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Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status at risk
AFP, Published on 22/07/2021
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - After years of climate-worsened damage to its vibrant corals, Australia's vast Great Barrier Reef could this week be added to UNESCO's list of endangered World Heritage sites.
Hospitals turn to snorkel masks amid respirator overload
AFP, Published on 29/03/2020
» BRUSSELS: As hospitals face an overload of Covid-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff are turning to snorkelling masks from sports stores to stop their lungs collapsing.
Palau plans sunscreen ban to save coral
AFP, Published on 01/11/2018
» KOROR, Palau: The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau will ban "reef-toxic" sunscreens from 2020 in what it claims is a world-first initiative to stop chemical pollution killing its famed corals.
Divers to check sunken boat for missing Chinese tourists
AFP, Published on 06/07/2018
» PHUKET: The search for dozens of missing Chinese tourists whose boat capsized off the coast of Phuket resumed early Friday, with divers poised to scour the sunken hull, governor Norapat Plodthong said.
Tourism surge lashes Southeast Asia's beaches
AFP, Published on 11/04/2018
» KOH PHI PHI LEY, Krabi: Hordes of tourists clamber across the white sand with selfie sticks as park rangers wade into turquoise waters to direct boats charging into the cliff-ringed cove.