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An Ebola vaccine provided 100% protection in a field trial in hard-hit Guinea, researchers and officials said Friday, mooting "the beginning of the end" of the killer West African outbreak. ...more |
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India is set to overtake China and become the world's most populous country in less than a decade - six years sooner than previously forecast, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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Flames raged unchecked for a second day through tinder-dry brush and scrub oak in Northern California's ranch country on Thursday after destroying three homes and forcing hundreds of residents to flee, as firefighters sought to benefit from subsiding winds, officials said. ...more |
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![UN tackles illicit wildlife poaching amid Cecil the lion uproar UN tackles illicit wildlife poaching amid Cecil the lion uproar](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a9892ef0-64cc-40a0-8a8f-7b739cf1089f_.jpg) |
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The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday called on all countries to step up their efforts to tackle illicit poaching and trafficking in wildlife amid global uproar over the unlawful killing of "Cecil" the lion in Zimbabwe.
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![World Bank rejects energy industry notion that coal can cure poverty World Bank rejects energy industry notion that coal can cure poverty](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_12ca1b3f-d45c-4dc4-8b7d-9baeb91d5f49_.jpg) |
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The World Bank said yesterday that coal was no cure for global poverty, rejecting a main industry argument for building new fossil fuel projects in developing countries. ...more |
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![More and bigger drilling-linked earthquakes rattle Oklahoma More and bigger drilling-linked earthquakes rattle Oklahoma](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8a83b12c-b23e-4277-92ae-db5926a23c03_.jpg) |
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Several earthquakes shook Oklahoma recently as the state experiences a sharp increase in the frequency of tremors linked to wastewater disposal from gas and oil drilling, including from fracking, state and federal officials said. ...more |
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Emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) from agriculture in some locations are underestimated by 40% according to new research ...more |
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![The death of Cecil the lion prompts calls to ban trophy hunt imports to US The death of Cecil the lion prompts calls to ban trophy hunt imports to US](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_848f53e7-bd33-44e9-9ac9-3bd69112ab3f_.jpg) |
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Conservationists are calling on the US government to ban the the import of lions killed in trophy hunting, following the death of Cecil, Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, who was allegedly killed by an American dentist this month. ...more |
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Hillary Clinton laid out ambitious plans Monday to invest in solar and other renewable energy if elected US president, drawing a contrast with her fossil fuel-loving Republican rivals. ...more |
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The views from the International Space Station are out of our world. Astronaut Scott Kelly posted a photo of the Nile at night to Twitter on July 26, and it's a beauty. ...more |
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