WELLINGTON, Oct 18, (APP/AFP) – Marine ecosystems in one of the Pacific’s most vulnerable regions face decline unless they are better managed, a WWF report warned Tuesday. The report described the ocean as the lifeblood of Melanesia — a vast Pacific swathe comprising Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. But […]
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Ocean warning for Pacific’s Melanesia
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Britain must fulfil duty to Calais migrant kids: France
PARIS, Oct 18 (APP/AFP): Britain must fulfil its duties towards unaccompanied migrant children in the Calais “Jungle” camp, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in an article published Tuesday, just a day after more than a dozen teenagers were transferred to the UK. “(The) French government has now decided to dismantle the Calais camp for […]
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Colombian army kills ELN rebel 10 days before peace talks: officials
BOGOTA, Oct 18 (APP/AFP): The Colombian army said it had killed an ELN rebel and captured four others in an operation days before peace talks between the leftist guerrillas and the government are set to open. The operation targeted the public order and financial wing of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the northeastern department […]
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10,000 endangered frogs die in Peru
LIMA, Oct 18 (APP/AFP): Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the “scrotum frog,” in a river that is feared to be polluted, authorities said Monday. Hundreds of the large, wrinkly green frogs have been found floating on the surface of the Coata river in […]
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Orbital ATK launches cargo into space aboard Antares rocket
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (APP/AFP): Orbital ATK on Monday blasted off its revamped Antares rocket carrying supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station two years after a major rocket explosion. The unmanned Cygnus cargo ship launched from Wallops Island, Virginia at 7:45 pm (2345 GMT), packed with some 5,100 pounds (2,300 kilograms) of gear […]
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Clinton widens lead in latest poll as Trump cries foul
NEW YORK, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump nationally and in key swing states three weeks before Election Day, a poll showed Monday, as the Republican presidential nominee struggled to find a way back into the race. Trump, whose campaign has been reeling in the face of lewd […]