, not alone with the greatest security challenge of this century, the climate crisis." Fiji is one of the 14 island states in the South Pacific that account for a negligible proportion of global emissions of climate-d...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has assured the Pacific island states of her continued support in the fight against the consequences of climate change. "The climate crisis is literally washing the ground away from under the feet of the people here," she said during a visit to Fiji, the first German foreign minister to visit the island. "We will not leave the region alone, not alone with the greatest security challenge of this century, the climate crisis." Fiji is one of the 14 island states in the South Pacific that account for a negligible proportion of global emissions of climate-d...
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has assured the Pacific island states of her continued support in the fight against the consequences of climate change. "The climate crisis is literally washing the ground away from under the feet of the people here," she said during a visit to Fiji, the first German foreign minister to visit the island. "We will not leave the region alone, not alone with the greatest security challenge of this century, the climate crisis." Fiji is one of the 14 island states in the South Pacific that account for a negligible proportion of global emissions of climate-d...
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