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Floating Dutch cow farm aims to curb climate impact
AFP, Published on 03/09/2021
» ROTTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) - Among the cranes and containers of the port of Rotterdam is a surreal sight: a herd of cows peacefully feeding on board what calls itself the world's first floating farm.
Desperate search for oxygen in Myanmar as latest Covid wave hits
AFP, Published on 15/07/2021
» YANGON: Residents across Myanmar's biggest city are defying a military curfew in a desperate search for oxygen to keep their loved ones breathing as a new coronavirus wave crashes over the coup-wracked country.
Too thirsty? France's Volvic blamed as streams run dry
AFP, Published on 22/05/2021
» VOLVIC (FRANCE) - The lush volcanic hills surrounding Volvic in central France have long been a source of mineral water prized worldwide, but locals and geologists warn that too much is now being pumped out, putting the entire region at risk.
India's Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» MUMBAI, India: As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers of coronavirus drugs after the hospital treating her ran out of supplies.
20 crew missing after Philippine ship runs aground in typhoon
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2021
» A search was under way Tuesday for 20 crew members missing in the Philippines after their cargo ship ran aground while seeking shelter from rough waters churned up by a typhoon, the coast guard said.
Mass protests called across Russia to 'save Navalny's life'
AFP, Published on 18/04/2021
» MOSCOW - The team of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests across Russia next week to help save the life of the hunger-striking opposition leader, who doctors warn could die in a matter of days.
Kremlin critic Navalny could 'die any minute': doctors
AFP, Published on 18/04/2021
» MOSCOW: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny risks cardiac arrest at "any minute" as his health has rapidly deteriorated, doctors warned Saturday, urging immediate access to Russia's most famous prisoner.
French 'Ice man' sets new world record in freezing glass cabin
AFP, Published on 20/12/2020
» WATTRELOS, France: Frenchman Romain Vandendorpe on Saturday set a world record for sitting immersed in ice cubes for the longest time, enduring the extreme challenge to raise money for childhood cancers.
Lab-grown meat to go on sale in Singapore in world first
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» SINGAPORE: Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants in Singapore, after the city-state became the first to green-light meat created without slaughtering any animals.
Bottle-fed babies ingest 'millions' of microplastics: study
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» PARIS: Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products.