By Reuters
A Jeremy Hunt government would set aside a 6 billion pound ($7.6 billion) war chest to protect fishing and farming, and prepare an emergency budget to cut taxes under plans designed to get Britain ready for a dramatic no-deal Brexit.
Published: June 30, 2019 at 05:09PM
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Baby lobsters are continuing to appear in high numbers off some parts of Canada while tailing off in New England, raising questions about what the valuable shellfish’s population will look like in several years.
Published: June 30, 2019 at 08:30AM
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By Reuters
Japanese whaling ships prepared on Sunday to set to sea, with crews gathering on decks in a northern port a day ahead of Japan’s first commercial whaling hunt in more than 30 years.
Published: June 30, 2019 at 05:45AM
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By The Associated Press
Forty migrants stepped onto Italian soil Saturday after the defiant captain of the German humanitarian ship which had rescued them some two weeks earlier docked without permission at a tiny Mediterranean island, ramming an Italian border police mo…
Published: June 29, 2019 at 02:39AM
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By The Associated Press
Scores of dolphins have died along Florida’s southwest coast due to the red tide bloom in the past year, federal researchers said.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 01:15PM
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By David Tanis
With swordfish populations in the United States now at a sustainable level, it’s a great time to serve it grilled, under a spicy tomato salsa.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 02:04PM
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By The Associated Press
Environmentalists cleaning up plastic in the ocean pulled 40 tons (36 metric tons) of abandoned fishing nets this month from an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 01:54PM
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By Cara Buckley
Two nature series with black hosts debuted online recently. The makers of one say their rivals are playing into racial stereotypes.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 12:51PM
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By Cara Buckley
Two nature series with black hosts debuted online recently. The makers of one say their rivals are playing into racial stereotypes.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 12:51PM
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By The Associated Press
Israel says it has restored fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant and expanded the permitted fishing zone off the enclave’s coast, easing some recent restrictions on the blockaded territory.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 08:09AM
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By Damon Winter and Moises Velasquez-Manoff
You can’t hold essentialist ideas about race when nearly a quarter of the population is mixed.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 06:00AM
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By Elaine Glusac
Booking at the last minute, playing “hotel roulette,” and even resorting to scalpers can yield savings.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 05:00AM
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By Reuters
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened opponents with prison if they try to impeach him, the latest in what a top U.N. official and an Asian lawmakers’ group this week called a pattern of persecution and assaults on free speech.
Published: June 28, 2019 at 02:40AM
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By The Associated Press
Changes to the Maine lobster fishery designed to help a critically endangered species of whale might arrive in 2021 after a lengthy rulemaking process.
Published: June 27, 2019 at 06:33PM
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By Motoko Rich
Japan is showcasing its plastics recycling at the G20 meeting in Osaka. But the Japanese also wrap everything in plastic, and a lot winds up in the sea.
Published: June 27, 2019 at 05:14PM
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By The Associated Press
Financially-struggling Greece signed contracts on Thursday for offshore gas exploration in large tracts of the Mediterranean, despite warnings from environmental groups that the project threatens marine life habitats.
Published: June 27, 2019 at 08:03AM
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By Reuters
Russia released two killer whales and six beluga whales back into the wild on Thursday, the first group of almost 100 whales whose detention in the Far East since last year caused an international outcry.
Published: June 27, 2019 at 07:54AM
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By The Associated Press
Belize authorities say a local guide, who was leading a Virginia doctor on a fishing trip when they were both fatally shot , might have been the target of gang hit in the country.
Published: June 27, 2019 at 07:00AM
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By Unknown Author
Read the transcript from Night One of the Democratic primary debate.
Published: June 26, 2019 at 11:29PM
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By Reuters
Israel’s finance ministry has sought help from Switzerland in identifying Israelis it believes have undeclared assets at Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) and Bank Julius Baer, Swiss government documents show.
Published: June 26, 2019 at 01:34PM
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By The New York Times
The New York Times’s book critics select the most outstanding memoirs published since 1969.
Published: June 26, 2019 at 11:42AM
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By Karen Weintraub
It was the second North Atlantic right whale to die in the Gulf of St. Lawrence recently, dealing another setback to the endangered population.
Published: June 26, 2019 at 10:08AM
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By Anna Schaverien
Residents of Sommaroy, bright 24/7 in summer, want to do away with clocks and embrace living without the constraints of time.
Published: June 26, 2019 at 08:54AM
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By Mary Norris
Mary Norris considers how fixation-prone writers manage to captivate (or lose) their readers.
