Topic: Weather
China drought leaves millions short of water
AFP Global Edition
Millions of people face drinking water shortages in southwestern China because of a once-a-century drought that has dried up rivers and threatens vast farmlands, state media reported Wednesday. The drought has gripped huge areas of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan provinces, the Guangxi region, and the mega-city of Chongqing for months ...
Govt ads banned over climate change claims
AFP European Edition
Advertising watchdog has banned two government adverts for overstating the threat from climate change, it said on Wednesday. The adverts used nursery rhymes including "Jack and Jill" to highlight the impact of global warming, but the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said they exaggerated the risk. "Jack and Jill went up ...
Relief effort launched in storm-ravaged Fiji
AFP Global Edition
International relief supplies began arriving in cyclone-ravaged Fiji on Wednesday as reports emerged of widespread destruction in isolated parts of the Pacific nation. Officials said there were estimates that half the buildings in the eastern Lau group of islands had been destroyed or badly damaged by Cyclone Tomas and two ...
British ads banned over climate change claims
AFP Global Edition
Britain's advertising watchdog has banned two government adverts for overstating the threat from climate change, it said. The adverts used nursery rhymes including "Jack and Jill" to highlight the impact of global warming, but the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said they exaggerated the risk. "Jack and Jill went up ...
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