Southern China faces heavy floods, and landslides kill at least 9
BEIJING (AP) — Southern China was reeling Tuesday from heavy rains that triggered landslides killing at least nine people, knocking out power for entire villages and burying crops.
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Working in ‘hellfire’: Gig workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave
Delivery workers face physical and mental hardships while enduring India’s scorching summer.
Denmark recalls 3 spicy instant noodle soup brands from South Korea used in online food challenges
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Food authorities in Denmark have recalled three types of spicy instant noodle products imported from South Korea over possible risks for “acute poisoning.” Consumers are asked to discard them or return the noodles to the retailer.
Japan market interventions will not work forever: Kenneth Rogoff
NEW YORK -- With the Japanese yen hovering at weak levels against the dollar and showing no sign of strengthening significantly, the government is taking steps to intervene and buoy the currency.
Heavy snows and drought of deadly ‘dzud’ kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year, more than a tenth of the country’s entire livestock holdings, endangering herders’ livelihoods and way of life.
AI's looming climate cost: Energy demand surges amid data center race
PALO ALTO, California -- Artificial intelligence is dangerous. But the main risk may not be the one popularized by Hollywood -- a malevolent superintelligence bent on destroying humanity. Instead, AI itself could be benign, but its insatiable appetite for energy and growing carbon footprint could present a far greater threat: the acceleration of wildfires, floods, extreme weather and all of the dangers that come with climate change.