The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires reut.rs/3VVK33H reut.rs/3VVK33H

Storm Austen cut power to nearly 300,000 French homes and disrupted train and plane services with heavy winds and rain on Friday, while also knocking out electricity for some 12,000 homes in Britain. reut.rs/4sjYvyt reut.rs/4sjYvyt

The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck China's southwestern region of Tibet has risen to 76, local government authorities said in press conference on Friday, while the death count remained unchanged at 16. reut.rs/3TPLaBm reut.rs/3TPLaBm

Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations' climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border with China’s Tibet region in August, the government said late on Thursday. reut.rs/4Bol2yf reut.rs/4Bol2yf

The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires reut.rs/4zGHyki reut.rs/4zGHyki

An oil spill from a tanker was detected off the coast of Umm Al Quwain, prompting containment operations and environmental assessments, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Climate Change and Environment said on Friday. reut.rs/4BljhBZ reut.rs/4BljhBZ

The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck China's southwestern region of Tibet has risen to 76, local government authorities said in press conference on Friday, while the death count remained unchanged at 16. reut.rs/47A4GVC reut.rs/47A4GVC

Across Sudan, farmers who have struggled to harvest their crops since a civil war flared in 2023 are now battling a new enemy that could plunge the nation back into famine: the weather. reut.rs/3W1irtY reut.rs/3W1irtY

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still make direct landfall on the island. reut.rs/4eQvB3l reut.rs/4eQvB3l

Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations' climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border with China’s Tibet region in August, the government said late on Thursday. reut.rs/3UbFm52 reut.rs/3UbFm52

The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires reut.rs/3U77KW9 reut.rs/3U77KW9

An intensifying El Niño-linked storm season this week brought flooding to Paraguay, killed two farm workers in Argentina's cattle belt and damaged coastal communities in Peru and Mexico. reut.rs/4izNZ2O reut.rs/4izNZ2O

The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the southwestern region of China's Tibet has risen to 65, local government said in a social media post on Friday, while the death count remained unchanged at 16. reut.rs/3VWsQak reut.rs/3VWsQak

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still make direct landfall on the island. reut.rs/4k5GKRm reut.rs/4k5GKRm

Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations' climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border with China’s Tibet region in August, the government said late on Thursday. reut.rs/4dV5xUs reut.rs/4dV5xUs

An intensifying El Niño-linked storm season this week brought flooding to Paraguay, killed two farm workers in Argentina's cattle belt and damaged coastal communities in Peru and Mexico. reut.rs/3TP0RZy reut.rs/3TP0RZy

An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 32 others, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing Nagqu City's emergency management bureau. reut.rs/48bSWJ2 reut.rs/48bSWJ2

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, though the storm is weakening and is not expected to make direct landfall on the island. reut.rs/4shixcS reut.rs/4shixcS

France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus in a patient who died, raising questions about the risks posed by a livestock virus that has reached Europe this year decades after first being detected in Nigeria. reut.rs/4ibRT0n reut.rs/4ibRT0n

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to approve a three-year delay to the EU's methane emissions rules for oil and gas imports, marking a longer-than-expected delay after pressure from governments including France and the United States. reut.rs/47BPirP reut.rs/47BPirP