Next stop San Francisco as ‘longest swim’ embarks from Tokyo
by Harumi OZAWA Agence France Presse CHOSHI, Japan (AFP) -- Ben Lecomte dived into the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, kicking off…
6 years ago
Environment
Recycling plastic — Japan style
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- At a recycling plant outside Tokyo, workers in face masks pick through an unending torrent of…
6 years ago
Bad air day: Indian city chokes on world’s worst pollution
by Bhuvan Bagga © Agence France-Presse KANPUR, India (AFP) -- Soot turned the white handkerchief around Abhash Kumar Sharma's face…
6 years ago
Plastic wasteland: Asia’s ocean pollution crisis
by Jenny Vaughan and Asia bureaus © Agence France-Presse THANH HOA, Vietnam (AFP) -- A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a…
6 years ago
Whale dies in Thailand after swallowing 80 plastic bags
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said,…
6 years ago
World’s largest freshwater pearl goes for 320,000 euros
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The world's largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to Catherine the Great, was sold…
6 years ago
Galapagos iguanas transferred due to overpopulation
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Six land iguanas, endemic to the Galapagos Islands, have been relocated within the Pacific archipelago due…
6 years ago
Great Barrier Reef on sixth life in 30,000 years: study
(AFP) -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef, under severe stress in a warmer, more acidic ocean, has returned from near-extinction five…
6 years ago
Panda cub makes first public appearance at Malaysia zoo
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- A four-month-old panda cub made her first public appearance Saturday at the Malaysian zoo where…
7 years ago
In Moroccan desert, meteorite hunters seek to strike it rich
https://youtu.be/axUOKaHzOLM by Hamza Mekouar Agence France Presse ZAGORA, Morocco (AFP) -- They roam Morocco's southern desert, braving the searing…
7 years ago
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