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Sacred cow: Ball makers break taboos for India's favourite sport
AFP, Published on 27/09/2023
» MEERUT (INDIA) - Stitching together cricket balls is a wearisome task for leatherworker Bunty Sagar, whose labours are frowned upon by many fellow Indians even if he makes their favourite pastime possible.
The 'kidneys of Kolkata': Indian wetlands under threat
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» KOLKATA - Wetlands just outside India's Kolkata have for generations provided tonnes of food daily and thousands of jobs as they filter sewage through fish ponds -- but rapid urbanisation is threatening the ecosystem.
Carbon 'capture' tech is booming, and confusing
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» PARIs: Humanity's failure to draw down planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions — 41 billion tonnes in 2022 — has thrust once-marginal options for capping or reducing CO2 in the atmosphere to centre stage in climate policy and investment.
N. Korea's Kim led drills 'simulating a nuclear counterattack': KCNA
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills "simulating a nuclear counterattack", including the firing of a ballistic missile carrying a mock nuclear warhead, state news agency KCNA reported Monday.
Musk eyes torrid growth at Tesla, but offers no big new reveals
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Elon Musk presented a heady vision Wednesday to turbocharge Tesla's growth at an investor day filled with ambitious targets but short on details sought by Wall Street.
Study explains surprise surge in methane during pandemic lockdown
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» PARIS - A mysterious surge in planet-heating atmospheric methane in 2020 despite Covid lockdowns that reduced many human-caused sources can be explained by a greater release from nature and, surprisingly, reduced air pollution, scientists said Wednesday.
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
AFP, Published on 28/09/2022
» GENEVA: Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.
Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» PARIS - The burning question going into the Glasgow climate summit is whether major economies can, by 2050, reduce emissions enough to deliver a carbon neutral world in which humanity no longer adds planet-warming gases to the atmosphere.
Afghan saffron boss says Taliban will not silence her
AFP, Published on 27/09/2021
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - An Afghan business leader who employs hundreds of women on her saffron fields has vowed to speak up for the rights of her workers, and "not remain silent" under Taliban rule.
Clint Eastwood back in the saddle at 91 for Cry Macho
Life, AFP, Published on 17/09/2021
» At the age of 91, Clint Eastwood is not just directing but also climbing back in the saddle and even throwing a punch for his new Western Cry Macho.