India heatwave takes temperatures near record highs
CHURU, India (AFP) -- Temperatures in an Indian desert city hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) for the second time…
5 years ago
Environment
You can have your plate and eat it too, says Polish inventor
by Damien SIMONART Agence France Presse ZAMBROW, Poland (AFP) -- Polish inventor and entrepreneur Jerzy Wysocki catches a brown plate…
5 years ago
Two rare white tiger cubs find new home in Nicaragua
MASAYA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Two white tiger cubs have been taken to their new home at the Nicaragua National Zoo,…
6 years ago
Rare albino panda caught on camera in China: state media
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A rare all-white panda has been caught on camera at a nature reserve in southwest China,…
6 years ago
Traumatised by conflict, animals find haven in Jordan
https://youtu.be/6In_z93jCgo by Mussa Hattar JERASH, Jordan (AFP) - For more than a year after being moved to a Jordanian wildlife…
6 years ago
Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing ‘slow-motion disaster’
https://youtu.be/sUVwy1IpTPM by Joshua MELVIN MANILA, Philippines (AFP) - When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two…
6 years ago
Gardens of the future spring up at Chelsea Flower Show
by Pauline FROISSART LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Gardens of the future are being unveiled at the Chelsea Flower Show…
6 years ago
Mineral misery: Vietnam salt farmers battered by imports, climate
by Jenny VAUGHAN / Tran Thi Minh Ha HON KOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise…
6 years ago
UN chief’s call to ‘save the Pacific to save the world’
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said it was vital "to save the Pacific to save…
6 years ago
UN chief says world ‘not on track’ with climate change
Wellington, New Zealand (AFP) -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launched a brief South Pacific tour in New Zealand Sunday,…
6 years ago
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