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Going ‘nude’: UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones

https://youtu.be/hecHHfoyvQM by Clara WRIGHT Agence France Presse London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British supermarkets are starting to go "nude". Bowing…

Poo to the rescue: how fecal transplants can save starving koalas

Washington, United States (AFP) -- Scientists in Australia have discovered how to save starving koalas whose fussy eating habits make…

Adapting city life to climate change

https://youtu.be/0L_6fyH8KfI Videographic showing how cities can respond to heat waves. Northern hemisphere summers will deliver dangerously longer heatwaves, droughts and…

Singapore to trial driverless buses booked with an app

SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an…

Facebook launches tool to let users control data flow

 PARIS, FRANCE (AFP) -- Facebook, under pressure to ramp up privacy rules across its platform, said on Tuesday it was…

Panama City turns 500 Years

By H.E. Rolando A. Guevara Alvarado Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Panama to the Philippines Today, I…

New planet discovered in orbit of young Milky Way star

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A second planet has been discovered circling Beta Pictoris, a fledgling star in our own galaxy…

Watch: Senator Pacquiao prepares for his first major concert scheduled on Sept. 1

https://youtu.be/JnvIKsr5thY (Eagle News) -- Filipino boxing legend and senator Manny Pacquiao is now busy preparing for his major concert set…

Cathay Pacific’s torrid week ends with shock CEO resignation

  by Jerome TAYLOR / Elaine YU Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Cathay Pacific announced the shock…

Tears and shouting as Australia dilutes Pacific climate warning

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A Pacific summit has descended into tears, recriminations and shouting between pro-coal Australia and…

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