India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste
by Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on…
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Environment
Oceans key to global warming fight: US climate envoy
by Marlowe Hood Agence France-Presse LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- Safeguarding the world's oceans will be fundamental to tackling global warming,…
2 years ago
No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport
by Leticia PINEDA Agence France Presse SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AFP) -- There is a new sight on the streets…
2 years ago
‘World’s biggest’ freshwater fish netted in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) -- A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia has hooked the biggest freshwater fish…
2 years ago
Europe swelters in record-breaking June heatwave
by Stuart Williams with Mathieu Gorse in Madrid Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Spain, France and other western European…
2 years ago
Manila Bay Dolomite beach reopens to public
Local and foreign tourists flocked to enjoy the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach, which was reopened to the public on June…
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Global plastic waste on track to triple by 2060
A world severely blighted by plastic pollution is on track to see the use of plastics nearly triple in less…
2 years ago
Vietnamese police net biggest bear bile haul
Vietnamese police have arrested a bear owner for the first time after netting a record haul of hundreds of bile bottles…
2 years ago
Ecuadoran frogs Rocket and Harlequin taking on mining industry
by Paola Lopez Agence France-Presse JUNIN, Ecuador (AFP) -- On the banks of a crystalline waterfall, biologist Andrea Teran…
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Unprecedented water curbs kick in for drought-hit Los Angeles
by Laurent BANGUET Unprecedented restrictions on water usage went into effect Wednesday in the Los Angeles area, which like…
2 years ago
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