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Report: Hong Kong ivory trade ‘major threat’ to elephant survival

Report: Hong Kong ivory trade ‘major threat’ to elephant survival

Hong Kong's booming ivory market is helping push elephants towards extinction, conservationists said Thursday, reporting more ivory items on sale…
EgyptAir plans to launch its first bio-fuel-run jet in a year

EgyptAir plans to launch its first bio-fuel-run jet in a year

EgyptAir plans to launch its first plane run on biofuel, replacing traditional jet fuel, in one year, said Civil Aviation…
Environment Minister: Climate change sensitive crisis

Environment Minister: Climate change sensitive crisis

Climate change is one of the sensitive issues not only due to its possible negative impact on Egypt, but also…
Playing the Lower Keys: Concert piped underwater in Florida

Playing the Lower Keys: Concert piped underwater in Florida

Hundreds of music-loving snorkelers and divers, joined by distance swimmer Diana Nyad, ducked beneath the waves Saturday as a radio…
Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation

Liberia’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ chimps facing starvation

A speedboat laden with fruit approaches and four chimpanzees come bounding over from the dense forest, screeching excitedly as volunteers…
Environment Minister: Natural reserves are not for sale

Environment Minister: Natural reserves are not for sale

Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy has denied the rumors about the government's alleged intention to sell natural reserves.
LE2 bn to buy energy saving bulbs

LE2 bn to buy energy saving bulbs

Local Development Minister Adel Labib said a data for street lamps in all governorates is being prepared to replace them…
Roaring success: lions return to Rwanda, with rhinos next?

Roaring success: lions return to Rwanda, with rhinos next?

Groggy on their paws after waking from tranquillizers, lions have returned to Rwanda for the first time since the endangered…
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’

UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’

The heritage committee of the UNESCO cultural agency said on Wednesday that the outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef was…
South Korea to cut 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from BAU levels

South Korea to cut 2030 greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from BAU levels

South Korea has finalized its 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 37 percent from business-as-usual (BAU) levels, higher…
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