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EU bans cancer threat chemicals in tattoo ink

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- An EU ban on tattoo ink and permanent make-up containing chemicals feared to cause cancers or…

Chilean zoo jabs big cats, orangutan against Covid-19

by Paulina ABRAMOVICH Agence France-Presse BUIN, Chile (AFP) - Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered…

Bowie estate sells songwriting rights to Warner

by Maggy DONALDSON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - David Bowie's estate has sold the publishing rights to…

Jaguar released in Argentina to help endangered species

by Liliana SAMUEL Agence France-Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) - A jaguar named Jatobazinho was released into a national park…

EU moves to label nuclear, gas energy as ‘green’

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - The European Union is planning to label energy from nuclear power and natural gas as "green"…

World heads into New Year facing Covid ‘tsunami’

by AFP bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- Millions around the world braced Thursday for drastically curtailed New Year celebrations as…

Philippines lifts ban on new open-pit mines

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) - The Philippines has lifted a four-year ban on new open-pit mines, an official said Wednesday, in…

Young Iraqi film students tell their own stories from Mosul

by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France-Presse MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - A budding Iraqi filmmaker yells "action!" as an actress clambers over…

Mongolian doctors trek to remote areas to give herders jabs

by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse DUNDGOBI, Mongolia (AFP) - Nurse Sodkhuu Galbadrakh clutches a box of Covid-19 vaccines on his…

Omicron risk remains ‘very high’: WHO

by Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high",…

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