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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.

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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

Under Trump’s Aegis, Cambodia and Thailand Agree to Resolve Border Dispute

October 26, 2025SUI-LEE WEE

Sudanese Paramilitaries Claim Control of Key Army Garrison in Darfur

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Trump Leans Into Showmanship on Day 1 of His Asia Trip

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green and Sui-Lee Wee

Chinese and U.S. Officials Reach Framework of a Trade Deal

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025Keith Bradsher and Zunaira Saieed

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October 26, 2025Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green and Sui-Lee Wee

Police Make Arrests in Louvre Robbery, Authorities Say

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025AURELIEN BREEDEN

Turkey Offered to Help in Postwar Gaza. Israel Isn’t About to Say Yes.

October 26, 2025BEN HUBBARD and DAVID M. HALBFINGER

How Maduro Is Responding to Trump’s Pressure on Venezuela’s Economy

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025ANATOLY KURMANAEV

What to Know About Argentina’s Midterm Election

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3 Years Ago It Was a Casting Agency. Now It Has $1 Billion in Drone Contracts.

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