China, US join record UN signing of Paris climate deal
by Carole Landry UNITED Nations, United States (AFP) -- A record 175 countries, including the world's top polluters China…
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Environment
Dust devil lifts boy into the air in China
Dust devils tore through a school event in China, lifting one boy into the air and dropping him on the…
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Australian furry friend gets ‘toad-smart’ to survive
Scientists are training an endangered furry marsupial -- Australia's beloved quoll -- to avoid eating toxic toads that have devastated…
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Rare tiger dies at Indonesia’s ‘death zoo’
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- A critically endangered Sumatran tiger has died at a notorious Indonesian zoo where hundreds of animals…
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Coral bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef: scientists
by Madeleine COOREY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering its worst coral bleaching in recorded history…
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Climate change may boost spread of Zika, other viruses
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS,France (AFP) -- As Europe and the United States brace for the likely arrival of the Zika…
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Earthquake expert Dr. Ishmael C. Narag discusses preparing for an earthquake
Earthquake expert Dr. Ishmael C. Narag, from the OIC Seismology Division of Phivolcs discusses preparing for an earthquake. [youtube id="WKMcQC9AFO0"]
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Ukraine to mark 30 years since Chernobyl shook the world
by Ania TSOUKANOVA Kiev, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine is preparing to mark 30 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the world's worst…
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India poachers kill rhino soon after royal couple visit
Poachers shot dead a rhinoceros at a wildlife park in northeast India hours after Britain's Prince William and his wife…
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Scientists drill into Mexican crater where asteroid hit, killing dinosaurs
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) - An international research team has started drilling for core samples nearly 1,500 meters (nearly 5,000…
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