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UN urges ambitious action to protect the oceans
UN urges ambitious action to protect the oceans
by  AFP

World leaders must do more to protect the oceans, a major United Nations conference concluded on Friday, setting its sights on a new treaty to protect the high seas. But it sets the agenda for final international negotiations in August on a treaty to protect the high seas -- those international waters beyond national jurisdiction.

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record
Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record
by  AFP

Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, the INPE national space agency said Friday. INPE satellites identified more than 2,500 fires in the Amazon last month, the largest number since more than 3,500 were recorded in June 2007, and an 11 percent increase over June 2021.

Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
Funny old world: The week's offbeat news
by  AFP

From why we follow our noses to trying to match Putin's pecs. "We've got to show them our pecs," Johnson interjected, raising the stakes, before someone sensibly hustled the leaders out of the room.

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