Drought-hit California scales up plan to truck salmon to ocean
by Laurent BANGUET OROVILLE, United States (AFP) -- With chronic drought drying up rivers earlier than usual this year, California…
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Philippine teen Saso edges Hataoka in playoff to win US Women’s Open
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Philippine teenager Yuka Saso birdied the third playoff hole to beat Japan's Nasa Hataoka…
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UK competition watchdog probes Facebook use of ad data
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's competition watchdog said Friday it has opened an investigation into Facebook's use of advertiser…
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Insect pest eats into Lebanon’s ‘white gold’ pine nut trade
by Layal Abou Rahal QSAYBEH, Lebanon (AFP) -- The scenic region of Mount Lebanon has long produced pine seed, a…
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Arctic sea ice thinning faster than expected, new study shows
by Joe JACKSON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Sea ice in the Arctic's coastal regions may be thinning up to…
5 years ago
First human case of H10N3 bird flu: What we know
by Paul Ricard, Brigitte Castelnau and AFP in Geneva PARIS, France (AFP) -- China revealed the first human case of…
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More than two billion Covid vaccines given worldwide: AFP
PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP…
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10,000 Olympic volunteers quit ahead of Games: organisers
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Around 10,000 of 80,000 planned Tokyo 2020 Olympic volunteers have quit, organisers have revealed as they…
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Covid origins mystery continues to spark speculation and tension
by Julie CHARPENTRAT PARIS, France (AFP) -- The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has scorched its way across the world killing millions and…
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Huawei launches new mobile operating system in fight for survival
by Dan Martin Agence France Presse Chinese tech giant Huawei launched its highly-anticipated homegrown mobile operating system on Wednesday,…
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