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Malaysia's 'elephant whisperer' fights to save Borneo's endangered giants
Sep 21, 2026 (AFP)
Deep in Malaysia's Borneo jungle, wild shouts fill the air as a Bornean elephant is darted and her angry herd rallies to protect her.
Sri Lanka flies monks over drought-hit areas to seek divine help
Sep 20, 2026 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's Air Force said on Sunday it had flown Buddhist monks who prayed and sprinkled holy water over drought-hit areas in an attempt to encourage rain.
Ten lions die in suspected poisoning at Tanzania wildlife reserve
Sep 20, 2026 (AFP)
Ten lions have been found dead in a suspected poisoning incident at Tanzania's UNESCO-listed Ngorongoro Conservation Area, according to the authorities.
Indonesia accepts Malaysia's help to tackle wildfires
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Malaysia will send aircraft and dozens of firefighters to help tackle blazes in Indonesia, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Saturday, after rece...
Thousands protest inaction over climate crisis in Switzerland
Sep 19, 2026 (AFP)
Several thousand people marched in the Swiss cities of Geneva and Lausanne on Saturday to protest government inaction in the face of global warming.
Denmark inaugurates CO2 storage facility in North Sea
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Energy group INEOS announced Friday that its Greensand carbon capture and storage (CCS) project had begun storing carbon dioxide under the seabed beneath an old...
Japan's busiest rail station tests robot bins
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
The world's busiest railway station, located at the heart of Tokyo in Japan, is testing whether mobile robotic rubbish bins can ease the workload of sanitation ...
Hushing and hedging: US companies retreat on climate
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Some companies are talking less about their climate commitments, while others are shifting the goalposts or quietly letting targets lapse.
In Brazil's Amazon, the hunt for oil fuels hopes and fears
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Indigenous chief Wagner Karipuna gazes worriedly at the tranquil river flowing past his village in the Brazilian Amazon as he imagines the nightmare scenario of...
Baby orangutans in India expose 'frightening' scale of trafficking
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a "massive" exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the...
Norway's King Harald laid to rest in CO2-absorbing sarcophagus
Sep 18, 2026 (AFP)
Norway's King Harald V has been entombed within a ship-shaped sarcophagus carved from a carbon dioxide-absorbing ancient rock, the palace revealed on Friday.
Indonesia cash-for-photos scheme turns animal hunters into protectors
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to c...
World's water cycle becoming more unpredictable, UN warns
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
The planet's water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, swinging between too little and too much, the United Nations warned Thursday, with an unprecedented E...
Smog scuppers Japan force helping fight Indonesia wildfires
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
A Japanese firefighting force sent to help tackle huge blazes in Indonesia is struggling to operate because the smog is too thick to fly helicopters, a spokesma...
Guatemala to provide food aid as El Nino causes severe drought
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Guatemala will provide food assistance to more than one million families living through drought due to the powerful El Nino weather pattern, the government anno...
Nine European countries beat August drought record: AFP analysis
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Nine European countries experienced their driest August on record as a sweltering summer supercharged by climate change scorched the continent, according to an ...
Trump admin overhauls key protection for endangered species
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shi...
Tunis torrential rain raises flood fears, classes suspended
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Torrential rain hit the Tunisian capital on Thursday, raising fears of flooding and forcing the city to suspend classes at schools and universities.
Third body recovered after Grand Canyon flash flood
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
The body of a third hiker who was swept away in flash flooding that hit the Grand Canyon last month has been found, his family said Thursday.
Trump admin overhauls key protection for endangered species
Sep 17, 2026 (AFP)
Incidental killings of protected wildlife will no longer be considered unlawful, according to a Trump administration memorandum confirmed by AFP on Thursday, in...
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