Iraq launches project to reduce flaring at oilfields
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Iraq has launched a new project that aims to recover gas normally set alight during oil extraction…
3 years ago
Environment
Japan message in a bottle washes up in Hawaii … 37 years later
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A message in a bottle released 37 years ago by Japanese high school students has been…
3 years ago
Desolate villages face famine in Madagascar drought
by RIJASOLO Agence France-Presse Nothing to eat, nothing to plant. The last rain in Ifotaka fell in May, for two…
3 years ago
Southern EU leaders target climate change at Greek summit
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) - Greece is hosting a summit of southern EU leaders on Friday that will focus on climate change…
3 years ago
Giant sequoias wrapped in foil to protect from US forest fires
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The world's biggest trees were being wrapped in fire-proof blankets Thursday in an effort…
3 years ago
Climate activists heckle Germany’s Laschet at election rally
BREMEN, Germany (AFP) - Climate activists on Thursday heckled Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate seeking to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel, disrupting…
3 years ago
Faroe Islands to re-evaluate dolphin-hunting after outcry
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - The Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark, said Thursday it would take another look at the…
3 years ago
World leaders will hold closed-door climate meet at UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host a closed-door…
3 years ago
UNESCO announces 20 new biospheres in 21 countries
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) - UNESCO on Wednesday added 20 new sites in 21 countries to its global network of biosphere reserves,…
3 years ago
Tunis residents decry beaches too polluted for swimming
by Akim Rezgui with Francoise Kadri in Tunis EZZAHRA, Tunisia (AFP) -- Tahar Jaouebi looks out from a beach south…
3 years ago
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