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Gore backs Greta in German coal mine fight 18 Jan 2023 - 07:37 pm
Former US vice-president and climate campaigner Al Gore (L) speaks with Siemens chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe at the Congress centre during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 17, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Two thirds of reef sharks and rays risk extinction: study 17 Jan 2023 - 07:41 pm
Fish swim above a coral reef in the Red Sea near the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 17, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Drone thermal imaging captures rare turtle laying eggs in Thailand 17 Jan 2023 - 01:19 pm
A thermal image of marine and coastal officials standing near a leatherback sea turtle, in Phang Nga, Thailand January 14, 2023, in this screen grab taken from a handout video obtained by Reuters on January 17, 2023. Department of Marine and Coastal Resources/Handout via REUTERS
Four dinosaur species found in Chilean valley for first time 12 Jan 2023 - 10:46 pm
Handout picture released on January 11, 2023 by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) showing a scientist arranging fossil remains found in the Cerro Guido, in the Las Chinas river valley, an unpopulated area near the border with Argentina, some 2,800 km south of Santiago, in February 2020. (Photo by Handout / INACH / AFP)
Last year tied as world's fifth-warmest on record, US scientists say 12 Jan 2023 - 07:18 pm
A firefighter works as the Caldor Fire burns in Grizzly Flats, California, US, August 22, 2021. (REUTERS/Fred Greaves)
Russia to send rescue mission to space station 12 Jan 2023 - 12:16 am
A stream of particles, which NASA says appears to be liquid and possibly coolant, sprays out of the Soyuz spacecraft on the International Space Station, forcing a delay of a routine planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts December 14, 2022 in this still image taken from video. (NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS)
Russia to return ISS crew on backup rocket after capsule leak 11 Jan 2023 - 07:17 pm
In this file photo taken on September 21, 2022, The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying the crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Moscow-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Cost-of-living crisis biggest global risk: Davos study 11 Jan 2023 - 04:14 pm
The skeleton of a fish is seen in the Navarro lagoon, which dried up due to the climate phenomenon La Nina, in Navarro, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina December 5, 2022. Reuters/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
Green investment in waste management, a driver of economic development 11 Jan 2023 - 09:18 am
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Last 8 years warmest on record globally: EU climate monitor 10 Jan 2023 - 04:49 pm
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Hurricanes and floods bring $120 billion in insurance losses in 2022 09 Jan 2023 - 11:28 pm
Onlookers stand at the edge of floodwaters on a residential street following heavy rains in the Windsor suburb of Sydney, Australia, July 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Loren Elliott)
Rare rhinos dodge poachers in world's top reserve for first time since 1977 09 Jan 2023 - 08:01 pm
File Photo: Seized Rhino horns are seen burning during an event to mark World Rhino Day in Bokakhat near Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam, India, September 22, 2021. (REUTERS/Anuwar)
Ozone layer on course to recover within four decades in climate success 09 Jan 2023 - 07:15 pm
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Eisai, Biogen get US FDA approval for Alzheimer's drug, apply for full approval 07 Jan 2023 - 01:33 pm
A sign marks a Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Climate change: UK's 2022 was hottest year on record, says forecaster 05 Jan 2023 - 01:56 pm
A general view of a weir and dried riverbed near the source of the River Thames, in Kemble, in Gloucestershire, Britain August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Marks/File Photo
They survived the hunters: now king penguins face climate change 29 Dec 2022 - 11:42 am
Elephant seals rest at the coast of Possession Island on December 27, 2022, part of the Crozet Islands, a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the southern Indian Ocean. Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP
NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia's leaky Soyuz ship 28 Dec 2022 - 06:36 pm
A stream of particles, which NASA says appears to be liquid and possibly coolant, sprays out of the Soyuz spacecraft on the International Space Station, forcing a delay of a routine planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts on December 14, 2022 in this still image taken from video. NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Human hair recycled in Belgium to protect the environment 28 Dec 2022 - 03:07 pm
Belgian hairdresser at hair salon L'Atelier Chedly Boussigua cuts a customer's hair, which will be collected by the association Dung Dung, in Brussels, Belgium November 4, 2022. Reuters/Yves Herman

Technology

The Deepseek app is displayed on an iPhone screen on January 27, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via AFP) Silicon Valley rattled by low-cost Chinese AI
This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing on January 27, 2025. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP DeepSeek: Chinese AI firm making waves in Silicon Valley
File image Meta tests ads on Threads, its alternative to X
The ChatGPT virtual assistant logo on a smartphone arranged in Riga, Latvia, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Image: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) OpenAI releases AI agent that helps book flights, order food for users

Motoring

Peninsula Mannai Automotive unveils 2025 Cadillac Escalade
Officials during the launch of the new MG HS in Qatar Auto Class Cars officially launches exceptional mid-size SUV MG HS in Qatar
(Files) This photo taken on April 18, 2024 shows BYD electric cars for export waiting to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province. (Photo by AFP) China's electric and hybrid vehicle sales jump 40.7% in 2024
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Khaby Lame / AFP TikTok king Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassador
Visitors rent jet skis at Pantai Cenang in Malaysia's Langkawi Island on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP) Global tourism recovered to pre-pandemic levels in 2024: UN
The Noto Temari-brand shiitake mushrooms sold for 350,000 yen. Photo credit: The Japan News A box of six mushrooms fetches record 350,000 yen at auction in Japan
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