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Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded

Jan. 24, 2025 15:03 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month caused by a tropical cyclone. The 12,000 radiated and...

Nearly 250 million children missed school last year because of extreme weather, UNICEF says

Jan. 24, 2025 08:56 AM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather, the United Nations Children's Fund said in a new report Friday. UNICEF said it amounted to one...