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Asean voices deep fears over Myanmar violence
News, AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» JAKARTA: Southeast Asian nations said on Wednesday they are "deeply concerned" about the violence ravaging Myanmar as they condemned the recent attack on a convoy of diplomats delivering humanitarian aid in the country.
Cheese fans upset over plans for pasteurised camembert
AFP, Published on 30/04/2019
» FLERS, France: Surrounded by mottled brown-and-white cows basking in the Normandy spring sunshine, Patrick Mercier admits his prized raw-milk camembert doesn't come cheap, but suggests not everyone should have to make the cheese this way.
'Floating temple' in Samut Prakan defies coastal erosion
AFP, Published on 08/04/2019
» SAMUT PRAKAN: As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbours fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge and is today a symbol of the fight to restore the country's fast-eroding coastlines.
Giant tortoise thought extinct found on Galapagos
AFP, Published on 22/02/2019
» QUITO: Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a live giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago.
Australia river agency pilloried amid mass fish deaths
AFP, Published on 31/01/2019
» SYDNEY: The authority that oversees Australia's largest river system was accused of "maladministration", "gross negligence" and ignoring climate science Thursday, as its waterways were carpeted with hundreds of thousands of dead fish.
Romeo and Juliet last hope to save Bolivian aquatic frog
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» LA PAZ: Almost a year after conservationists sent out a plea to help save a species of Bolivian aquatic frog by finding a mate for the last remaining member, Romeo, his very own Juliet has been tracked down deep inside a cloud forest.
Activist sued, poultry farm promises more defamation cases
AFP, Published on 29/11/2018
» A defamation case by a Lop Buri poultry farm against an activist who tweeted allegations of labour abuse should be dropped, a rights group urged Wednesday, but the farm operator vowed further action against "so-called human rights defenders".
UK caver considering legal action after Elon Musk tweet
AFP, Published on 16/07/2018
» A British caver who helped rescue the 12 boys and their coach from Tham Luang cave said on Monday he may take legal action against Elon Musk after the American entrepreneur called him a "pedo".
Ailing Inuka, first polar bear born in tropics, put down
AFP, Published on 25/04/2018
» SINGAPORE: Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, was put down Wednesday after a rapid decline in health, with Singapore Zoo mourning the loss of one of its best-loved animals.
Police defend human trafficking crackdown in fishing sector
AFP, Published on 24/01/2018
» The Royal Thai Police rejected criticism of efforts to root out human trafficking in the kingdom's multi-billion dollar seafood industry on Wednesday, following accusations that reforms had failed to check rampant labour abuses.