2021-01-03

A court in southwestern China has upheld a landmark lower-court ruling to suspend work on a massive hydropower project that environmentalists say would push the endangered green peafowl to extinction...species is rarer than the giant panda.

2021-01-03

National lockdown must be imposed within 24 hours, says Labour leader

2021-01-03

Gunmen kill 11 minority Hazara coal miners in Baluchistan: The victims were from the minority Shiite Hazara community. Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, condemned the attack as a "cowardly inhumane act of terrorism."

2021-01-03

Food, drink banned on domestic Thai flights to keep passengers masked

2021-01-03

Scientists Eavesdrop on New Population of Blue Whales Singing in the Indian Ocean

2021-01-03

Amateur historians in Japan rediscovered ruins of base for midget submarines to be deployed in suicide attacks against Allied fleet in event of invasion during WWII. Extensive military facility includes tunnels, bunkers, collapsed well, foundations of buildings and section of small wharf.

2021-01-03

More than 10,000 trees cut down to make way for Andrews government's major transport projects with more than twice that now facing axe. People who have fought and largely lost battles to save trees say frustration is at lack of true consultation on what trees will go.

2021-01-03

Well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino found in Siberia | Carcass has most of its soft tissues still intact; Recent years have seen major discoveries of mammoths, woolly rhinos, Ice Age foal, & cave lion cubs as the permafrost increasingly melts across vast areas of Siberia because of global warming

2021-01-03

ASIO red-flags Chinese businessman and Liberal Party donor 'Haha' Liu as security risk. Liberal Party exposed at highest level to Chinese espionage efforts

2021-01-03

Moscow metro hires first female train drivers in modern history

2021-01-03

Norway imposes new restrictions to halt third coronavirus wave

2021-01-03

At least 11 coal miners shot dead in Balochistan's Mach area after being kidnapped

2021-01-03

Dutch high hopes for legal cannabis farms hit by nimby protests | Netherlands

2021-01-03

Pope 'saddened' that people are vacationing to flee COVID-19 lockdowns

2021-01-02

Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic, warn nurses

2021-01-02

'Always afraid': Iran's largest religious minority caught in a new wave of home raids, land seizures and arrests.

2021-01-02

26 Belgian retirees die after visit by volunteer Santa Claus who tested positive for COVID

2021-01-02

The last known male giant Swinhoe’s softshell turtle is no longer alone on the planet after the discovery of a female of his species in Vietnam. The female 86kg (13 stone) turtle was found in Dong Mo lake, in Hanoi’s Son Tay district, and captured for genetic testing in October.

2021-01-02

Turkish Scientists say they've made a 10-second COVID test that's 99% accurate

2021-01-02

Mexico City introduced ban on single-use plastics following year-long preparation. Lawmakers passed ban on plastic bags, utensils and other disposable plastic items in 2019, aiming to reduce non-biodegradable plastics and hoping to turn Mexico's capital into more sustainable city.