
Boiling heat and no water: taps run dry in southern Iraq
Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells.

Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on August 23 met virtually with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Over the past few months, coffee prices have been going up across Europe.
A local train line not far from Hamburg will start operating exclusively with hydrogen-powered trains, using a fleet of 14 produced by French company Alstom.
Sometimes big changes can be seen in small things.

After a summer of extreme heat and scarce rain leading to parched forests and farmland, scientists have warned that Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years.
Two giant panda bear cubs were born at a breeding center in southwestern China on Tuesday, a further sign of progress for the country’s unofficial mascot and a once-endangered animal that can be notoriously difficult to encourage to reproduce.
The Danish capital city will not be able to reach its ambitious climate goal of carbon neutrality after its iconic incinerator failed to meet CO2 capture requirements for state funding.
Nearly two-thirds of Europe is threatened by drought.
Some 1,500 people have been forced to evacuate due to brush fires in China, as the region goes through record heat and drought.