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Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
Chimps ingest alcohol daily: study
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» WASHINGTON — Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of at least one alcoholic drink per day as they eat ripe, fermenting fruit, says a study out Wednesday that addresses one possible reason why humans are drawn to booze.
Energy majors go slow on green transition despite pressure
AFP, Published on 26/05/2023
» PARIS - Most oil majors are stepping up investment in green energy amid rising activist pressure but without abandoning fossil fuels, putting at risk reaching carbon neutrality in 2050.
Plastics from burning ship cover Sri Lanka beach
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» COLOMBO: Tonnes of charred plastic pellets from a burning container ship washed ashore near Sri Lanka's capital Friday as an international effort to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day.
Brazil resumes zero-tariff ethanol imports from US
AFP, Published on 12/09/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States and Brazil said Friday they had reached a deal for the South American country to temporarily resume tariff-free ethanol imports, a political win for President Donald Trump.
In setback for Trump, Brazil resumes ethanol tariffs
AFP, Published on 01/09/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil reinstated a 20 percent tariff on US ethanol imports Monday in a setback for President Donald Trump's administration, which lobbied to retain an exemption for the politically important industry.
'It's kind of glum': US farmers worry as crop prices dip
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» MOUNT AIRY (UNITED STATES) - Dave Burrier steered his tractor through a field, following a GPS map as he tried to plant as much corn as possible amid the yellow and green rye covering the ground.
Scandal-ridden Brazil giant Odebrecht seeks bankruptcy protection
AFP, Published on 18/06/2019
» SAO PAULO - Scandal-ridden Brazil construction giant Odebrecht, which has admitted to spending nearly $800 million to bribe officials across Latin America to win contracts, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, judicial sources said.
Iran denies tankers attack as tensions soar
AFP, Published on 14/06/2019
» DUBAI - Iran dismissed as "baseless" Friday US accusations that it carried out twin attacks that left two tankers ablaze in the Gulf of Oman, escalating tensions across the region and sending world oil prices soaring.
Oil prices surge on reported tanker attacks
AFP, Published on 13/06/2019
» LONDON - World oil prices surged Thursday on reports that two tankers had been attacked in the Gulf of Oman, worsening frayed tensions in the crude-rich Middle East region, analysts said.