Topic: Environment & Climate — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-01 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Luzon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: HEAVY TRAFFIC. Traffic situation along NLEX in San Simon Pampanga, on September 1, 2026.
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[2026-09-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now
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[2026-09-01 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image provided by Manish Maharjan, filmmaker and drone pilot Manish Maharjan operates a drone at the entrance to a tunnel at the Rashuwaghadi hydropower project in Rasuwa district, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Manish Maharjan via AP)
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[2026-09-01 18:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-01 18:27 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-09-01 18:17 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: When Anthony Albanese was asked on Tuesday whether the world shared collective responsibility for the tragedy that befell Nepal last week due to its failure to tackle climate change, he ducked fast.
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[2026-09-01 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Rescue teams crawled through narrow tunnels at the Langtang Hydropower Project in Nepal's Rasuwa district, video released by the Nepali Army on Monday showed, as efforts intensified to reach hundreds feared trapped after last week's catastrophic floods. The footage showed rescuers using ropes to navigate confined, debris-filled passages inside the tunnels.
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[2026-09-01 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Marine life] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The chicken liver sponge has sailed through a test of its ability to filter pollutants in a harbour in Spain’s Costa Brava
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[2026-09-01 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China has surpassed 1,000 and more than 4,400 people remain missing as rescue crews work to reach communities cut off by the disaster.
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[2026-09-01 17:49 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: David Castuciano/Rappler
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[2026-09-01 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered strict compliance of laws on disaster mitigation as he underscored the need to "prioritize" measures that would address the impacts of climate change.
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[2026-09-01 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mafalda Duarte, Green Climate Fund executive director, tells Nikkei Asia that existing contributors have room to increase funding and that she is also encouraging new contributions from both developed and developing countries. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)
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[2026-09-01 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has delivered a further 45 tonnes of essential supplies to Nepal under a $10 million humanitarian aid package aimed at assisting communities bearing the brunt of devastating floods.
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[2026-09-01 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Manisha Magar was reunited with her parents after she was pulled from mud and wreckage that had trapped her for around 60 hours.
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[2026-09-01 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A tug boat pulls a barge loaded with coal on Mahakam River in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahmad Mulia Panjaitan)
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[2026-09-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heavy to torrential rain is forecast over the next three days, with authorities warning of floods, landslides and mudslides
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[2026-09-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Jiangxi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heavy to torrential rain is forecast over the next three days, with authorities warning of floods, landslides and mudslides
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[2026-09-01 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, during the cremation of her son Aayush Khada, in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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[2026-09-01 16:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Youngone, a South Korean manufacturer of outdoor and athletic apparel and footwear, has released the English edition of its 2025 Sustainability Report, expanding global access to information on its environmental, social and governance performance after publishing the Korean version in July.
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[2026-09-01 16:31 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-01 16:30 UTC+10:00] [World news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As families await news of missing loved ones, the disaster is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is creating a fast-growing threat. Plus, the town considered India’s ‘Jurassic Park’
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[2026-09-01 16:12 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A second Australian missing in the Nepal flood disaster has been found safe on the Tibet side of the border, as Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressed “grave concerns” for the 42 citizens still unaccounted for.
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[2026-09-01 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A satellite image shows the area around the Nepal-China border before devastating floods swept away buildings and vehicles
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[2026-09-01 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One of 43 unaccounted for Australians has been located in Tibet, Dfat says
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[2026-09-01 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A mother mourned her 21-year-old son who died in the flash floods in Nepal and was cremated Monday. Meanwhile in south-central Nepal’s Chitwan district, authorities said they were carrying out temporary burials of unidentified bodies in trenches dug in a forested area as concerns for health risks mounts. (AP Video: Dar Yasin)
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[2026-09-01 15:24 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: DISASTER. Members of the Nepal Army head back after collecting the bodies that were washed away by flash floods and a mudslide, in Narayani River, Chitwan, Nepal, August 31, 2026.
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[2026-09-01 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, US President Donald Trump vows to retaliate after Iran launches missiles at American military bases in Jordan.
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[2026-09-01 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rajendra Dawadi made the split-second decision to evacuate students moments before floods swept the school away.
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[2026-09-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered
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[2026-09-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Storm Chandra lashed large parts of the country in February 2026, hitting travel and cutting power.
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[2026-09-01 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-01 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called for the death penalty for anyone who deliberately starts a forest fire after at least 12 people died in wildfires in the country’s northeast.
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[2026-09-01 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-01 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, right, talks with Assemblymember Steve Bennett during an Assembly session at the Capitol, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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[2026-09-01 14:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Farmer Oumarou Compaoré speaks to the Associated Press as he stands by one of the irrigation systems at Djoda Farm in Matourkou, near Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Elia Borras)
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[2026-09-01 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Survivor Tsering Gelbu Lama sits with his daughter at a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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[2026-09-01 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The family of 5 that had been trapped in the home during the floods said they had been ‘reborn’ as they returned to survey the damage around the property.
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[2026-09-01 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Sophia Lam via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-09-01 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The camp of former Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Tuesday questioned the Ombudsman’s characterization of him as a “mastermind” amid the ongoing preliminary investigation into the alleged flood-control anomalies.
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[2026-09-01 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS instructions from President Lee in paras 8-10)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-09-01 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a fund to pay for damage caused by climate change.
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[2026-09-01 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details throughout, additional photo)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-09-01 11:54 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kathmandu: Rescuers are racing to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border, as the death toll climbs and increasingly desperate families search for missing loved ones.
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[2026-09-01 11:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-09-01 11:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 4,400 remain missing in Nepal and China after the devastating flash floods, unleashed after a glacial collapse in the Himalayas
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[2026-09-01 11:26 UTC+10:00] [flash floods] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 4,400 remain missing in Nepal and China after the devastating flash floods, unleashed after a glacial collapse in the Himalayas
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[2026-09-01 11:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean disaster relief team was set to leave for Nepal late Tuesday to support search, rescue and other relief efforts following devastating floods, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-09-01 11:11 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Kathmandu – Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week’s deadly Himalayan flood was “not an ordinary” event but driven by climate change, as he demanded international action.
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[2026-09-01 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: REWRITES lead; ADDS more details in last 6 paras)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-09-01 10:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was set to dispatch a disaster relief team to Nepal on Tuesday to support search, rescue and other relief efforts following devastating floods, the foreign ministry said.
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