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Europe fires already worse than in all 2021: monitor
Europe fires already worse than in all 2021: monitor
by  AFP

The wildfires that ripped through swathes of Europe in recent weeks have already burned a larger area of land than was lost to blazes in all of 2021, the EU's satellite monitoring service said Thursday. EFFIS said that Europe could end 2022 with more land burned by area than 2017, currently the worst recorded year for wildfires with nearly 1,000,000 hectares (10,000 km2) lost.

Facebook removes Afghan media pages controlled by Taliban
Facebook removes Afghan media pages controlled by Taliban
by  AFP

Facebook has removed the accounts of at least two state-owned media outlets in Afghanistan, the company confirmed Thursday, saying it was complying with laws in the United States listing the Taliban as a "terrorist organisation".

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