Desperation dehorning under way to curb runaway KwaZulu-Natal rhino poaching Natal, the provincial conservation agency has embarked on an immediate programme to cut off the horns of hundreds of the animals in KZN’s largest rhino reserve. 04/16/2024 - 10:18 am | View Link
African rhinos still face concerning threat despite conservation efforts: 'The pressure again has been felt' While tenacious conservation efforts ... especially in Kruger National Park, a hotspot for poaching activities. As a result, the park reported a 37% decrease in rhinos poached in 2023 compared ... 04/14/2024 - 6:50 pm | View Link
Namibia: Environment Ministry Records 28 Rhinos Poached This Year "It is concerning to note that 19 were poached in the Etosha National Park, of which 10 were discovered during dehorning operations throughout the month of March," he said. Muyunda added that ... 03/31/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
1000 rhinos poached last year More than 1000 rhinos were poached for their horns in South Africa ... Most of the killings are taking place in South Africa's Kruger National Park. 01/17/2014 - 10:59 am | View Link
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U. S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution.
The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to disseminate Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with state-linked accounts posting far more frequently on the platform than they did two years ago.
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Such accounts are also active on other social media platforms and have a larger presence on Telegram and X than on TikTok.
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain their economic circumstances and contrasted the four with the U. S. on immigration.
The remarks, at a campaign fundraising event Wednesday evening, came just three weeks after the White House hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a lavish official visit, during which the two leaders celebrated what Biden called an “unbreakable alliance,” particularly on global security matters.
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The White House welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi for a state visit last summer.
Japan is a critical U.
(WASHINGTON) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday.
Scientists observed Rakus pluck and chew up leaves of a medicinal plant used by people throughout Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation.
When Kabul fell to the Taliban, returning the country to the fundamentalist group’s control after two transformative decades, scores of Afghan women were compelled to flee. Those who remained faced a reality in which they could no longer be who they are: journalists deleted evidence of their work, artists destroyed their creations, and graduates set fire to their degrees.
While the Taliban forced many Afghan women to abandon their workplaces and universities, some chose to fight back.
BEIJING — The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area.
One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
The British royal family is celebrating Princess Charlotte’s 9th birthday with a new portrait taken by her mother, Kate Middleton.
The image—shared to the official Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) accounts of the Prince and Princess of Wales on Thursday morning—shows Charlotte in a garden, smiling beside a pink flower bush.