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Panipak '100 percent ready'
Sports, Published on 25/09/2023
» Olympic taekwondo champion Panipak Wongpattanakit is hot favourite to retain her Asian Games title at Hangzhou 2022 today.
Argentina peso drops over 6 percent
AFP, Published on 14/05/2018
» BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's peso plummeted by more than 6 percent on Monday, sparking new inflation fears for Latin America's third-largest economy.
Amazon deforestation increases 25 percent in Brazil
AFP, Published on 10/07/2020
» SAO PAULO - Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon increased by a record 25 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2020, official data released Friday showed, increasing pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro to abandon his plans to develop the region.
Methane emissions rise nine percent in decade
AFP, Published on 15/07/2020
» PARIS - Emissions of methane -- a planet-warming gas several times more potent than carbon dioxide -- have risen by nine percent in a decade driven by mankind's insatiable hunger for energy and food, a major international study concluded Wednesday.
Seven percent of Australia's reptiles 'risk extinction'
AFP, Published on 05/07/2018
» GENEVA - Australia's reptiles, including lizards and snakes, are facing growing threats from invasive species and climate change, with seven percent on the verge of extinction, conservationists said Thursday.
Emissions fell record 7 percent in 2020: study
AFP, Published on 11/12/2020
» PARIS - Carbon emissions fell a record seven percent in 2020 as countries imposed lockdowns and restrictions on movement during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Carbon Project said Friday in its annual assessment.
Islamic State '100 percent' defeated in Syria: Trump
AFP, Published on 23/03/2019
» WEST PALM BEACH (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump said Friday that the Islamic State jihadist group has been "100 percent" defeated in Syria.
Saudi stocks dive 7.0 percent, wiping out 2018 gains
AFP, Published on 14/10/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi stocks dived 7.0 percent in early trading on Sunday as the oil-rich kingdom comes under increasing international pressure over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Swiss glaciers shrink 10 percent in five years: study
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» GENEVA - Switzerland's glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone -- a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon up 85 percent in 2019
AFP, Published on 15/01/2020
» BRASíLIA - Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85 percent in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday.