Anti-Apec group submits letter to 8 embassies on quelling demonstration
REPRESENTATIVES of the People Stop Apec group submitted a letter to eight embassies today (Nov. 28) on the violence used by government officials in dispersing their protest march on Dinso road on Nov. 18 and urged their leaders to take a stance on this incident, Matichon newspaper said. The embassies are France, Malaysia, Canada, […]
Read MoreChile’s desert dumping ground for fast fashion leftovers
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Alto Hospicio – A mountain of discarded clothing including Christmas sweaters and ski boots cuts a strange sight in Chile’s Atacama, the driest desert in the world, which is increasingly suffering from pollution created by fast fashion. The social impact of rampant consumerism in the clothing industry […]
Read MoreRemains of previously unknown dinosaur discovered in Chile
By Joe Sommerlad, MSN News A PREVIOUSLY unknown species of dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Chile’s barren Atacama desert, an area the herbivore would have known millions of years ago as dense with lush foliage. The remains of Arackar licanantay, which means “Atacama bones” in the Kunza language, was discovered 47 miles south […]
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