Tag: environment

Sydney (AFP) - New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

Pokhara (Nepal) (AFP) - Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of ...

Lima (AFP) - Peru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a ...

Lisbon (AFP) - A European operation has spared revellers a potential food poisoning nightmare before Christmas, seizing 30 tonnes of ...

Paris (AFP) - French and German rail operators launched the first direct high-speed rail link between Paris and Berlin on ...

San Salvador (AFP) - El Salvador's gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart ...

Washington (AFP) - The US government said Tuesday it was "disappointed" after nations negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic ...

Oslo (AFP) - Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition ...

Oslo (AFP) - The World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Norwegian chapter will have its day in court Thursday, after ...

Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - Negotiations on a first global treaty to curb plastic pollution are moving "very, very slowly", ...