Environment And Nature
32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China
Jan 7, 2018

32 missing, oil tanker on fire after collision off China

An Iranian oil tanker has collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China's eastern coast, leaving its entire crew of 32 missing and causing the tanker to spill oil into the sea...

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Malaysia OKs new search by private company for missing plane
Jan 7, 2018

Malaysia OKs new search by private company for missing plane

Malaysia's government has approved a new attempt by a private company to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370...

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Rare Sumatran tiger kills Indonesian palm oil worker
Jan 5, 2018

Rare Sumatran tiger kills Indonesian palm oil worker

A rare Sumatran tiger has killed a woman working at a palm oil plantation in western Indonesia in the latest human-tiger conflict in an area hit bit widespread deforestation...

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Bluefin tuna sold for $320,000 in Tsukiji's last new year
Jan 5, 2018

Bluefin tuna sold for $320,000 in Tsukiji's last new year

A 892 pound (405 kilogram) bluefin tuna has been sold for 36.5 million yen ($320,000) in what may really be Tsukiji market's last auction at its current site in downtown Tokyo...

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Logan Paul makes more extensive apology for suicide video
Jan 3, 2018

Logan Paul makes more extensive apology for suicide video

Logan Paul has issued a more extensive apology for a video showing what appeared to be a body in a Japanese forest known as a suicide destination...

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American blogger apologizes for video of apparent suicide
Jan 2, 2018

American blogger apologizes for video of apparent suicide

American blogger Logan Paul has apologized after getting slammed for a video he shared on YouTube that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest known as a suicide spot...

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Pulp giant stirs new conflicts with Indonesian villagers
Dec 21, 2017

Pulp giant stirs new conflicts with Indonesian villagers

Less than five years after it pledged to end dozens of disputes over land and gain local consent for new plantations in Indonesia, one of the world's largest paper companies is backsliding on those vo...

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AP Exclusive: Pulp giant tied to companies accused of fires
Dec 20, 2017

AP Exclusive: Pulp giant tied to companies accused of fires

AP Exclusive: Indonesian paper giant Sinarmas is linked to opaque network of shell companies that own plantations accused of stealing lands and starting forest fires...

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Greenpeace calls for investigation into Sinarmas dealings
Dec 20, 2017

Greenpeace calls for investigation into Sinarmas dealings

Greenpeace has called for an investigation into the relationship between paper giant Sinarmas and its wood suppliers after AP found substantial ties between them despite the Indonesian conglomerate's ...

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Conservation group says Japan aiding in illegal ivory trade
Dec 20, 2017

Conservation group says Japan aiding in illegal ivory trade

A conservation group says Japan's lax controls over its domestic stock of ivory are encouraging illegal exports to other countries and undermining efforts to end trafficking in elephant tusks...

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