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Global CCS capacity grew by a third, but much more needed: Report

Global carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity grew by a third in the past year, but it was far too slow to meet global...

Amnesty accuses Facebook, YouTube of complicity in Vietnam rights abuses

US-based companies Facebook and YouTube are allowing themselves to become tools of Vietnam’s “industrial-scale” attempt to censor information and harass government critics, in an...

Canary Islands see tourism improving in 2021, but still far below pre-pandemic levels

Authorities on Spain’s Canary Islands expect a partial recovery of the archipelago’s tourism industry in 2021 as vaccines and testing allow for travel restrictions...

GM rethinks planned stake in electric vehicle maker Nikola

General Motors will not be taking a stake in the electric vehicle company Nikola, and the company said that it was scuttling one of...

Australian diver fights off 8ft hammerhead shark with camera stick

A diver fought off an 8-foot hammerhead shark with his camera stick while spearfishing off the coast of Australia.

Palm tree helps toddler survive 4-story fall from apartment in US

A two-year-old girl is recovering after falling early on Monday from a fourth-floor window of an apartment in Miami.

Nobel laureate says pandemic raising violence, trafficking

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad said the coronavirus pandemic has increased trafficking of women and gender-based violence, leaving the health and safety of...

UN appeals for $35b to help world’s ‘most vulnerable and fragile’ in 2021

A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near- 40 percent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely...

India has an eco-bridge for reptiles, animals

A bridge for reptiles may sound uncanny but the Uttarakhand Forest Department has built a first-of-its-kind elevated eco-bridge across a busy highway in Ramnagar...

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon surges to 12-year high

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon surged again over the past year, hitting a 12-year high, according to official figures released that drew a chorus...

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