PARIS, (APP/AFP): Mining, oil exploration, illegal logging and other industries threaten almost half the natural World Heritage Sites the UN seeks to preserve for future generations, conservation group WWF said Wednesday. The 114 threatened sites provide food, water, shelter and medicine to over 11 million people — more than the population of Portugal, according to […]
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Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF
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Nepal risks fresh unrest over disputed charter: crisis group
KATHMANDU, (APP/AFP) – Nepal risks renewed unrest unless it resolves a deadly dispute with an ethnic minority over the new constitution, the International Crisis Group said Tuesday in a report that sparked criticism from the government. More than 50 people have died in clashes between police and Nepal’s ethnic Madhesi community over the constitution which […]
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Suicide bomber kills at least 6 in eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, (APP/AFP) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least six civilians and wounded 22 Tuesday when he detonated near a clinic and a school during a police chase in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The incident occurred in Parwan province, northwest of capital Kabul, provincial police chief for Parwan Mohammad Zaman Mamozai told […]
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Vietnam confirms first Zika virus cases
HANOI, (APP/AFP): Two Vietnamese women have tested positive for the Zika virus, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday, the first confirmed cases of the mosquito-transmitted infection in the Southeast Asian country. A 64-year-old from the popular beach resort of Nha Trang became the country’s first confirmed case after being admitted to hospital complaining of fever, […]
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N. Korea video shows rocket attack on South’s president
SEOUL, (APP/AFP) – An official North Korean website has released a new propaganda video portraying a multiple rocket attack on South Korea’s presidential Blue House and other government buildings in Seoul. It was uploaded Monday to the DPRK Today website, which had released another video 10 days before depicting a nuclear attack on Washington. Tensions […]
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Hollande promises French probes into Panama Papers cases
PARIS, (APP/AFP) – President Francois Hollande promised Monday that a massive leak of documents exposing the offshore dealings of wealthy individuals would lead to legal proceedings in France. “All the information revealed will lead to investigations brought by the tax authorities and to legal proceedings,” Hollande said. He thanked “the whistleblowers” for bringing the so-called […]