Apia, Samoa — AFP UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned that some Pacific territories face “annihilation” from climate-induced cyclones, ocean heatwaves and rising sea levels. On a visit to Samoa, he said the fate of the Pacific islands depended on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Nea...
Jakarta, Indonesia – AFP At least nine Indonesians were reported missing overnight and more than 200 were evacuated after a landslide and flooding hit their village on Java island, an official said Monday. Cibenda village in West Java Province became inundated just before midnight on Sunday. “Nine people were reported missing in th...