Climate activists turn landmark Rome fountain black
Climate activists in Italy turned a Baroque-style fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps black on Saturday, in a…
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Environment
UN’s global disaster alert systems goal faces uphill climb
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- How can anyone seek shelter from a natural disaster…
3 years ago
Sunken Philippine oil tanker found: officials
A leaking oil tanker that sank in the Philippines three weeks ago has been found, officials said Tuesday, as the…
3 years ago
Scientists make ‘disturbing’ find on remote island: plastic rocks
by Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- There are few places on Earth as isolated…
3 years ago
Kuwait Oil Company declares ‘state of emergency’ after oil spill on land
Kuwait City, Kuwait | AFP | Monday 3/20/2023 The Kuwait Oil Company declared a "state of emergency" on Monday following…
3 years ago
‘Floating toilets’ help Cambodia’s lake-dwelling poor
by Suy SE Agence France-Presse SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AFP) -- Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si…
3 years ago
Millions of dead fish clog Australian river
Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the…
3 years ago
Argentina forests burn amid heat wave, drought
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Fires in heat wave- and drought-stricken Argentina have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of…
3 years ago
Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom
by Marchio GORBIANO Agence France-Presse WAWONII, Indonesia (AFP) -- Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on…
3 years ago
Health warnings as Bangkok chokes on pollution
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Nearly 200,000 people in Thailand have been admitted to hospital because of air pollution this week,…
3 years ago
Rising seas eating away at Honduran fishing village
by Noe LEIVA Agence France-Presse CEDEÑO, Honduras (AFP) -- The coastline of Cedeno, a fishing village in southern Honduras, looks…
3 years ago
Pincered at sea, lobsters get new hope on land in UK
by Sylvain PEUCHMAURD Agence France-Presse WHITBY, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The tiny lobsters are safe from predators -- including each…
3 years ago
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