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The foreign POWs stuck in Ukrainian prison limbo
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — "Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
New Zealand's rare flightless parrot breeds again
AFP, Published on 09/01/2026
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four years, the government conservation department said.
Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» SAN JERóNIMO PURENCHECUARO — After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling a lion's mane and a remarkable regenerative ability.
The long slow death of Norway's wild salmon
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» HEGRA, Norway - Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught ... nothing. Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change.
China exports beat forecasts ahead of US tariff talks
AFP, Published on 09/05/2025
» BEIJING — Chinese exports rose last month despite the trade war raging with the United States, official data showed Friday ahead of talks between the world's top two economies towards easing the standoff.
Trump eyes summit with Xi-Putin, shaking up world order
AFP, Published on 14/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.
Russian state owner says cargo ship blast was 'terrorist attack'
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» MOSCOW - A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian state-owned company that owns the vessel said Wednesday.
'Time bomb': Tree-killing bugs threaten France's lush forests
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» LA TESTE-DE-BUCH (FRANCE) - Last year, ferocious wildfires destroyed thousands of hectares of one of France's most picturesque forests.
Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» SANTA CRUZ (UNITED STATES) - As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern.
France fails to end culling of male chicks
AFP, Published on 03/01/2023
» PARIS - An exception to a New Year's resolution by France to end the massive culling of male chicks will still allow millions to be killed, much to the consternation of animal rights activists.