Environment
Philippine water shortage forces cuts for 6.8 million people
Mar 15, 2019

Philippine water shortage forces cuts for 6.8 million people

About 6.8 million people have been affected by a water shortage in the Philippine capital, with lines forming for rationed water and businesses and some hospitals struggling to cope...

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Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic waste sickens students
Mar 13, 2019

Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic waste sickens students

Malaysia's government has ordered 111 schools in southern Johor state to close after toxic waste illegally dumped into a river sickened scores of students and teachers...

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China sets aside crops for wild elephants to spare farmers
Mar 10, 2019

China sets aside crops for wild elephants to spare farmers

China is growing crops specifically for wild elephants to graze on in an effort to spare the livelihoods of local farmers...

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S. Korea proposes rain project with China to clean Seoul air
Mar 6, 2019

S. Korea proposes rain project with China to clean Seoul air

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed a joint project with China to use artificial rain to clean the air in his country, where increasing pollution has caused alarm...

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Over 1,500 turtles found inside luggage in Philippines
Mar 5, 2019

Over 1,500 turtles found inside luggage in Philippines

Philippine authorities have found more than 1,500 live turtles stuffed inside luggage at Manila's airport...

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Indonesia court allows dam in orangutan habitat to proceed
Mar 5, 2019

Indonesia court allows dam in orangutan habitat to proceed

Environmentalists have lost a court challenge to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species...

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China county suspends fracking after quakes worry residents
Feb 26, 2019

China county suspends fracking after quakes worry residents

A county in western China has suspended drilling for shale gas after fracking work was suspected of causing earthquakes that caused two deaths...

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China backs Tanzania prison sentence for 'ivory queen'
Feb 20, 2019

China backs Tanzania prison sentence for 'ivory queen'

China says it backs Tanzania's sentencing of a Chinese woman labeled the "ivory queen" to 15 years in jail for smuggling elephant tusks...

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Unicorns are real: Tech baffles Indonesian candidate
Feb 18, 2019

Unicorns are real: Tech baffles Indonesian candidate

Indonesia's presidential candidates debated pressing issues facing the world's third-largest democracy: dilapidated infrastructure, struggling farmers, forest fires _ and unicorns...

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Indonesia land-burning fines unpaid years after fires
Feb 15, 2019

Indonesia land-burning fines unpaid years after fires

Indonesian plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties meant to hold them accountable for actions that took a d...

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