Mexico City bans disposable plastics
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexico City's legislature voted Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers…
6 years ago
Environment
Cyprus’s emblematic wild sheep lock horns with mountain farmers
by Claire Gounon GERAKIES, Cyprus (AFP) -- Surveying his orchard in the Troodos Mountains, Cypriot farmer John Papadouris is convinced…
6 years ago
Alaska’s thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time
by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France Presse QUINHAGAK, United States (AFP) -- The first artifact -- a wooden mask --…
6 years ago
Rangers find three-eyed snake in Australia’s Humpty Doo
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A three-eyed snake found slithering down a road in the northern Australian town of Humpty Doo…
6 years ago
Climate change forcing Alaskans to hunt for new ways to survive
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse QUINHAGAK, United States (AFP) -- As far back as he can remember, Willard…
6 years ago
Mandela prison drawing sells for $112,575 in New York
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his…
6 years ago
Alaska’s indigenous people feel the heat of climate change
by Jocelyne ZABLIT NAPAKIAK, United States (AFP) -- The cemetery has already been moved twice, the old school is underwater…
6 years ago
Three tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- A dedicated clean-up team sent to Mount Everest has collected three tonnes of garbage in its…
6 years ago
Aussie scientists find antidote for deadly box jellyfish sting
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian researchers believe they have found an antidote to a sting from the world's most venomous…
6 years ago
Egypt’s rebounding tourism threatens Red Sea corals
by Aziz EL MASSASSI Agence France Presse Hurghada, Egypt (AFP) -- In serene turquoise waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast,…
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