Millions in path of Christmas Day typhoon in the Philippines
Philippine authorities urged hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes on Saturday as a strong typhoon threatened to wallop the country’s east coast on Christmas Day. Nock-Ten is...
Baby orangutans rescued in police sting
Police rescued two baby orangutans in a sting operation in Bangkok after undercover officers arranged to buy the primates over a mobile phone messaging app from wildlife traffickers for nearly...
Spain: “We must stop Saharan produce from reaching the EU as Moroccan”
The Coordinator of the Agricultural Producer and Livestock Farmer Organizations (COAG) is asking the European Union to tighten its border controls to prevent the entry into the EU of agricultural...
Quran Park to get Dhs100m glass house
Work on the cave and glass house project in the Quran Park at an estimated cost of Dhs100 million has already started, revealed Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality. “The...
Optimising irrigation and water management in Lebanese agriculture
Two training sessions were held in Tal Amara Station, Lebanon, from 5 to 16 December 2016, for 13 researchers and technicians of the Lebanese Agriculture Research Institute (LARI). The sessions...
Lebanon: Saturday Weather
The meteorology department at Rafik Hariri International Airport forecast Saturday’s weather to be partly cloudy at the littoral and foggy at the mountain range, with a slight drop in...
Sea Shepherd finds Japanese whaler ‘hiding behind iceberg’
Activist group Sea Shepherd’s fast new patrol vessel Ocean Warrior Friday intercepted a Japanese harpoon ship “hiding behind an iceberg” in thick fog as its annual high-seas battle against whaling...
Road paved with solar panels powers French town
France on Thursday inaugurated the world’s first “solar highway”, a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of...
