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Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines

By Agence France-Presse A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising...

Time machine: How carbon dating brings the past back to life

By Agence France-Presse From unmasking art forgery to uncovering the secrets of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, an imposing machine outside Paris can turn back the clock to reveal the truth. French scientist Lucile Beck...

Nickel rush for stainless steel, EVs guts Indonesia tribe’s forest home

By Agence France-Presse Bokum, one of Indonesia's last isolated hunter-gatherers, has a simple message for the nickel miners threatening his lush jungle home: "This is our land." He belongs to the Hongana Manyawa...

Ancient town and its manuscripts face ravages of the Sahara

By Agence France-Presse From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert. "It's a magnificent, extraordinary town,"...

DTI at forefront of bringing Guimaras mangoes to national and global markets

By Dean Aubrey Caratiquet As part of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. 's commitment towards inclusive and progressive development of the domestic agricultural sector, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is...

Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants

By Agence France-Presse With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but...

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