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Studies conducted on 1,000 year old ice cores from Greenland have shown that global warming "has also found its way to very remote locations" says Bo Mollesoe Vinther, associate professor in climate physics at the University of Copenhagen, who co-authored an article on the findings published in the scientific journal Nature.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram that firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire, while the number of casualties is "unimaginable".
The powerful quake hit the eastern Paktika province on the border with Pakistan, and authorities fear many more people are trapped or dead in the rubble of their homes.
A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as desperate rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings.
More than 1,000 indigenous people displaced by the conflict have been squatting in a park in the Colombian capital since September. View on euronews