Environment

Climate change ‘clearly’ fuelled Australia bushfires: inquest

by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia's devastating 2019-2020 bushfires were "clearly" fuelled by climate change, a government…

Toronto seeks to save oak tree older than Canada

by Olivier MONNIER Agence France-Presse TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — In the shadow of Canada's largest cluster of skyscrapers, Toronto is…

Fire crews make progress battling historic California blazes

LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) — Thousands of firefighters made small progress on Monday as they battled to contain historic wildfires…

Stricken ship behind oil spill sunk off Mauritius

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius (AFP) — The broken stem of a Japanese-owned ship which ran aground causing a devastating oil spill in…

Tropical songbirds stop breeding to survive drought

by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Songbirds in tropical rainforests curtail their reproduction to help them…

Contaminated water sickens nearly 500 in China

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Hundreds of people in eastern China have been infected with bacteria which can cause dysentery after…

Long ‘lost’ elephant shrew found in Horn of Africa

by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — For half a century scientists feared that the Somali elephant shrew…

Turkey’s bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean

by Gokan Gunes with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey's big push into the Mediterranean…

California fires cover 1 million acres amid fears of new spread

by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) — Firefighters on Sunday battled some of California's largest-ever fires that…

DR Congo’s Virunga park condemns ‘illegal’ land sales

GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) — A world-famous gorilla reserve in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo denounced on Wednesday the "illegal sale"…

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