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Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world

“The reef is not dead. It is an amazing, beautiful, complex, and remarkable system that has the ability to recover if it gets a chance – and the best way we can give it a chance is by cutting carbon emissions.” — Mike Emslie, head of the Long-Term Monitoring Program of the reef at the Australian Institute for Marine Science
bySAM McNEIL / Associated Press
November 17, 2022
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SUMMIT SWAG: Watches, daggers and cricket ice cream: Asian summit treats

G-20 organizers this year say the leaders, also expected to include China's Xi Jinping, will be asked to wear colorful shirts made of the traditional Balinese woven fabric endek, similar to those that Indonesia gave out at the 2013 APEC meetings they hosted in which the country revived the on-again, off-again summit tradition of a group photo in what some have dubbed “silly shirts.”
byThe Associated Press
November 11, 2022
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‘Plastic Man’ in Senegal on mission against trash

Environmental activist Modou Fall, who many simply call “Plastic Man,” wears his uniform — “it's not a costume,” he emphasizes — while telling anybody who will listen about the problems of plastics. As he walks, strands and chunks of plastic dangle from his arms and legs, rustling in the wind while some drags on the ground. On Fall's chest, poking out from the plastics, is a sign in French that says, “No to plastic bags.”
byThe Associated Press
November 10, 2022
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Fed up young climate activists: ‘Adults aren’t listening’

With decades of warmer and extreme weather ahead of them, young climate activists envision a future that has them frustrated and anxious, according to more than 130 activists questioned by The Associated Press. Most of them said they think their strikes and protests are effective. But lately in high-profile, attention-grabbing actions, a handful of activists have gone beyond skipping school to targeting art work, tires and fossil fuel depots.
byThe Associated Press
November 10, 2022
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Activists fight bid to remove Puerto Rico’s ‘colonial cats’

Black cats, white cats, calico ones and tabbies roam the seaside paths surrounding the historic fort known as “El Morro” that guarded San Juan Bay in the colonial era. The shy and surly ones crouch in the bushes away from cameras and human hands while others perch on nearby rocks to groom or stare at passerby as the ocean laps behind them. They’re known as “cobblestone” or “colonial” cats, but not everyone loves them.
byDÁNICA COTO / The Associated Press
November 7, 2022
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Duran Duran stumbles, Dolly Parton rolls into Rock Hall

Lionel Richie soared. Pat Benatar roared. Duran Duran stumbled but stayed sophisticated. Eminem was Eminem. The four acts found very different ways to celebrate on Saturday night, but all can now forever say they're Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. So are Carly Simon, Eurythmics, Harry Belafonte, Judas Priest and Dolly Parton, who gave the honor an enthusiastic embrace after temporarily turning it down.
byThe Associated Press
November 7, 2022
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Nigerian city celebrates its many twins with annual festival

There is no proven scientific explanation for the high rate of twins in Igbo-Ora, a city of at least 200,000 people 135 kilometers (83 miles) south of Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos. But many in Igbo-Ora believe it can be traced to women's diets. Alake Olawunmi, a mother of twins, attributes it to a local delicacy called amala which is made from yam flour.
bySUNDAY ALAMBA and CHINEDU ASADU / Associated Press
October 17, 2022
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Huts made of branches and cloth provide shelter to Somalis displaced by drought on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia
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Climate Migration: Blind and homeless amid Somalia’s drought

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. This story is part of an ongoing series exploring the lives of people around the world who have been forced to move because of rising seas, drought, searing temperatures and other things caused or exacerbated by climate change.
byCARA ANNA / The Associated Press
September 30, 2022
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Abe’s militaristic funeral captures Japan’s tense mood

If Japan is sometimes seen from abroad as a monolith of sorts, a largely uniform middle-class haven of social harmony, Abe’s funeral laid bare some of the messy reality of a divided nation. It's a place where the shadow of World War II — a subject Abe spent much of his career addressing — can still loom as large as the economic and security worries that drive modern elections.
byFOSTER KLUG | Associated Press
September 28, 2022
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‘I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over the queen

Beyond official condolences praising the queen’s longevity and service, there is some bitterness about the past in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Talk has turned to the legacies of colonialism, from slavery to corporal punishment in African schools to looted artifacts held in British institutions. For many, the queen came to represent all of that during her seven decades on the throne.
byCara Anna, Danica Coto and Rodney Muhumuza | Associated Press
September 12, 2022
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In flood-stricken Pakistan, rains damage archeological site

