Permafrost collapse is speeding climate change: study
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Permafrost in Canada, Alaska, and Siberia is abruptly crumbling in ways that could…
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HIV drugs touted as weapon in war on coronavirus
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- As doctors scramble to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, a potent brew of anti-retroviral and flu…
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Disappointing growth hits Google parent Alphabet shares
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Google parent Alphabet missed revenue expectations in the fourth quarter…
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Uruguayan project uses virtual money to encourage plastic recycling
by Pablo IZMIRLIAN Agence France-Presse PIRIÁPOLIS, Uruguay (AFP) -- On a hot summer's day in southern Uruguay, Graciela Martinez weighs…
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Facebook’s settlement puts spotlight on ‘biometric privacy’
by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) -- Facebook's massive settlement in a class action case over violating…
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Herbal remedies for the coronavirus spark debate in China
by Jing Xuan TENG BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A claim by Chinese scientists that a liquid made with honeysuckle and…
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How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
by Amélie Bottollier-Depois Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below…
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Relative of extinct tortoise located in Galapagos
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A scientific expedition to the Galapagos Islands has discovered a tortoise with a "strong" genetic link…
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Bangladesh capital awash with plastic-coated posters
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Dhaka is awash with millions of plastic-laminated campaign posters ahead of elections in the Bangladeshi capital,…
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Coronavirus: What we know about first death outside China
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The Philippines has reported the first death outside China in the virus epidemic that has killed…
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