Sealand: the ‘micronation’ defying the UK and Covid
by Anna MALPAS Agence France-Presse SEALAND (AFP) - It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been…
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Environment
Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion
by Sean CHANG Agence France-Presse NANTOU COUNTY, Taiwan (AFP) - Toads are a symbol of prosperity and good fortune in Taiwan,…
2 years ago
Russia closes notorious ‘whale jail’
MOSCOW, Russsia (AFP) - Russia has dismantled a notorious facility dubbed the "whale jail" that kept dozens of the mammals…
2 years ago
Albanian bunkers ravaged by rising tides as erosion takes toll
by Briseida MEMA Agence France-Presse SEMAN, Albania (AFP) - Albania's communist-era bunkers were meant to withstand a nuclear strike, but…
2 years ago
Austerity, far right, feminism: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy
by Hui Min NEO Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Crises have a knack for felling leaders. Not Chancellor Angela…
2 years ago
Thousands block roads in Serbia to protest mining project
BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators blocked major roads across Serbia Saturday as anger swelled over a government-backed plan…
2 years ago
Rare hunting scene raises questions over polar bear diet
by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Agence France-Presse OSLO, Norway (AFP) - A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it…
2 years ago
Purity or power: India’s coal quandary
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse SINGRAULI, India (AFP) - Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged…
2 years ago
United States is world’s biggest plastic polluter, report finds
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic…
2 years ago
Bird watching for peace in Colombia
by Hervé BAR Agence France-Presse PLANADAS, Colombia (AFP) - As a bird perches on a telegraph pole, two young girls…
2 years ago
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