Environment

Italy blames climate change for glacier collapse, 7 dead

by Francesco Gilioli with Ella Ide in Rome Agence France-Presse CANAZEI, Italy (AFP) -- Italy's prime minister on Monday linked…

California passes sweeping law to reduce non-recyclable plastic

  LOS ANGELES, California (AFP) -- Garbage be gone: California Thursday passed an ambitious law mandating reduction of non-recyclable plastic…

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…

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,…

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…

‘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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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