Environment

Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty

GENEVA (AFP): Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24…

3 weeks ago

Flood kills 34 in Indian Kashmir mountain village

(AFP): Powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir and killed at least…

3 weeks ago

Arctic reindeer at risk from rapid climate change: Researchers

COPENHAGEN (DPA): An international team of researchers has warned that Arctic reindeer populations could decline by up to 80% by…

3 weeks ago

Turkey wildfires largely contained, minister says

CANAKKALE (Reuters): Firefighters contained several wildfires raging across Turkey on Tuesday, including a large blaze in the northwestern province of…

3 weeks ago

Kenyan activist tries to block new Ritz-Carlton safari lodge opening

MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE, Kenya (Reuters): When Ritz-Carlton opens its first safari lodge on Friday in Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve,…

3 weeks ago

Drowning in plastic: Sculpture outside UN warns on cost of inaction

GENEVA (AP): As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an…

3 weeks ago

Climate change drives Sarajevo’s mountains to embrace summer visitors

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (AP): Ashort drive from the Mediterranean coast, mid-altitude mountain resorts near Sarajevo, traditionally dependent on snow sports, are…

3 weeks ago

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Turkiye’s Balikesir province, killing 1 and collapsing buildings

ISTANBUL (AP) : A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkiye’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, killing at least one person…

3 weeks ago

July hits third-hottest mark as climate extremes persist: Experts

ROME (AP): The world experienced its third-warmest July on record this year, according to the European Union's climate agency on…

4 weeks ago

Japanese population sees record drop in 2024

TOKYO (AFP) : The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount -- more than 900,000 people -- in…

4 weeks ago

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