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Environment

Climate finance billions at stake at COP29

PARIS (AFP) - Rich countries will be under pressure at next month's UN COP29 conference to increase by hundreds of billions of dollars how...

Nobel literature jury may go for non-Western writer

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - The Nobel Prize in Literature has honoured predominantly Western writers since it was first awarded in 1901, but the Swedish Academy...

Urban shepherds: How cities use goats and sheep to maintain land

NASHVILLE (AP) - Along the Cumberland River just north of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, tourists on party pontoons float past the recognisable skyline, but they...

Over 513 kg of trash collected in beach cleanup

Over 513 kilogrammes kilogrammes of garbage was removed from the Sungai Liang Recreational Beach during a clean-up campaign organised by Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd...

Indian artisans tackle waste with creative upcycling

NEW DELHI (AFP) - The world's most populous nation India has a waste problem to match, but one group hopes their efforts can inspire...

Plan to overturn commercial whaling moratorium sinks in Peru

LIMA (AFP) - A four-decade-old moratorium on commercial whaling will remain in force after a proposal to overturn it was withdrawn on Thursday at...

‘Crazy’ tree planter greening Sao Paulo concrete jungle

SAO PAULO (AFP) - In just over two decades, Brazilian Helio da Silva has single-handedly planted about 40,000 trees in the urban jungle that...
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