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Mideast war traps 20,000 seafarers, 15,000 cruise passengers in Gulf
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» LONDON - Around 20,000 seafarers and 15,000 cruise ship passengers are stuck in the Gulf because of the Middle East war, the UN's International Maritime Organization told AFP on Thursday.
Hong Kong shelter saves 351 animals in 6 months as trapping, smuggling cases surge
South China Morning Post, Published on 07/01/2026
» HONG KONG — Illegal dog trapping and cat smuggling have become alarmingly common, with an animal rescue group reporting that it saved 351 animals in Hong Kong over the past six months - an average of two per day.
Troops combat deadly wave of bear attacks in Japan
Reuters, Published on 05/11/2025
» KAZUNO — Japan's military deployed troops to the country's mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope with a wave of attacks.
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.
Tigers in trouble as Malaysian big cat numbers dwindle
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named “Bulan” as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic in the country’s dwindling population.
Toxic haze chokes Indian capital
AFP, Published on 20/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - India's capital New Delhi was shrouded in a thick, toxic haze on Monday as air pollution levels soared to more than 16 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum.
'Fueling sexism': AI 'bikini interview' videos flood internet
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» WASHINGTON - The videos are strikingly lifelike, featuring bikini-clad women conducting street interviews and eliciting lewd comments -- but they are entirely fake, generated by AI tools increasingly used to flood social media with sexist content.
Bear freed from plastic jar after week-long rescue effort
Online Reporters, Published on 07/08/2025
» WISCONSIN — A young female bear that wandered nearly 50 miles (80 kilometres) across three Wisconsin counties with a plastic jar stuck on her head has been successfully rescued by wildlife officials.
Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish
AFP, Published on 24/07/2025
» RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS) — Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands.
Chemotherapy can speed up cancer spread: study
South China Morning Post, Published on 19/07/2025
» HONG KONG — A team of Chinese scientists has found that the spread of cancer from original tumour sites to distant organs can be caused by chemotherapy triggering the awakening of dormant cancer cells.