Topic: Environment & Climate — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-12 19:26 UTC+10:00] [wildlife management] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Local governments have to handle a surge in time-consuming complaints as close encounters with bears rise to a record high
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[2026-08-12 19:23 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-12 19:04 UTC+10:00] [British politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Prime Minister Andy Burnham will lead a meeting of the government's emergency committee Wednesday afternoon in response to ongoing heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the U.K.
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[2026-08-12 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmaker says situation involving Anlev Elex Elevator ‘unacceptable’, warning it could further delay HK$13.5 billion redevelopment project
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[2026-08-12 18:49 UTC+10:00] [ATAL Engineering] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawmaker says situation involving Anlev Elex Elevator ‘unacceptable’, warning it could further delay HK$13.5 billion redevelopment project
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[2026-08-12 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Here is what you need to know about the total eclipse, which is the first visible in mainland Europe since 2006.
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[2026-08-12 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Search and rescue operations were underway on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba on Tuesday after a ferry capsized in bad weather.
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[2026-08-12 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain. Daytime darkness will descend Aug. 12 across the Iberian Peninsula close to sunset — plus slivers of Greenland and Iceland — as the sun, moon and Earth align perfectly in the sky.
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[2026-08-12 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain’s biggest household power supplier, Octopus Energy, has asked customers to cut electricity use for two hours on Wednesday to cope with a solar eclipse during peak demand.A total eclipse of the Sun – the first visible from mainland Europe since 1999 – will occur on August 12 from 15:00 to 19:00 GMT (4-8 PM London time).
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[2026-08-12 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain’s biggest household power supplier, Octopus Energy, has asked customers to cut electricity use for two hours on Wednesday to cope with a solar eclipse during peak demand.A total eclipse of the Sun – the first visible from mainland Europe since 1999 – will occur on August 12 from 15:00 to 19:00 GMT (4-8 PM London time).
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[2026-08-12 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court upheld the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s discretion to keep its unfinished flood-control report confidential, ruling that the right to information does not cover preliminary legislative deliberations.
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[2026-08-12 17:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Millions of protective glasses have been sold in Spain ahead of today's (Wednesday August 12th) total solar eclipse. Authorities have recalled six models, but this is what you have to check to guarantee the ones you've bought are safe and legit.
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[2026-08-12 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible from Europe since 2006. The path of totality will cross northern Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Greenland and northern Russia. London is expected to see around 90 per cent of the Sun obscured, while shoppers in Paris queued for more than two hours outside a specialist store on Rue de Rivoli.
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[2026-08-12 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government on Wednesday announced key projects to nurture advanced technologies in seven sectors, including renewable energy and space science, as part of broader efforts to seek new growth engines.
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[2026-08-12 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE- Smoke rises from a coal-powered steel plant at Hehal village near Ranchi, India, in eastern state of Jharkhand, Sept. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
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[2026-08-12 16:36 UTC+10:00] [Extreme heat] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Making fun of the English is an Australian national pastime but the drought in Britain isn’t funny at all
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[2026-08-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Extreme weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent. What is to blame?
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[2026-08-12 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Renewable Energy
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[2026-08-12 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department issues court summons to suspect after conducting raid on Yuen Long shelter
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[2026-08-12 15:55 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Agriculture, Conservation and Fisheries Department issues court summons to suspect after conducting raid on Yuen Long shelter
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[2026-08-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As they escape the drought-blighted UK and try and relax on holiday, there is one nagging thought in the heads of senior City folks.
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[2026-08-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Fire trucks from fire departments across South Korea are gathered in South Gyeongsang Province after the government issued a national firefighting mobilization order to respond to the region’s worsening drought.
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[2026-08-12 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Thousands of trees die in Jinzhandian Park, a lush flood-storage wetland, amid exceptionally wet and rainy summer
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[2026-08-12 14:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Thousands of trees die in Jinzhandian Park, a lush flood-storage wetland, amid exceptionally wet and rainy summer
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[2026-08-12 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: About 2 million people in Somalia face emergency levels of food insecurity, more than double the number recorded last year, according to Plan International. In Baidoa, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing prolonged drought have gathered in sprawling displacement settlements on the outskirts of the city.
