Brown Danube: How Belgrade’s sewers taint Europe’s famous river
by Miodrag SOVILJ Agence France-Presse BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — Just down the road from Belgrade's historic city centre, gates open…
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Environment
As Brazil’s wetlands burn, rain is ‘only hope’
by Eugenia LOGIURATTO Agence France-Presse PORTO JOFRE, Brazil (AFP) — Lieutenant Silva's face is grim as he watches his firefighters…
4 years ago
Welcome to the jungle: plants overrun Chinese apartment blocks
BEIJING, China (AFP) — An experimental green housing project in a Chinese megacity promised prospective residents life in a "vertical…
4 years ago
As Oregon fires burn, smoggy air suffocates Portland residents
by Cyril JULIEN Agence France-Presse PORTLAND, Oregon (AFP) — The deadly fires spreading across three western US states are causing…
4 years ago
In Brazil, pandemic forces ‘pink farm’ to get creative
SAO, PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- At a warehouse on the west side of Sao Paulo, fruits and vegetables grow within…
4 years ago
Sri Lanka navy plugs fuel leak on fire-stricken tanker
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lankan military divers fixed a fuel leak from the engine of a fire-damaged oil tanker…
4 years ago
Turkey says east Med ship will return after maintenance
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey said on Monday that an energy exploration vessel that had pulled out of waters claimed by…
4 years ago
Massive chunk of Greenland’s largest glacier crashes into sea
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- A massive chunk of ice -- larger than the city of Paris -- has broken off…
4 years ago
Tanzania, Uganda, ink deal on $3.5b oil pipeline project
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — Tanzania and Uganda signed an agreement Sunday to commence construction on a 1,445-kilometre (900…
4 years ago
New worry over August deforestation in Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil (AFP) — Last month was the second-worst August on record for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,…
4 years ago
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