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A person cools off with water from an open fire hydrant during a heat wave on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois; Human-caused climate change can amplify El Nino's associated effects because a warmer ocean and atmosphere increase the availability of energy and moisture for extreme weather events

Strengthening El Nino 'adding fuel to a planet already on fire': UN chief

Environmental activists hold placards during a demonstration against PFAS chemicals next to the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels in March 2026

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EU grapples with migrant crisis in Spain's North Africa enclave

01 August 2026

Hamas agrees to disarm: What are the challenges ahead?

01 August 2026

Cables and cooling bring AI windfall to Indian suppliers

31 July 2026

Lifestyle audit, case reviews, suspensions: Kubayi launches IDAC clean-up

31 July 2026

Oil prices have risen on worries about supplies following an attack that killed US servicemen at the weekend

Oil rises on fresh Middle East fears, equities advance

29 January 2024

Activists on January 28, 2024 protested the restart of bullfighting in Mexico City, after the Supreme Court revoked a suspension that prevented them from taking place

Bullfighting brings out protesters in Mexico City

29 January 2024

File: Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) covering the water surface of a canal. Marie Aymerez/Biosphoto via AFP

SA’s water crisis | Alien plant species threatens Vaal River aquatic life

29 January 2024

Gendarmes have parked armoured vehicles in front of the massive Rugnis wholesale food market outside Paris

Farmers in France, Belgium, step up their protest campaigns

29 January 2024

File: FNB’s latest property report says properties valued at less than R750,000 should be more resilient.

Watch | SA property trends and what we can expect in 2024

28 January 2024

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A cosplayer uses a portable fan to cool down while visiting the Osu Shopping Street before the Osu Cosplay Parade, during the second day of the World Cosplay Summit 2026 in Nagoya on August 1, 2026.

'Damn hot': Last summer for Japan cosplay extravaganza

02 August 2026

Rescuers recover climber Nirmal Purja's body after avalanche disaster

02 August 2026

OPEC+ boosts September production by 188,000 barrels/day

02 August 2026

Evacuation as fire breaks out on Table Mountain

02 August 2026

Helicopters collide in Greece as fires spread

02 August 2026

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WATCH | IEC gives update on final voter registration drive

01 August 2026

Cost of calm? R54.6m SANDF mission faces scrutiny

01 August 2026

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