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Tag: Wells

World

The Killer Stalking Sri Lanka’s Men

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024Kang-Chun Cheng and Apoorva MandavilliComments Off on The Killer Stalking Sri Lanka’s Men

Climate change and contaminated water have combined to create an epidemic of kidney disease.

World

In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits

February 9, 2024HIROKO TABUCHIComments Off on In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits

The bottled-water company last year tried to kill legislation aimed at protecting aquifers at a time when many are at risk nationally.

World

Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023Christopher Flavelle and Jack HealyComments Off on Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles

In what could be a glimpse of the future as climate change batters the West, officials ruled there’s not enough groundwater for projects already approved.

World

French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies

November 27, 2022November 29, 2022CATHERINE PORTERComments Off on French Police Guard Water as Seasonal Drought Intensifies

New reservoirs designed to supply French farms with water in increasingly arid growing seasons have attracted opposition from environmentalists.

World

Virginia Uses Treated Wastewater to Shore Up a Drinking Water Aquifer

October 20, 2022October 20, 2022Elena ShaoComments Off on Virginia Uses Treated Wastewater to Shore Up a Drinking Water Aquifer

A crucial aquifer is running low, so officials are pumping in treated sewage. It’s an increasingly common strategy as heavy demand and climate change strain water supplies.

World

Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022Bryan Denton, David Zucchino and Yaqoob AkbaryComments Off on Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again

The multibillion-dollar trade has survived previous bans. Now, the Taliban are going after solar-powered water pumps to try to dry up poppy crops in the middle of a national economic crisis.

World

Young Boy Dies in Afghanistan After Being Trapped in a Well

February 18, 2022Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Safiullah PadshahComments Off on Young Boy Dies in Afghanistan After Being Trapped in a Well

The boy, Haidar Jan, who was thought to be 5, fell into a roughly 85-foot-deep well on Tuesday in a village near Qalat, the capital of Zabul Province.

World

Effort to Rescue a 5-Year-Old Transfixes Morocco, Only to End Sadly

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022Vivian Yee, Aida Alami and Mona El-NaggarComments Off on Effort to Rescue a 5-Year-Old Transfixes Morocco, Only to End Sadly

The four-day rescue operation failed to save the life of Rayan, who plunged down a 100-foot well, a devastating outcome to the many Moroccans who were captivated by the effort to save him.

World

Millions More People Got Access to Clean Water. Can They Drink It?

December 2, 2021Lucy TompkinsComments Off on Millions More People Got Access to Clean Water. Can They Drink It?

The U.N. pledged to halve the proportion of the world without access to clean drinking water by 2015.

Headlines

How Trump Used Fury Over Israel’s Qatar Attack to Push Netanyahu on Gaza

October 3, 2025Mark Mazzetti, Adam Rasgon, Katie Rogers and Luke Broadwater

U.S. Research Focus in the Arctic Shifts: Less Climate, More Security

October 3, 2025Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Trump and Carney to Hold Tariff and Security Talks in D.C.

October 3, 2025IAN AUSTEN

French Photojournalist Killed in Drone Attack in Ukraine

October 3, 2025MARC SANTORA

U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025CHARLIE SAVAGE

Putin Suggests Trump Will Decide Against Sending Tomahawk Missiles to Ukraine

October 3, 2025Anton Troianovski and Maria Varenikova

Trump Sets Sunday Deadline for Hamas to Agree to Cease-fire Plan With Israel

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025KATIE ROGERS

Indian Comedian Kunal Kamra Forced Offstage Amid Political Censorship

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025MUJIB MASHAL

How an Attack on a Synagogue in Manchester Unfolded

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025Michael D. Shear and Emma Bubola

French Prime Minister Vows to Let Parliament Decide on Budget Bill

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025AURELIEN BREEDEN
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