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India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog
AFP, Published on 24/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» BEIJING - Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.
Partial solar eclipse begins in Iceland headed towards India
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» PARIS - A partial solar eclipse began over Iceland on Tuesday as the rare celestial spectacle started to make its way east across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere.
'To save whales, don’t eat lobster'
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2022
» American lobster may be a beloved and delicious splurge, but it is no longer a sustainable seafood choice and consumers should avoid eating it, according to Seafood Watch, a group that monitors how fish and other seafood are harvested from the world’s oceans.
No kidding: video calls with goats boost British farm
AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» BLACKBURN (UNITED KINGDOM) - A British farmer came up with a jokey idea to rent out her goats to liven up video call meetings -- and found an unexpected source of lockdown income.
Consumers lapping up cereal, paper towels in pandemic
AFP, Published on 31/07/2020
» NEW YORK - Face masks and hand sanitizer may be the signature items of the COVID-19 economy, but the upheaval in consumer behavior also is boosting sales of cereal, ketchup and paper towels.
Lebanese protesters back on the streets as economy crumbles
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» TRIPOLI (LEBANON) - Lebanese protesters confronted army troops for a second day Tuesday as anger over a spiralling economic crisis re-energised a months-old anti-government movement in defiance of a coronavirus lockdown.
India's firecracker hub hit by anti-pollution drive
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» SIVAKASI (INDIA) - With thousands of workers painstakingly handmaking vast volumes of firecrackers, Sivakasi in southern India is usually at full tilt before Diwali. But due to efforts to curb air pollution, the pyrotechnics epicentre is fizzling out.
Monkey business: Vietnam macaque island draws tourists -- and criticism
AFP, Published on 06/09/2019
» NHA TRANG (VIETNAM) - Menacing macaques snatch bags of crisps, water bottles, cookies and crackers from uneasy tourists on Vietnam's Monkey Island, a popular attraction decried as cruel by activists calling for an end to animal tourism in Southeast Asia.
9 deer dead in Japan after eating plastic: wildlife group
AFP, Published on 10/07/2019
» TOKYO: Nine deer have died after swallowing plastic bags in Japan's Nara Park, a wildlife group said on Wednesday, warning that a surge in tourism may be to blame.