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Planet vs people as Panama’s mangroves are turned into coal

by Moises AVILA Agence France-Presse Elieser Rodriguez emerges blackened from the thick smoke of burning pyres slowly transforming the limbs…

For Stella McCartney, fashion must ditch leather or die trying

by Jordi ZAMORA Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - The fashion industry must prepare to eliminate waste and take…

WHO grants India’s Covaxin jab emergency approval

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an emergency use listing for the India-made Covaxin vaccine,…

Insulin maker Novo Nordisk raises full-year targets

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Danish pharmaceuticals group Novo Nordisk, the world's leading insulin maker, said Wednesday it is raising its…

US father of cognitive therapy dies at 100

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck, considered the father of cognitive therapy -- an approach developed…

UK to unveil plan for first ‘net zero’ financial centre

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Finance minister Rishi Sunak is to announce plans to make Britain the world's first net…

The women guarding India’s rainforest ‘refugees’

by Laurence THOMANN Agence France-Presse WAYANAD, India (AFP) - As deforestation and climate change ravage India's UNESCO heritage-listed Western Ghats…

Poland’s ‘priceless’ primeval forest pits environmentalists against state

by Bernard OSSER Agence France-Presse TEREMISKI, Poland (AFP) - Stopping by a giant oak tree in Europe's largest surviving primeval…

Major methane deal at climate summit — without China

by Patrick GALEY and Jitendra JOSH Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) - Countries on Tuesday issued a landmark pledge…

WHO urges vaccine against bacteria killing 150,000 babies each year

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for the urgent development of a vaccine against a…

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