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Fires spike in Brazil’s Amazon, scientists say

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon increased sharply in September, figures released…

Treetop protests in Roald Dahl forest against UK rail line

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Environmental campaigners demonstrated on the London streets and in tree-tops in the English countryside on…

Forest fire blazes near Ukraine front line, killing 9

KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — At least nine people have died and 14 others have been injured in forest fires in…

Cambridge University to scrap fossil fuel investment

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain's Cambridge University on Thursday pledged to stop investing in fossil fuels by 2030, bowing…

NET25 “Happy Time” host Kitkat wins “Best Noontime Show Host”, “Most Outstanding Comedian” in Gawad Amerika awards

  (Eagle News) – Comedian-singer Kitkat, one of the hosts of EBC-NET 25’s noontime show “Happy Time” was chosen as…

Second Russian virus vaccine passes early trials: report

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Early clinical trials of a second Russian coronavirus vaccine have proved successful, its developer said…

Sea level: Greenland ice loss worst in 12,000 years

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse Ice loss from Greenland's massive ice sheet will cause sea levels to rise more during…

Green shoots: Rooftop farming takes off in Singapore

by Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- On the rooftop of a Singapore shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants,…

300 million delta dwellers vulnerable to cyclones, flooding

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 300 million people in low-lying river deltas, mostly in…

Heavy rains trigger collapse at Yemen’s newly restored museum

TAEZ, Yemen (AFP) — Heavy rains have triggered the collapse of parts of the newly restored National Museum in Yemen's…

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