Environment

Four African nations agree to improve use of key water resource under UN-backed plan

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Sustainable water management brings economic, social and environmental benefits, say...

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Hong Kong government issues shark fin and bluefin tuna ban

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Sharks fins laid out on the streets to dry and for trimming and cleaning before selling. Sheung Wan, Hong Kong...

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Greenpeace activists scale Gazprom drilling platform, two arrested in Arctic oil protest

At 4.30am Moscow time, five inflatable boats were launched from the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and headed towards the Gazprom oil rig Prirazlomnaya, in the remote Pechora sea. One of the inflatables was confronted by the Russian...

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Dozens Dead as Twin Storms Strike Mexico

The death toll in Mexico has reached 47 after twin storms battered the west and east coasts at the same time.

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