Microplastics in drinking water not a health risk for now: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday the level of microplastics in drinking-water is not yet…
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Firefighters stabilise Canary Islands fire, most residents go home
MADRID, Spain (AFP) - Most residents in the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria who were evacuated over a raging…
6 years ago
Pentagon axes troubled $1 bn contract for missile defense
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it is terminating a troubled billion-dollar program to develop a…
6 years ago
Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts
by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse SALVADOR, Brazil(AFP) - Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil have ignited a…
6 years ago
Disgraced Catholic Cardinal Pell of Australia loses child sex abuse appeal
by Holly ROBERTSON Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Disgraced Cardinal George Pell lost his appeal against child…
6 years ago
Indonesia’s Papua hit by fresh unrest as troops deployed
MANOKWARI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia's Papua was hit by fresh unrest Wednesday as more than 1,000 security personnel were…
6 years ago
US ports brace for surge of imports ahead of new tariffs on China
by John Biers NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- The latest lurches in President Donald Trump's trade war…
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US ‘prepared to engage’ with N. Korea in nuclear talks: envoy
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The United States is ready to sit down with North Korea to resume long-awaited…
6 years ago
Italy in limbo after PM Conte attacks Salvini and resigns
By Charles Onians Agence France-Presse ROME, ITALY (AFP) -- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday he would resign, lashing…
6 years ago
Singapore to trial driverless buses booked with an app
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an…
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