 |
| September 13, 2026 |
Bhutan business bets on hazelnuts for farming future Sep 12, 2026 (AFP) Farmer Pema Dema had never even heard of hazelnuts when she was first recruited to begin growing them on her land in Bhutan's Thimphu region. read more |
Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to IndiaSep 11, 2026 (AFP) Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP Friday. more 
Portugal harvests grapes at night to beat the heatSep 10, 2026 (AFP) Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. more
Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a weekSep 10, 2026 (AFP) Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. more 
Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian BorneoSep 08, 2026 (AFP) Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them. more |
Panama Canal considering more cuts in transits due to El NinoSep 07, 2026 (AFP) The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather pattern, the new administrator of the waterway told AFP on Monday. more
Scorching summer pushes French wine harvest to new historic lowSep 07, 2026 (AFP) French wine production this year is expected to fall 6 percent from 2025 after a summer of unprecedented heatwaves and drought, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, predicting the most paltry harvest for some 70 year... more |
Deadly attack and drought emergency underline S.Sudan challengesSep 05, 2026 (AFP) A deadly attack on a military base in South Sudan, combined with the declaration of an "unprecedented" drought emergency, have underlined the challenges facing the world's youngest nation as it prepares for its first ele... more
Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares over summerSep 04, 2026 (AFP) A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to official data -- an area more than twice the size of Luxembourg... more |
|
France unveils 1 bn euro farm aid package after climate-hit summer Sep 04, 2026 (AFP) France on Friday announced more than one billion euros in emergency support for farmers after an unprecedented summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought, but agricultural groups said the package falls short. more
Trump again seeks to remove protections for wolvesSep 04, 2026 (AFP) President Donald Trump's administration on Friday pushed to drop endangered species protections for wolves, outraging conservationists who said the move would jeopardize the iconic predators' recovery from the brink of e... more |
Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El NinoSep 04, 2026 (AFP) The Panama Canal on Friday began reducing the number of ships passing through due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon. more 
Europe struggles to respond as Russia escalates shadow warfareSep 03, 2026 (AFP) European spy chiefs worry that Russia's war against Ukraine is increasingly spilling over onto their soil, but Kyiv's Western allies are struggling to come up with countermeasures to halt Moscow's "hybrid" attacks. more |
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA-sourced material is public domain. |