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[2026-08-12 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WEST KELOWNA, British Columbia — A deadly wildfire in western Canada that has forced some 20,000 people to flee grew overnight even without strong winds, challenging efforts to contain it and fully assess the damage, authorities said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Lebanon] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops
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[2026-08-12 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon inspects flood-prone areas in Cebu City and Mandaue City on Aug. 12, 2026, as officials assess recurring flooding and possible long-term solutions. Dizon, along with DPWH Central Visayas officials, first visited a narrow creek along N. Bacalso Ave. in Barangay Basak Pardo, Cebu City.
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[2026-08-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: It is perhaps a sign of the times that one of the UAE’s many small businesses is a company that produces an emergency response kit. Dr Daamini Shrivastav, a Dubai physician, co-founded the business with a friend to produce the Trooper Box – a package to help a family weather a storm with first-aid supplies, food bars and candles.
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[2026-08-12 12:49 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI – Near-record inventories, technological advances and the rise of key exporters such as Brazil and Russia have made the global food system more resilient to this year’s “super” El Nino climate phenomenon than similar past events.
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[2026-08-12 12:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kolon Industries said Wednesday it will begin commercial production of a low-carbon engineering plastic for medical applications, claiming a global first.
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[2026-08-12 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Periods of extreme heat are becoming more frequent, intense and longer-lasting as climate change warms the planet, the UN weather agency said Tuesday, noting changes since the famously hot European summer of 1976.
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[2026-08-12 11:11 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 12, 2026 11:11 | News
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[2026-08-12 11:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A deadly wildfire in Western Canada that has forced some 20,000 people to flee grew overnight even without strong winds, challenging efforts to contain it and fully assess the damage, authorities said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-12 10:58 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenVillages and farmlands are submerged by floodwaters in Yongjia, Zhejiang province.Photograph: VCG/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenShanghai residents wade through flooded streets. Photograph: Yin Liqin/China News Service/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenAn emergency drainage truck pumps out floodwater near a bridge in the Xiangcheng district of Xiangyang.Photograph: Xinhua/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenAn excavator clears a collapsed road in a Luojialiao village in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province.
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[2026-08-12 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A partial solar eclipse pictured in Christchurch, New Zealand, in September 2025
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[2026-08-12 09:01 UTC+10:00] [Spiders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New research sheds light on the genetic basis of the venomous insect’s ‘weird mating behaviour’
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[2026-08-12 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Most parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila, will experience cloudy weather with scattered rain showers or thunderstorms due to the prevailing southwest monsoon (habagat), according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
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[2026-08-12 08:37 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-12 08:10 UTC+10:00] [Whales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chantelle Smith was with her daughter on Sunday morning on K'gari when they came across a stranded juvenile humpback whale. After she recorded this footage, a number of other local volunteers arrived to keep the animal wet. The juvenile mammal became trapped on a sandbank at the southern entrance of Wathumba Creek, sparking an immediate rescue effort from local beachgoers and wildlife authorities.
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[2026-08-12 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This image made from video provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources shows conservation officer Anna Cullen celebrating on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Twin Lake, Mich., as a search and rescue team found two women and a child who had been missing after taking a river tubing trip.
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[2026-08-12 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TORONTO, Canada — British Columbia is at risk of more fast-growing wildfires due to widespread drought, Canadian officials said Tuesday, warning of historically low water levels at a massive interior lake.
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[2026-08-12 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: When Bloomberg first caught Phia - the AI "personal shopping assistant" co-founded by Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe Gates and climate-activist-turned-founder Sophia Kianni - claiming affiliate commissions on sales it had nothing to do with, the company's ham-fisted damage control was a Silicon Valley classic: an unfortunate software bug, discovered "within the last 24 hours" - and of course it was 'fixed immediately.'
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[2026-08-12 06:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En dirección contrarreloj desde la parte superior izquierda, tripulantes del Artemis II Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman y Victor Glover durante un paso cerca de la Luna el 6 de abril del 2026. Foto suministrada por la NADA (NASA via AP)
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[2026-08-12 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A total solar eclipse crosses over parts of Spain, Iceland and Greenland on Aug. 12. This animated map shows the path of totality. (AP animation: Panagiotis Mouzakis)
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[2026-08-12 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-12 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CHICAGO (AP) — Severe weather cut power Tuesday in the Chicago area and northwestern Indiana as perilous storms pummeled the region, darkening the sky and carrying extreme wind gusts across state lines.
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[2026-08-12 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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