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CO2 row over climate activist Thunberg's yacht trip to New York

The team behind teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's yacht voyage to New York on Sunday fended off claims that her trip will create carbon emissions because team members will take transatlantic flights.

22 hours ago

Chandrayaan-2 to be inserted into lunar orbit on Tuesday

India's second spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, will be inserted into the lunar orbit on Tuesday morning, the Indian space agency said.

17 hours ago

Trans-Brazil trail raises hopes for future of Atlantic Forest

Inspired by long-distance tracks such as Canada's 24,000-kilometer Great Trail, the project will connect paths from the southern town of Chui on Brazil's border with Uruguay, to Oiapoque on its northern frontier with French Guiana.

17 Aug 2019

Indian minister announces free bus travel for women in Delhi

Women can travel for free on DTC and cluster buses in Delhi from October 29, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Independence Day on Thursday.

15 Aug 2019

Chandrayaan-2 enters Lunar Transfer Trajectory

India's spacecraft to the moon Chandrayaan-2 on Wednesday successfully entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory (LTT) after its orbit was raised further, said Indian space agency.

14 Aug 2019

Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites

Indonesia's president Joko Widodo hopes to find foreign investors for '10 new Balis' to boost tourism and diversify Southeast Asia's largest economy.

14 Aug 2019

Makkah vendors cash in on annual Hajj pilgrimage

In the Saudi Holy City of Makkah, dotted with fast food eateries and stalls selling Chinese-made trinkets, vendors are ready to cash in on the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

08 Aug 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 rover undergoes 'eye' test

NASA's latest robotic mission to the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 rover which has an armada of imaging capabilities from wide-angle landscape cameras to narrow-angle high-resolution zoom lens cameras, underwent an "eye" examination after several cameras were installed on it, the US space agency said.

08 Aug 2019

Tourists banned from sitting on Rome's Spanish Steps

Tourists to the Eternal City will no longer be able to catch their breath on the Spanish Steps, after Rome banned people from sitting on the famous monument.

07 Aug 2019

Aleppo's centuries-old bazaar makes recovery

Much of the centuries-old covered bazaar in the Syrian city of Aleppo is still in ruins, but slowly small parts of it have been renovated. The latest to be renovated is al-Saqatiyah Market.

06 Aug 2019

Indonesian man walking in reverse to save forests

An Indonesian man is walking 700 kilometres (435 miles) from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago's quickly shrinking forests -- and he is doing it backwards.

05 Aug 2019