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Southern California water agency votes to keep funding state tunnel plans

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California water agency has approved key funding needed to support plans for a giant underground tunnel that would reroute a big part of the state’s water supply.
Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit organization.

Cyprus to rely more on desalination plants as arid winters leave dams dry

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will depend more on desalination plants to meet its water needs as a string of dry winters has reduced amounts in 108 dams to just a quarter of their capacity, the country's agriculture and environment minister said Wedn
Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The next United Nations climate conference, COP30, will be held in Belem, the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation mainly driven by cattle farming has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon
Myanmar's economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says

Myanmar's economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its elected government headed by Aung San Suu Kyi.
Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit organization.
Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

Brazilian beef and leather companies fall short in tackling deforestation, a study finds

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The next United Nations climate conference, COP30, will be held in Belem, the capital of an Amazon region where widespread deforestation mainly driven by cattle farming has turned the surrounding rainforest from a vital carbon
A Malibu wildfire prompts evacuation orders and warnings for 20,000, including Dick Van Dyke, Cher

A Malibu wildfire prompts evacuation orders and warnings for 20,000, including Dick Van Dyke, Cher

MALIBU, Calif.
Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone bring chaotic winter weather to East Coast

Atmospheric river and potential bomb cyclone bring chaotic winter weather to East Coast

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. East Coast was beginning a whiplash-inducing stretch of weather on Wednesday that was rainy, windy and potentially dangerous, due in part to an atmospheric river and developing bomb cyclone .
Celebrities and coastal residents flee from wind-driven wildfire in Malibu

Celebrities and coastal residents flee from wind-driven wildfire in Malibu

MALIBU, Calif.
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