Almost all shallow-water coral reefs now face extinction risk, study warns
World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as “critically endangered”.

World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as “critically endangered”.







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Evacuations are being conducted in Iota’s likely landfall area near the shared border of Nicaragua and Honduras.
Forecasters expect Eta to become a hurricane on Monday and hit the coast of Nicaragua on Tuesday.
Lee Henley Hu Xiang, a citizen of Belize, was detained in Guangzhou last November. His current whereabouts are unknown.
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Malaysia has big plans to take its struggling football team to greater heights in the global league.
College helps to bring electricity to villages around the globe by training poor women to be solar engineers.
Russia’s accusation follows Senegal arresting 62 Russians on board a trawler for alleged illegal fishing.
Barcelona star appears in Spanish court with father to answer charges of tax evasion on income earned from image rights.
Wondolowski puts two goals past Cuba to become contest’s top scorer and send United States into the quarter finals.
The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans will see some major weather systems in the coming days.