Cameroon produces 600,000 tonnes of plastic waste every year, an environmental liability for the country’s main urban centres. To reduce pollution and help protect the environment, several local entrepreneurs have turned to the collection,…
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Continue ReadingOne of the worst forms of plastic pollution may have met its match in the saliva of a humble worm. Spanish researchers say they’ve discovered chemicals in the wax worm’s…
Continue ReadingThe fan who jumped over the stadium railing in an attempt to catch Aaron Judge’s 62nd home run ball somehow avoided injury … but he did get some bad news…
Continue Reading#Britain’s embattled prime minister Liz #Truss marched to the lectern for the most important speech of her political career on Wednesday — accompanied by a song, "Moving On Up," about a bitter…
Continue ReadingA landmark legal case opened in Senegal last month, with fishermen and Greenpeace Africa taking a fish processing factory to court over alleged environmental abuses. There are more and more…
Continue ReadingAs informal climate talks wrap up in DR Congo, Kenyan president William Ruto published an open letter calling for a more multilateral approach to helping Africa fight climate change. FRANCE…
Continue ReadingAfter more than thirty years of being prohibited from boxing during the ruling of former dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi, women in Libya are once again being seen on rings fighting and…
Continue ReadingAt the turn of the century, cricket was struggling to attract audiences and its commercial future was in doubt. Now it boasts the second-most valuable sporting franchise globally, behind only…
Continue ReadingThe supreme leader of Iran has accused the United States and Israel of orchestrating protests in Tehran and other cities following the death of a young woman who had been…
Continue ReadingIndonesia on Monday set up an independent team to investigate a stampede at a football stadium that killed 125 people, including 32 children, as the country’s human rights commission questioned…
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