15+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1158+ words) Prince Harry has long been a supporter of African wildlife and nature. When the British royal first became involved with African Parks in 2016, he served as a prominent figure supporting awareness on elephant conservation. Later, the son of King Charles…...

14+ hour, 33+ min ago   (738+ words) “The EU’s car lie” — Germany’s Bild tabloid newspaper didn’t mince words when it reported on what it called the European Union’s “dangerous” claim that electric vehicles were carbon neutral. Markus Söder, the conservative state premier of Bavaria — home to major…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (681+ words) PARIS — The EU’s climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer. In response to the assessment by the Copernicus Climate…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (577+ words) BRISBANE — More than 267,000 Australian properties and two million hectares of land could be damaged or lost to rising sea levels and coastal flooding, in a trend that could cost the nation $855 billion. Western Australia faces the greatest economic losses by…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (398+ words) PERTH, Australia — Toxic “forever chemicals” have been found in Australian rainwater for the first time, but not at levels dangerous to human health. “All the concentrations we found were well below the (National Health and Medical Research Council) drinking water…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (239+ words) LUCENA CITY — South Korean students joined a regreening activity that involved planting 100 narra tree seedlings at the foot of Mount Malarayat in Lipa City, Batangas, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said. In a report on Tuesday, Sept....

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1447+ words) KATHMANDU — The impact of the floods in the Bhotekoshi River is beginning to ripple through Nepal’s tourist industry, with hotels reporting a wave of cancellations just as the peak autumn tourist season gets underway. Hotels in Pokhara, Chitwan and Lumbini…...

6+ day, 42+ min ago   (414+ words) MANILA, Philippines — With their huge eyes and bodies small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, Philippine tarsiers are among the best-known inhabitants of the country’s tropical forests. The tiny nocturnal primates are closely associated with the central…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (358+ words) Tobacco remains a leading cause of disease globally, the study said, noting many “non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke” were among the estimate total of 8 million people who died in 2023 of smoking-related illnesses. “Exposure to second-hand smoke is a globally recognized…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (208+ words) BEIJING — The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China rose to three on Sunday, after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel. Nine others were still missing. The mudslide hit part of a village in Suichuan County in…...