Environment
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UN chief backs new blueprint to end ‘suicidal’ war on nature
LONDON: A new scientific blueprint for tackling climate change, pollution and the accelerating loss of plant and animal species published…
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France to punish ‘eco-cide’ with prison up to 10 years
PARIS: France will make serious intentional damage to the environment punishable by up to 10 years in prison as part…
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450 schools shut as pollution chokes Thai capital
Authorities in the Thai capital ordered nearly 450 schools to close on Wednesday as pollution levels reached dangerously unhealthy levels.…
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Dozens killed by heavy rain in Angola
Torrential rain in Angola has killed 41 people and caused widespread destruction, the government said on Thursday. Twelve out of…
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Bushfires flare again in southern Australia
Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set in, and officials warned…
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Thunberg in Twitter spat with the German railway
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was forced to defend herself in a Twitter spat with German railway service Deutsche…
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New Zealand police open a criminal probe into deaths on volcanic island
New Zealand police said on Tuesday they were opening a criminal investigation into the deaths of tourists on a volcanic…
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New bushfires spread across Australia
Australia’s Prime Minister on Thursday denied his climate policies had caused unprecedented bushfires ravaging the country and insisted his government…
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Egypt launches Smart Electric bus manufacturing system
Egypt’s Arab Organisation for Industrialisation launched on Monday the smart electric bus manufacturing system in cooperation with China’s Wanxiang Group…
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Xi, Macron unite on climate after US withdraws from Paris pact
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron declared on Wednesday that the Paris climate pact was “irreversible”, showing…
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