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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» RIEW (INDIA) - On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.
Southern Europe roasts as temperatures soar
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» ROME - Spain and Portugal reported record temperatures Monday as Italy and France braced for several more days of a punishing heatwave that has gripped southern Europe and Britain, sparking health and wildfire warnings.
Tree planting ‘decades overdue’ in sweltering Athens
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» ATHENS - On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens’ most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that critics say is long overdue.
Pandemic treaty talks inch towards deal
AFP, Published on 15/04/2025
» GENEVA - Countries hoping to end more than three years of negotiations on battling future pandemics met for talks on Tuesday, after reaching a preliminary agreement last week.
Global accord reached on tackling future pandemics
AFP, Published on 12/04/2025
» GENEVA - World Health Organization members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP.
Pesticides causing widespread harm to animals and plants: study
AFP, Published on 13/02/2025
» PARIS - Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing behavioural changes in animals not meant to be targeted, according to a large-scale study published on Thursday.
China's viral wild boar hunters attract fame and concern
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» WEINAN (CHINA) - In the frigid night of China's Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers' livelihoods.
Fossil fuel lobbying rattles climate talks
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» DUBAI - Negotiations over the future of fossil fuels heated up at UN climate talks on Saturday, with Opec catching flak over the oil cartel's push to block any phase-out in the final deal.
China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» BEIJING - China's booming electric vehicle industry is fuelling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region's fragile ecology and deepening rights violations, research published Wednesday said.
Young frogs use poop ploy to deter predators
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» VIENNA - The young offspring of a frog native to Southeast Asia display an "unusual colour pattern", probably to camouflage themselves "as animal droppings" to escape predators, according to a study.