Thai Supreme Court jails tycoon over wildlife poaching
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - A Thai tycoon accused of poaching wildlife in a national park lost his final appeal Wednesday,…
3 years ago
Environment
Rising seas blamed as flooding hits Pacific islands
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (AFP) -- Island nations in the South Pacific were cleaning up Wednesday after storms and tidal surges…
3 years ago
Coral reefs of western Indian Ocean at risk of collapse: study
by Nick Perry Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - Rising sea temperatures and overfishing threaten coral reefs in the western…
3 years ago
NGO awards triple-A climate rating to just 14 firms
PARIS, France (AFP) - Only 14 companies are making top-grade efforts on the climate, the organisation that scores environmental efforts…
3 years ago
Thousands of turtles lay eggs on Nicaraguan coast
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Thousands of sea turtles laid their eggs on Nicaragua's coast over the weekend…
3 years ago
Sealand: the ‘micronation’ defying the UK and Covid
by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse SEALAND (AFP) - It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been…
3 years ago
Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion
by Sean CHANG Agence France-Presse NANTOU COUNTY, Taiwan (AFP) - Toads are a symbol of prosperity and good fortune in Taiwan,…
3 years ago
Russia closes notorious ‘whale jail’
MOSCOW, Russsia (AFP) - Russia has dismantled a notorious facility dubbed the "whale jail" that kept dozens of the mammals…
3 years ago
Albanian bunkers ravaged by rising tides as erosion takes toll
by Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse SEMAN, Albania (AFP) - Albania's communist-era bunkers were meant to withstand a nuclear strike, but…
3 years ago
Austerity, far right, feminism: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy
by Hui Min NEO Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Crises have a knack for felling leaders. Not Chancellor Angela…
3 years ago
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