US extends Iraq sanctions waiver for further 3 months
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The US has granted Iraq a three-month extension to a sanctions waiver allowing it to import…
4 years ago
Environment
EU court finds against ‘Dieselgate’ car firms
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that it had been illegal for car companies…
4 years ago
Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok…
4 years ago
Well drilling thrives as Caracas water supply flounders
by Andrea TOSTA Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Alfredo Araya used to dig wells on farms or out in…
4 years ago
Virus hunters delve into Gabon forest in search for next threat
by Adrien MAROTTE Agence France-Presse ZADIE CAVES, Gabon (AFP) — The scene looks like something out of a science fiction…
4 years ago
London coroner rules air pollution contributed to young girl’s death
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British legal first was made on Wednesday when a coroner ruled that air pollution…
4 years ago
Norway okays giant North Sea carbon storage project
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Norway gave approval Tuesday to a giant project to capture and store CO2 below the North…
4 years ago
Indonesia’s female forest guardians fight for the environment
by Alfath Asmunda Agence France-Presse INDONESIA (AFP) — Sumini gets up at dawn to do her household chores -- then…
4 years ago
Fiji tourism hit with climate, pandemic double whammy
by Leon LORD Agence France-Presse CORAL COAST, Fiji (AFP) — Fiji dive operator Ashwin Pal was living his dream until…
4 years ago
India’s Modi lays foundations for renewable energy megapark
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundations Tuesday for what he said would be the…
4 years ago
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