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Suspicion and regret on Arctic border still open with Russia
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» KIRKENES (NORWAY) - Assault rifles at the ready, binoculars pointed at the Russian shore, the patrol boats carrying Norwegian soldiers power up the Pasvik River at full speed.
Tuna-obsessed Tunisia in a fish funk
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/07/2023
» Perhaps you are one of the more than 5,000 subscribers to "Popping Tins," an email newsletter devoted exclusively to tinned seafood. Perhaps you belong to a tinned-fish-of-the-month club, or have leafed through a tinned-fish-focused cookbook that tells you how best to cook a food already cooked.
Native Ainu fight to regain fishing rights
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/07/2023
» Masaki Sashima gazed through the fog one recent afternoon onto the grey waters of the Tokachi River in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. From here, his indigenous people, the Ainu, once used spears and nets to catch the salmon they regarded as gifts from the gods.
'Grateful' Australian 'Cast Away' sailor back on dry land
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» MANZANILLO (MEXICO) - An Australian sailor rescued with his dog after more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived in Mexico Tuesday declaring "I am so grateful. I'm alive."
Philippines top court orders re-arrest of suspect in activist killing
Published on 16/07/2023
» The Philippines' top court has ordered the re-arrest of a former politician accused of killing a prominent environmentalist more than a decade ago, court documents published Sunday showed.
Record-breaking heat bakes US, Europe, China
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» WASHINGTON: Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate.
UN court to rule on Colombia-Nicaragua sea dispute
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» THE HAGUE: The United Nations' top court will give its verdict Thursday in the latest legal battle between Colombia and Nicaragua over an oil and fish-rich swathe of the Caribbean Sea.
IAEA chief nods to discord among Fukushima report experts
Published on 07/07/2023
» TOKYO: The head of the United Nations' (UN) nuclear watchdog said on Friday that one or two of the team of international experts behind its report greenlighting Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant may have had concerns.
EU lawmakers urge international probe of Greece migrant tragedy
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers on Thursday pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate.
Rubbish-clearing divers rescue 'pearl of Kyrgyzstan'
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» ISSYK KUL LAKE, Kyrgyzstan: On the shores of Lake Issyk Kul in mountainous Kyrgyzstan, a group of divers show off their haul for the day — a boat engine, car tyres, bottles, clothes and plastic items.