Indiana Dunes National Park And Glacier National Park, United States (AFP) May 13, 2024 (AFP) – American biologist Laura Brennan describes the coin-sized Karner blue butterfly as “very delicate and graceful” with a “lovely blue” coloring and “just a little speckling of orange.” The species, declared endangered in 1992, used to flourish in Indiana Dunes…
Vatican City (AFP) May 16, 2024 Green policies can win votes, London Mayor Sadiq Khan said Thursday, after winning a record third term despite the war he has waged on polluting vehicles. “This year, more than half the world’s population will be voting, whether it’s the USA, whether it’s India, whether it’s the UK,” Khan…
Mumbai (AFP) May 17, 2024 Indian police have arrested the owner of a huge billboard that collapsed on a petrol station and killed 16 people in the financial capital Mumbai, media reports said. Another 75 people were rescued from underneath the wreckage of Monday’s accident when the giant hoarding fell during fierce rain and dust…
New Delhi (AFP) May 9, 2024 The Maldives pledged “enduring friendship” with India on Thursday ahead of a deadline for New Delhi to withdraw a troop garrison from the luxury tourist destination that has strained ties between the neighbours. Pro-China President Mohamed Muizzu won office last year while campaigning on a promise to downgrade ties…
Male, Maldives (AFP) May 13, 2024 The International Monetary Fund warned the Maldives against looming “debt distress” Monday, as the small but strategically placed luxury tourist destination looks set to borrow more from main creditor China. Since winning office last year, President Mohamed Muizzu has reoriented the atoll nation – known for its upmarket beach…
Jakarta (AFP) May 8, 2024 Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said Wednesday, as the region endures a suffocating heatwave and global temperatures break records. Extreme heat has blasted Asia from India to the Philippines in recent weeks, triggering heatstroke deaths, school closures and desperate prayers…
Bangkok, Thailand (AFP) May 15, 2024 A Myanmar military air strike on a medical clinic wounded around 20 people in western Rakhine state, according to an ethnic armed group, a resident and local media on Wednesday. Clashes have rocked Rakhine since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had…
New Delhi (AFP) May 8, 2024 Indian authorities have arrested four people accused of “trafficking” citizens of the country to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine. Two years since Russia’s invasion began, tens of thousands of its soldiers have been killed in Ukraine and Moscow has been on a global quest for more troops….
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 11, 2024 Visual experiences in early infancy play a critical role in the development of human vision, offering a unique visual ‘diet’ that differs significantly from that of older children and adults. This was demonstrated in a recent study titled “An edge-simplicity bias in the visual input to young infants,”…
Kathmandu (AFP) May 9, 2024 Nepali conservationists condemned on Thursday new regulations permitting hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, saying they threatened to damage the habitats of tigers and other endangered animals. A fifth of the Himalayan republic’s total lands have been designated as protected areas established to forbid infrastructure projects that could…