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Paris: A ban on palm oil due to fears it may cause deforestation could displace rather than halt global biodiversity losses as it would likely increase...

Hong Kong: Four people were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting in a Hong Kong park next to a busy shopping centre, a rare gun attack in a city ranked as one...

New Delhi: Thousands of trees in New Delhi were given a reprieve following protests by residents and angry editorials, as a court put a temporary block on...

New York: The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has consistently ignored recommendations from the Department of Energy to reject or...

Hanoi: The death toll from floods and landslides in Vietnam rose to 15 on Tuesday with authorities warning the toll could go higher with more torrential...

Jakarta: Indonesian police have named four people as suspects in a criminal probe into the sinking of an overloaded ferry on a volcanic lake in which it is...

Bangkok: Thai authorities said on Tuesday they were making every effort to find a missing teenage soccer team trapped in a cave complex, as concern for...

London: President Hassan Rouhani promised Iranians on Tuesday the government would be able to handle the economic pressure of new US sanctions, a day after...

Singapore: For over half a century, island-state Singapore has been getting half its fresh water from northern neighbour Malaysia - a deal that could be up...

Beijing: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of...