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US, EU hardwood imports fuel Amazon destruction: Greenpeace
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Scores of US and European companies selling the hardwood ipe for things like decks and garden furniture are fueling an illegal trade devastating the Amazon rainforest, Greenpeace said Tuesday.
Syria forces battle to secure Damascus
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Syrian regime and allied forces battled to suppress the last pockets of resistance in and around Damascus Tuesday while the beleaguered Kurds in the north braced for further Turkish advances.
French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» PARIS - French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody Tuesday and questioned over allegations that late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi financed his 2007 election campaign via suitcases stuffed with cash, a source close to the inquiry told AFP.
Au revoir, baguette! France goes mad for le burger
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» PARIS - For the first time in history, hamburger sales in France have soared higher than the classic baguette jambon-beurre sandwich as French diners surrender to the American fast-food favourite.
Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, dies aged 45
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» NAIROBI - Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, has died in Kenya at the age of 45, after becoming a symbol of efforts to save his subspecies from extinction, a fate that only science can now prevent.
Au revoir, baguette! France goes burger-mad
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» PARIS - Baguette lovers may be horrified to learn that in 2017, for the first time ever, hamburger sales were higher in France than the classic jambon-beurre sandwich.
Sea level fears as more of giant Antarctic glacier floating than thought
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» SYDNEY - More of a giant France-sized glacier in Antarctica is floating on the ocean than previously thought, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears it could melt faster as the climate warms and have a dramatic impact on rising sea-levels.
Last male northern white rhino dies in Kenya
AFP, Published on 20/03/2018
» NAIROBI: The last male northern white rhino has died in Kenya at the age of 45 years his keepers announced Tuesday, leaving only two females of his subspecies alive.
Building tropical storm already taking toll in Isan
Dusit Singkhiri, Published on 20/03/2018
» Some provinces in the Northeast have already been affected by extreme weather forecast for the Northeast and the East from today until Friday.
Govt outlines EEC environmental goals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/03/2018
» Environmental problems along the Eastern Seaboard could worsen after the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) -- the government's pet industrial development project -- comes online, according to Environment Minister Gen Surasak Kanjanarat.