The ruins of Mohenjo Daro— located in southern Sindh province near the Indus River and a Unesco World Heritage Site—are considered among the best-preserved urban settlements in South Asia. They were discovered in 1922 and to this day, mystery surrounds the disappearance of its civilization, which coincided with those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
byMunir Ahmed / The Associated Press
September 7, 2022
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Protesters hold placards march on a street as they take part in a rally against the proposed amendments to extradition law in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong in limbo 25 years after British handover to China

When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland. As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing's rule on Friday, those promises are wearing thin. Hong Kong's honeymoon period, when it carried on much as it always had, has passed, and its future remains uncertain, determined by forces beyond its control.
byThe Associated Press
June 29, 2022
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After 3 months, Russia still bogged down in Ukraine war

When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, it had hoped to overtake the country in a blitz lasting only days or a few weeks. Instead, Russian troops got bogged down on the outskirts of Kyiv and other big cities amid stiff Ukrainian defenses. Convoys of Russian armor seemed stalled on long stretches of highway. Troops ran out of supplies and gasoline, becoming easy targets from the land and the air.
byBusinessMirror
May 24, 2022
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Targeting schools, Russia bombs the future

The destruction of hundreds of schools is about more than toppling buildings and maiming bodies, according to experts, to teachers and to others who have survived conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, in Syria and beyond. It hinders a nation’s ability to rebound after the fighting stops, injuring entire generations and dashing a country’s hope for the future.
byThe Associated Press
May 17, 2022
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Peru’s ‘worst ecological disaster’ slams small-scale fishing

Peru has characterized the spill of 11,900 barrels in front of a Repsol refinery as its “worst ecological disaster.” A report by United Nations experts estimates it involved about 2,100 tons of crude, well above the 700 tons the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited considers the threshold for a large spill — and an unprecedented amount for the type of crude that leaked. The oil was extracted from Buzios, the world’s largest deep water oil field and the most productive in Brazil.
byThe Associated Press
March 14, 2022
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‘They make sure you don’t die’: Inside NYC’s drug use sites

Equipped and staffed to reverse overdoses, New York City’s new, privately run “overdose prevention centers” are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide. Supporters say the sites — also known as supervised injection sites or supervised consumption spaces — are humane, realistic responses to the deadliest drug crisis in US history. Critics see them as illegal and defeatist answers to the harm that drugs wreak on users and communities.
byThe Associated Press
March 9, 2022
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PHOTO GALLERY: Day 13: Bodies in the street, mass evacuations

A bright blue tarp lies crumpled on the street of the besieged port of Mariupol, two sneakered feet protruding from one end. A man stands atop the remains of a bridge struck by Russian military forces, the former span now a crooked skeleton of bent steel, broken concrete and splintered wood. And a small girl peeks out from under the arm of an older woman, their faces lit yellow by the light of an oil lamp as they huddle in a bomb shelter in Mariupol.

byThe Associated Press
March 9, 2022
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Dubai’s new Museum of the Future envisions a healthy planet

The Museum of the Future projects Dubai’s ambitions and its desire to be seen as a modern, inclusive city even as its political system remains rooted in hereditary rule and hard limits exist on the types of expression permitted. It is the latest in a stream of feats for Dubai, which is the first country in the Middle East to host the World's Fair.
byThe Associated Press
March 1, 2022
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Dry winter drains reservoirs, ruins crops in Spain, Portugal

While the arid zones of the Iberian Peninsula have historically experienced periods of drought, experts say climate change has exacerbated the problem. This year, amid record levels of low or no rainfall at all, farmers in both Portugal and Spain, who are growing produce for all of Europe, are worried that their crops for this season will be ruined.
byThe Associated Press
February 13, 2022
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volcanic ash covers roof tops and vegetation in an area of Tonga
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Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster

The blast from the volcano could be heard in Alaska, and the waves crossed the ocean to cause an oil spill and two drownings in Peru. The startling satellite images resembled a massive nuclear explosion. And yet, despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently on Saturday, the Pacific nation of Tonga appears to have avoided the widespread disaster that many initially feared.
byThe Associated Press
January 18, 2022
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Golden Globe Awards carry on, without stars or a telecast

That the organization is proceeding with any kind of event came as a surprise to many in Hollywood. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association came under fire after a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed in February ethical lapses and a stunning lack of diversity — there was not a single Black journalist in the 87-person group. Studios and PR firms threatened to boycott. Tom Cruise even returned his three Golden Globes, while other A-listers condemned the group on social media.
byThe Associated Press
January 10, 2022
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Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered

The Capitol riot — the violent culmination of a bid to delegitimize the 2020 election and block its certification — has morphed into a partisan Rashomon, the classic Japanese film about a slaying told from varying and conflicting points of view. Indeed, the act of remembering can be a highly mercurial thing — particularly when deep-seated political views are involved.
byThe Associated Press
January 6, 2022
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