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More heavy rain is forecast for southern Thailand, where over 155,000 households have already been affected by flooding

More heavy rain forecasted

Death toll rises to 29 in southern Thailand floods

China reported its warmest autumn on record this year, with the national average temperature 1.5C degrees higher than usual

China reports warmest autumn since records began

Marineland has until December 2026 to part with its two remaining orcas

French marine park to close over law banning killer whale shows

German engineer Rudiger Koch is attempting to live underwater for 120 days, in a submerged home off the coast of Panama

Living underwater

Seeking a new way of life under the sea - and a world record

Nearly two million students across Delhi were out of schools for more than two weeks last month as the skies overhead turned a sickly yellow-grey

Relief as Delhi schools reopen but smog crisis persists

Hanoi authorities say more than two thirds of the poisonous smog that blankets Vietnam's capital is caused by petrol vehicles, and officials have ordered that a quarter of two-wheelers across the country must be electric by 2030

Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes 'unbearable'

Fish ponds and marshes in San Tin in northern Hong Kong, on the border with the Chinese city of Shenzhen (back)

Concrete jungle

Hong Kong mega development plan to devour villages, wetlands

The wolf's success has been a cause of controversy

Wildlife commission lowers European wolf protections

People wade through flood waters outside Pattani Central Mosque following days of heavy rain in Thailand's southern Pattani province

Torrential floodwaters

Death toll in Thailand flooding jumps to 25

The talks' chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso said more time was needed for negotiations

US 'disappointed' after plastic pollution talks collapse: White House

Japan's hottest autumn on record has delayed the country's popular foliage season

Japan witnesses warmest autumn on record

The EU is aiming to reduce its smoking population from around 25 percent now to less than five percent of the total by 2040

'Violation of individual freedom'

EU countries to push for outdoor smoking and vaping bans

The experimental technique hopes to help people with incomplete spinal cord injuries who still have some movement

Several pioneering advances

Brain stimulation can help injured people walk: study

A petition asking for Paul Watson's release has gathered 210,000 signatures

2012 Japanese arrest warrant

Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson

Saudi Arabia is home to one of the world's biggest deserts

Unsustainable farming

Desertification talks open in Saudi Arabia as experts fire warning

A collapsed bridge in on Rhodes after heavy rainfall hit Greece over the weekend

Fell into a ditch

Third death as Storm Bora batters Greece

A handful of protesters gathered outside the Peace Palace

'Future of planet' at stake at ICJ hearings: Vanuatu

Sri Lanka and southern India

Cyclone Fengal toll rises to 20 in South Asia

UN environment chief Inger Andersen said the Busan talks made important progress

'It obviously did not fail'

UN chief defends plastic pollution talks after collapse

Stalled negotiations

Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points

Houses destroyed by rising sea levels in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Landmark climate case to open at top UN court

The spade-toothed whale pictured on July 5 by the New Zealand Department of Conservation

Only even specimens documented

New Zealand scientists dissect world's rarest whale

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration against seabed mining outside the Norwegian Parliament building in Oslo

Exploration rights

Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects: govt allies

Storm Bora has caused widespread damage on the Greek island of Rhodes and killed two men on the island of Limnos

Storm Bora kills two in Greece, leaves widespread damage

Plastic production is on track to triple by 2060, and more than 90 percent of plastic is not recycled

Ambitious landmark

Plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal

The draft deal in Busan -- which negotiators failed to agree on -- describes plastic pollution as a 'serious environmental and human health problem'

Indigenous groups call for health protections in plastic deal

Matiul Haq Khalis, head of Afghanistan's National Environmental Protection Agency, says the country must be allowed to participate in future climate talks

Invited as 'guests'

Afghanistan must participate in future climate talks: Taliban

India is building what it boasts will be the world's largest renewable power plant

Glittering dreams: India's big push for solar power

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