Published: June 26, 2019 at 05:00AM
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By The Associated Press
As the last rays of sunlight faded into the Caribbean Sea, political fugitive Iván Simonovis was speeding toward an island rendezvous with freedom.
Published: June 25, 2019 at 01:57PM
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By Florence Fabricant
A fishing village on the Western Cape is home to one of the world’s most remote restaurants.
Published: June 25, 2019 at 10:53AM
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By Reuters
Iranian fishermen have found parts of the U.S drone shot down by the Islamic Republic last week, Iran’s ambassador to Britain, Hamid Baeidinejad, said on Tuesday.
Published: June 25, 2019 at 08:09AM
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By Jason Gutierrez
The Philippine president warned against escalating tensions with China over the incident, declaring that “there was no confrontation” and adding, “Well, I’m sorry, but that’s how it is.”
Published: June 25, 2019 at 06:31AM
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By Denise Grady
Operating before birth can minimize nerve damage caused by severe defects in tissue around the spinal column.
Published: June 24, 2019 at 11:09AM
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By Reuters
Japan has for decades been steadfastly defiant about hunting whales despite widespread anger, including from key allies like the United States.
Published: June 24, 2019 at 05:21AM
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By Reuters
When Yachiyo Ichihara was a child in Wada, one of Japan’s oldest whaling villages, she’d go down to the harbor with a bucket and carry it home full of freshly butchered whale meat.
Published: June 24, 2019 at 05:21AM
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By David Marchese
‘The more times people come to see me, the more I owe them. They’ve given me my whole life.’
Published: June 24, 2019 at 05:00AM
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By The Associated Press
A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reser…
Published: June 24, 2019 at 01:06AM
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By Reuters
When Yachiyo Ichihara was a child in Wada, one of Japan’s oldest whaling villages, she’d go down to the harbour with a bucket and carry it home full of freshly butchered whale meat.
Published: June 23, 2019 at 08:51PM
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By Reuters
When Yachiyo Ichihara was a child in Wada, one of Japan’s oldest whaling villages, she’d go down to the harbor with a bucket and carry it home full of freshly butchered whale meat.
Published: June 23, 2019 at 08:45PM
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By Reuters
Japan has for decades been steadfastly defiant about hunting whales despite widespread anger, including from key allies like the United States.
Published: June 23, 2019 at 08:45PM
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By The Associated Press
Southeast Asian leaders pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea Sunday after a new incident and renewed their alarm over the U.S.-China trade war, with one warning it may spiral out of control.
Published: June 23, 2019 at 12:39AM
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By Heidi Cullen, Andrew DeVogelaere and John Ryan
Emaciated gray whales are washing ashore dead. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery.
Published: June 22, 2019 at 02:30PM
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By The Associated Press
Ceci Garcia believes that if her husband had a better understanding of his rights, he would have avoided deportation to Mexico after telling a suburban Chicago police officer during a 2012 traffic stop that he was living in the U.S. illegally.
Published: June 22, 2019 at 01:44PM
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By Reuters
Southeast Asian leaders opened a two-day summit in Bangkok on Saturday, though it was unclear what progress their 10-country group could make on disputes in the South China Sea and the plight of ethnic Rohingya fleeing Myanmar.
Published: June 22, 2019 at 02:20AM
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By The Associated Press
Southeast Asian leaders will commit to conclude a long-delayed regional trade pact this year despite lingering odds to fend off risks from a protracted U.S.-China trade war when they gather for a weekend summit in Thailand.
Published: June 21, 2019 at 10:47PM
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By Reuters
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China’s proposal to jointly investigate allegations that a Chinese fishing vessel abandoned 22 Filipinos after it sank their boat in the South China Sea, his spokesman said on Saturday.
Published: June 21, 2019 at 08:38PM
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By The Associated Press
New Jersey has chosen a Danish company to build a wind energy project off the coast of Atlantic City that could power half a million homes.
Published: June 21, 2019 at 06:59PM
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By Ian Austen
A variety of new laws will govern this year’s pre-election period and shorten the length of the official campaign.
Published: June 21, 2019 at 04:34PM
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By The Associated Press
A mother sperm whale and its baby have died after becoming tangled in a fishing net in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Italy’s western coast, an Italian environmental group has reported.
Published: June 21, 2019 at 09:32AM
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By The Associated Press
Scientists say a study of whales and dolphins that have washed up dead in Greece over a 20-year period has found alarmingly high levels of plastic trash in the animals’ stomachs, which can condemn them to a slow and painful death.
Published: June 21, 2019 at 07:59AM
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