The measure aims to generate revenue for conservation while boosting employment opportunities.
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New Zealand to charge foreign tourists to visit four of its most famous natural attractions
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Dozens feared trapped as cloudburst triggers flash floods
Rescuers are looking for dozens of people who are feared trapped after a massive cloudburst triggered heavy rains and flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Teams, including army and paramilitaries, have reached Dharali village…
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Baidu Partners with Lyft for AV Deployment Throughout Europe
Baidu has formed a new, strategic partnership with Lyft which will see the deployment of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) across a number of European markets through the Lyft platform.
The collaboration will see initial…
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Prokudin reports on ongoing operation in Korabel neighborhood
The evacuation of residents from Kherson’s Korabel neighborhood continues as the humanitarian situation worsens following Russian airstrikes on a key bridge. Local authorities are urging civilians to leave the area due to increasingly difficult living conditions.
In a comment…
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Finance minister takes over as Lithuanian PM after fall of government – POLITICO
Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius has been appointed as a short-term prime minister following the resignation of Gintautas Paluckas and his government.
Šadžius took up the post on Monday and will serve as Lithuania’s caretaker PM until parliament elects a…
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Two people killed after night of shelling – regional administration
Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration, Oleh Synehubov, and chairman of Lozova city territorial community, Serhiy Zelensky, reported two dead and ten injured as a result of enemy shelling of the town of Lozova in Kharkiv region on…
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India and the Philippines announce partnership to strengthen trade, defense and maritime ties
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the Philippines announced an upgraded strategic partnership Tuesday that they said will deepen trade, defense and maritime cooperation between the two nations.
The countries announced the agreement after bilateral…
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Dismembered bodies of 32 people found in abandoned home in Mexico: “We hope to find our loved ones”
Dismembered human remains found last week in an abandoned house in Mexico’s violence-wracked Guanajuato state belong to a total of 32 victims, prosecutors said Monday.
The state prosecutor’s office said 15 people had been positively…
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Moldovan regional head jailed for 7 years over illegal funding of pro-Kremlin party
Evghenia Gutul, the head of Moldova’s autonomous Gagauzia region, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Aug. 5 over illegal funding of the now-banned pro-Russian Shor Party, Moldovan news outlet NewsMaker reported.
A Chisinau court ruled that…
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