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Risky Business For Fish In Oil-Polluted Reef Waters

Coral reef fish are more likely to engage in risky behaviour and be unable to identify predators if they swim in waters...

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Rare Birth of Endangered Hairy-Nosed Wombat In Australia

The population of one of the world's rarest species has been boosted with the birth of a northern hairy-nosed wombat...

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Seven Killed As India Floods Death Toll Rises To 83

The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India rose to at least 83 with seven more fatalities confirmed in...

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Five Killed As Building Collapses In Pakistan

Five people died when an apartment building collapsed in southern Pakistan early Tuesday as most of its residents were...

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South Sudan Declares State of Emergency

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in part of the country’s north-west. The...

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California Extends Tough Climate Policy Measures To 2030

California legislators late Monday approved extending the state's tough measures to fight climate change to 2030, a...

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World’s Northernmost Coral Reef In Japan Bleached

Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a...

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Baboon Causes Mass Power Cut In Zambia

A baboon in Zambia has tampered with the cables at a power station in the south of the country leaving 50,000 people...

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Ghana-Ivory Coast Maritime Border Dispute ‘has Slowed’ Oil Activity – Minister

The level of activity in the exploration of oil around Cape Three Points offshore the Western Region has slowed due to...

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US Will Not Resume Brazil Beef Imports Until Food Safety Addressed

The United States will not resume imports of beef from Brazil until food safety issues have been addressed, US...

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’83 Famine Likely To Occur Again – Maize Farmers Assoc.

General Secretary of the Concern Maize Farmers Association Hassan Suleman has predicted that Ghana may experience...

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Japanese Seaweed Is Welcome Invader On US Coasts

A kind of Japanese seaweed that is considered an invasive species in the United States is actually serving an important...

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Mahindra Plans To Double Investment In US

Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group plans to double its US investment in the next five years, where it is hoping to its...

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Thousands More Canadians On Evacuation Alert As Wildfires Spread

Thousands more Canadians were warned Monday they could face evacuation under threat of huge forest fires that have...

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Malian Soldiers’ Bodies Recovered After ‘jihadist’ Attack

The bodies of eight missing Malian soldiers have been found following a presumed jihadist attack on July 9, official...

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18 Dead, 18 Missing In China Flooding

Flooding in China's northeast has left 18 dead and 18 missing, state media said Monday, after the latest deadly deluge...

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Prepaid Meters Not Panacea To Power Theft

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company of the Volta River Authority (NEDco-VRA) has revealed that most of its...

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Malaysia Arrests Vietnamese Man For ‘ivory Smuggling’

Malaysian authorities have arrested a Vietnamese man and seized a stash of elephant ivory worth almost $70,000, an...

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Wacam Clears Air On Report To Shun Kenyase Foodstuff, Fish

Wacam, a non-governmental mining advocacy group, has denied media reports suggesting that the organisation was...