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Fukuoka Hits 40.4C as Japan Heat Wave Death Toll Rises to 79

Japan's heat wave pushes temperatures in Fukuoka to 40.4C, while at least 79 people have died from heatstroke nationwide.

  • Fukuoka recorded 40.4°C, Japan's highest temperature in the region.
  • Heat wave caused 79 deaths across Japan, mostly among elderly.
  • Heat alerts issued in 37 prefectures, public health strained.

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Dozens dead in catastrophic Nepal-Tibet floods

A wall of ‌mud and rock appeared to collapse into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that has killed dozens of people and left hundreds of tourists missing.

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Trump Just Used a $500 Million Clean Steel Grant to Fund a Coal Furnace

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A $500 million Biden-era grant to decarbonize steelmaking has been refashioned by…

  • Trump administration altered $500M clean steel grant to fund coal-powered blast furnace in Ohio.
  • Environmental groups and locals criticize shift, argue funds should eliminate industrial emissions.

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University of Ghana immortalises GK Nukunya

The Department of Sociology at the University of Ghana, Legon has immortalised Professor Emeritus Godwin Kwaku Nukunya, one of Ghana’s exceptional Anthropologists and a former Head of the Department by renaming its Graduate Seminar Room after him. The post University of Ghana immortalises GK Nukunya appeared first on Ghana Business News .

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LLA seeks to approve two key economic bills in Congress

Milei's government aims for lawmakers to approve a Central Bank reform and new 'fiscal innocence' rules to draw dollars into the formal economy La entrada LLA seeks to approve two key economic bills in Congress se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .

  • President Javier Milei proposes two economic bills for Lower House debate
  • Lower House to vote on bills reforming Central Bank charter and dollar holdings incentive
  • Senate approval required for bills to become law

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Africa: UN Recognizes Restoration Initiative Feeding 4 Million Across the Sahel

[UNEP] Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia -- A major revival of degraded land across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger was recognized today by the UN as one of three new World Restoration Flagships.

  • UN recognizes Sahel land restoration project as World Restoration Flagship
  • Initiative feeds 4 million people across Sahel region
  • Aims to restore 470,000 hectares by 2030, locking 20 million tons CO2

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Canada's Eleventh Province

Canada is country obsessed with who arrives. Yet, an entire province’s worth of Canadian citizens has moved away, and Ottawa has never had strategy for engaging them.

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