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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fears
AFP, Published on 30/09/2025
» RIEW (INDIA) - On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.
Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2025
» The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as forecasts of unseasonal rain presented a new challenge for rescue and aid workers trying to reach people in a country riven by civil war.
Russia jails Nobel winner for criticising war
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» The co-chairman of Memorial, a Russian human rights group awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and banned by the Kremlin, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for criticising the invasion of Ukraine.
Freshwater fish swim into trouble as climate change increases threat: IUCN
AFP, Published on 11/12/2023
» DUBAI - A quarter of freshwater fish species worldwide are at risk of extinction, according to an update to the global red list of threatened species on Monday, highlighting the escalating impacts of human-caused climate change on the planet's wildlife.
Car drivers torture NZ city with Celine Dion songs
AFP, Published on 26/10/2023
» WELLINGTON - Car drivers armed with a playlist of Celine Dion songs have been plaguing residents of a small New Zealand city for months on end with loud, late-night "siren battles".
Families suffer amid India's deadly ethnic clashes
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» MOIRANG, India - Deadly ethnic violence in India's troubled Manipur state divided communities but each side tells similar stories of loved ones murdered, homes torched and harsh new lives in camps.
In a TikTok trend, grisly scenes of purple milkshake horror
New York Times, Published on 01/07/2023
» NEW YORK: The scenes on social media are grisly. A body dangles out of the trunk of a sedan, dribbling purple goo. Another is draped across a basketball hoop with a net that has been stained lilac. A third splutters in a bathtub covered in dusky handprints.
S.Africa clinic hopes to save penguins' future
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» GQEBERHA (SOUTH AFRICA) - A small fish is dangled under the beak of an emaciated penguin at a South African clinic, to whet the bird's appetite.
Vaquitas still exist, but barely: sea 'panda' survey
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» MEXICO CITY - The vaquita, a small porpoise on the verge of extinction, is still hanging in there, said scientists Wednesday who had spotted about a dozen specimens of Mexico's "panda of the sea" on an expedition in May.
Belgium learns to share beaches with sleepy seals
AFP, Published on 12/05/2023
» OSTEND, Belgium: Visitors to Belgium's coast are having to get used to North Sea visitors not seen for a while — dozens of seals that are using the short sandy coastline as a resting place.