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Island mouse-hunt turns $9mn failure

A multimillion dollar attempt to eliminate mice from the South Atlantic Gough Island for the sake of endangered seabirds has failed, leaving the island’s conservationists “devastated.” The remote, uninhabited island, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site was, for a long time, naturally free of predators, therefore serving as a haven for millions of seabirds. But […]

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Canadian city EVACUATED after flood-induced sewage failure

Residents of Merritt, British Columbia have been ordered to evacuate immediately and stay away indefinitely, due to disastrous flooding that submerged two bridges and knocked out the Canadian city’s wastewater treatment plant. With floodwaters engulfing two of the city’s bridges across the Coldwater River and preventing access to a third, the city of Merritt announced […]

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Mission failure: South Korean rocket launch to deploy dummy satellite in orbit is unsuccessful

South Korea failed in its mission on Thursday to put a test payload in orbit using its first home-developed space rocket, the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II. Though the rocket was launched successfully on Thursday evening, achieving an altitude of 700km, the deployment of the payload – a dummy satellite – into orbit was not […]

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Washington’s scapegoating of Pakistan for US failure in Afghanistan was ‘most painful thing,’ PM Khan tells RT

Pakistan paid a heavy price for siding with the US in its occupation of Afghanistan, so hearing American politicians blame Islamabad for its humiliating retreat hurts, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. Speaking to RT, Khan expressed his anger towards American officials who have pointed fingers at Islamabad when apportioning blame for the US […]

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‘Journey between hope & fear, resulting in epic failure’: Kabul journalist speaks to RT about 20-year war in Afghanistan

As part of RT’s Unheard Voices special project, an Afghan journalist and a young refugee detail their experiences in the country they were forced to flee, as there was no hope and no future left for them in Afghanistan. Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary has dedicated years of his life to being one of the voices […]