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Asia

Satellite images show over 8ha of Kranji woodland was cleared almost a year before JTC knew

mediabest 02/18/2021 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESJTCNat

SINGAPORE – Satellite images of Kranji woodland shared on social media on Thursday (Feb 18) showed over 8ha of forested land being cleared since last…

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Asia

'Corals are being cooked': A third of Taiwan's reefs are dying

mediabest 01/13/2021 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESTaiwan

TAIPEI (AFP) – Nearly a third of Taiwan’s corals are dying from bleaching caused by warming oceans, in an alarming phenomenon that poses a severe…

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Asia

Increase in mask litter at Singapore's parks and beaches

mediabest 01/09/2021 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESWaste ma

Conservation experts are becoming increasingly concerned with surgical mask litter all over the island. Cleanup groups here have been picking up an average of four…

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Americas

Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing

mediabest 01/05/2021 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESUS NEWS

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday (Jan 4) it has made final its plan to open up vast areas…

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Asia

More community gardens, opportunities to participate in green initiatives for East Coast residents

mediabest 11/29/2020 ClimateENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

SINGAPORE – Residents of East Coast GRC can look forward to more green spaces and also opportunities to take part in initiatives which protect the…

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Asia

Suga sets 2050 goal for Japan to be carbon neutral

mediabest 10/27/2020 CENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESJAPAN

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed on Monday (Oct 26) to build a carbon-neutral “green society” by 2050, marking a paradigm shift for…

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Europe

World lost 100 million hectares of forest in two decades: UN

mediabest 09/16/2020 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESUN

PARIS (AFP) – The world has lost nearly 100 million hectares of forests in two decades, marking a steady decline though at a slower pace…

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Americas

A 'crossroads' for humanity: Earth's biodiversity is still collapsing

mediabest 09/16/2020 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESUN

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – The world is failing to address a catastrophic biodiversity collapse that not only threatens to wipe out beloved species and invaluable…

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Asia

From egg hunter to protector, Malaysian battles to save turtles

mediabest 07/21/2020 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESMALAYSIA

CHAGAR HUTANG (AFP) – Aziz Mustaffa used to collect turtles’ eggs from a Malaysian beach and sell them. But nowadays, he makes a living as…

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Asia

Laos to press ahead with 'destructive' new dam on Mekong river

mediabest 05/12/2020 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESLAOSRi

BANGKOK (AFP) – Environmentalists have criticised Laos for pressing ahead with plans for another “destructive dam” on the Mekong River, a waterway already strangled by…

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Asia

Japan public financier to stop approving loans for coal projects

mediabest 04/24/2020 EENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESJAPAN

TOKYO – A top Japanese public financier of foreign development projects has said it will stop accepting loan applications for coal power plants, as global…

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Asia

South-east Asian countries need tougher plastic policies to curb pollution: UN

mediabest 11/13/2019 ChinaENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESo

BANGKOK (REUTERS) – South-east Asian countries, among the world’s worst ocean polluters, need tougher regulations for plastic packaging to curb leakage, a United Nations report…

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Americas

Year's most destructive California wildfire declared extinguished after 2 weeks

mediabest 11/08/2019 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESFIRES

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – California’s biggest, most ruinous wildfire this year, a wind-driven blaze that scorched 310 square kilometres of Sonoma County wine country and…

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Americas

Meat-free burgers turn climate concerns into a sales pitch

mediabest 11/07/2019 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESFOOD AND

NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Depending on how you want to read the numbers, the humble hamburger is a bigger contributor to the warming of the…

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Europe
Europe

Police officer knocked unconscious trying to shut down illegal house party

mediabest 03/03/2021

A police officer was knocked unconscious and seven others injured while trying to shut down an illegal house party in South London. Four arrests have…

Europe

Hungary’s Ruling Party Breaks With Conservative E.U. Allies

mediabest 03/03/2021

BRUSSELS — For years, Hungary’s leader, Viktor Orban, has clashed with the European Union as he steadily eroded democracy in his country, but time and…

Europe

Map reveals how Brazil's Covid variant has spread across Europe

mediabest 03/03/2021

A map charting the spread of the Brazilian Covid variant shows how it has moved across European countries which are outside the red list. The…

World News
World News

What does BAME mean? – The Sun

mediabest 03/03/2021

BAME is an outdated phrase that refers to ethnic groups who do not identify as White British. While it was once a widely used term, The…

World News

Britons are cheating Covid vaccine queue by claiming to be carers

mediabest 03/03/2021

Britons are cheating Covid vaccine queue system and getting jabbed early by claiming to be a carer because NHS officials aren’t asking for proof EXCLUSIVE:…

World News

Andrew Cuomo boasts to brother Chris 'I am the Love Gov' and says 'I’m a cool dude in a loose mood' in cringey chat

mediabest 03/03/2021

ANDREW Cuomo boasted, "I am The Love Gov," on his brother's primetime CNN show just months before he allegedly sexually harassed a female aide. The…

Business
Business

Alamo Drafthouse movie theaters, with three Denver area locations, files for bankruptcy

mediabest 03/03/2021

Alamo Drafthouse, the hip, booze- and food-serving moving theater chain with three locations in the Denver area, has filed for bankruptcy in the wake of…

Business

‘Timing could not be better’: Five-star southern resort spending $4m-plus on renovations

mediabest 03/03/2021

Yet in an apparently logic-defying move, that’s what one place in the Queenstown area is doing. Millbrook Resort near Arrowtown is planning a $4 million…

Business

Pinterest Ad Summit: Ad Tools, Growth in Gen Z, Men, Plus Dan Levy

mediabest 03/03/2021

Pinterest’s first global advertising summit on Wednesday revealed a few surprises: Along with new ad products and growth in some surprising user segments, the company…

LIFE
Life

Oil Prices Rally Ahead Of OPEC Meet

mediabest 03/03/2021

Watch UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announcing the country's 2021 budget [The stream is slated to start at 07:30 ET. Please refresh the page if…

Life

Dialog Semiconductor Q4 Profit Rises – Quick Facts

mediabest 03/03/2021

Volvo to sell only electric cars by 2030 with all sales going online VOLVO has pledged to sell only electric cars by 2030 — and…

Life

PayPal can now provide digital payments in China

mediabest 03/03/2021

Roblox sees revenue doubling in first quarter (Reuters) – Roblox Corp expects its revenue to double year-over-year in the first quarter of 2021, the company…

Life

What we know about police raid at FC Barcelona’s stadium in relation to ‘Barçagate’

mediabest 03/01/2021

US probing engine fires in nearly 1.9M Toyota RAV4 SUVs DETROIT — The U.S. government is investigating complaints of engine compartment fires in nearly 1.9…

Life

HNI Corp. Q4 Profit More Than Halves, But Tops Estimates – Quick Facts

mediabest 03/01/2021

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Soul of a Nation’ and ‘Ghostbusters’ A newsmagazine featuring a look at Black life in America premieres on ABC. And…

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