Showing 11 - 20 of 249
UN meet sees blitz of pledges to protect ailing oceans
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» LISBON: A major UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon this week with a flurry of promises to expand marine protected areas, ban deep-sea mining, and combat illegal fishing.
Ukraine, hunger, inflation: G7 leaders navigate myriad of crises
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» ELMAU CASTLE, Germany: G7 leaders including US President Joe Biden gather on Sunday in southern Germany, seeking emphatic backing for Ukraine against Russia's invasion while grappling with the intensifying global fallout of the war.
US to host Asean leaders in mid-May
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» United States President Joe Biden will meet in mid-May with the leaders of Southeast Asian nations, with a likely focus on the rising power of China, the host country announced on Saturday.
Australia shrugs off China anger on nuclear subs
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» SYDNEY: Australia on Friday shrugged off Chinese anger over its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, while vowing to defend the rule of law in airspace and waters where Beijing has staked hotly contested claims.
Forest loss 'hotspots' bigger than Germany: WWF
AFP, Published on 13/01/2021
» PARIS: More than 43 million hectares -- an area bigger than Germany -- of forest have been lost in a little over a decade in just a handful of deforestation hotspots, conservation organisation WWF said Wednesday.
Iran Revolutionary Guards seize South Korean-flagged tanker
AFP, Published on 04/01/2021
» TEHRAN - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday it had seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters for breaking "maritime environmental laws".
Swathes of globe may not get vaccine until 2022: study
AFP, Published on 16/12/2020
» PARIS - At least a fifth of the world's population may not have access to a Covid-19 vaccine until 2022, according to a study published Wednesday, with wealthier nations reserving more than half of next year's potential doses.
Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion
AFP, Published on 15/12/2020
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Auto rickshaws slip easily past barbed-wire checkpoints at the world's biggest refugee camp, their drivers among the smallest players in a complex human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police and drug lords.
Smuggled parrots found stuffed in plastic bottles in Indonesia
AFP, Published on 20/11/2020
» FAKFAK, Indonesia: Dozens of parrots stuffed into plastic water bottles have been discovered on a ship docked in Indonesia's Papua region, authorities said Friday.
Huge Asian trade pact to be signed in coup for China
AFP, Published on 15/11/2020
» HANOI: Fifteen countries will on Sunday sign a sprawling Asian trade deal they hope will help them bounce back from the pandemic and which is seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence.