Cambodia’s new canal could boost trade but risks harming key river
PREK TAKEO, Cambodia — The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on its way from its ...
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African leaders at UN warn against dwindling malaria funding
Abuja, Nigeria — Leaders in Africa say the fight against malaria on the continent is facing significant funding gaps due to ...
Push for renewable energy sparks new environmental worries
According to the International Energy Agency, the world now invests almost twice as much in clean energy as it does in fossil ...
Hong Kong welcomes new giant pandas gifted by Beijing
HONG KONG — Hong Kong welcomed a new pair of giant pandas gifted by Beijing on Thursday with a lavish ceremony, raising hopes ...
Swiss police detain several people in connection with ‘suicide capsule’
GENEVA — Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in ...
Ancient coastal city in Egypt feels impact of changing climate
Egypt’s second-largest city, Alexandria, lies in the Eastern Mediterranean, a top climate change hotspot that has dealt with ...
‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
wyoming, iowa — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between ...
Jill Biden reveals $500 million plan that focuses on women’s health at Clinton Global Initiative
NEW YORK — First lady Jill Biden is unveiling a new set of actions to address health inequities faced by women in the United ...
California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution
NEW YORK — California and several environmental groups sued ExxonMobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a ...
Soyuz capsule with 2 Russians, 1 American from ISS returns to Earth
Moscow — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station landed Monday in ...
Cholera spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating
Cairo — Cholera is spreading in war-torn Sudan, killing at least 388 people and sickening about 13,000 others over the past ...
UN adopts pact promising to build ‘brighter future’ for humanity
United Nations, United States — The United Nations on Sunday adopted a “Pact for the Future” aimed at addressing ...
Dolphins dying in Amazon lake made shallow by drought
TEFE, Brazil — The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in an Amazon lake that ...
This US city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — On his first day of school at Newcomer Academy, Maikel Tejeda was whisked to the school library. The ...
Parts of US Midwest could offer fall’s most vibrant foliage
PORTLAND, Maine — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in ...
Climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough
NEW YORK — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish ...
Congo struggles to contain mpox; here’s why
KAVUMU, Congo — Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where ...
UN report: Debt crisis undermines AIDS eradication in Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe — A new report released by the main United Nations agency for action on AIDS and HIV says growing public debt ...
Mpox spreads at alarming rate among children in Burundi
GENEVA — The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, warned Friday that children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the ...
New analysis of 2019 Wuhan market animals may help find COVID-19 origin
LONDON — Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped ...