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EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation, caving in to demands from several producer nations from across the globe and domestic oppositio
EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

EU pushes back deforestation law by a year after outcry from global producers

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union agreed to delay by a year the introduction of new rules to ban the sale of products that lead to massive deforestation, caving in to demands from several producer nations from across the globe and domestic oppositio
Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry

Power shortages in Ecuador are melting away the future of a small town’s ice-cream industry

SALCEDO, Ecuador (AP) — Ice-cream production in Salcedo, a quaint town in Ecuador's central highlands , began in the mid-20th century, born from the ingenuity of Franciscan nuns.
What to know about sinkholes after a Pennsylvania woman may have disappeared into one

What to know about sinkholes after a Pennsylvania woman may have disappeared into one

Authorities fear a grandmother in western Pennsylvania who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed by a sinkhole .
Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced

Floods wreak havoc in Malaysia, southern Thailand with over 30 killed, tens of thousands displaced

KOTA BARU, Malaysia (AP) — Severe floods caused by monsoon rains killed more than 30 people and displaced tens of thousands in Malaysia and southern Thailand, officials said Tuesday, with both countries preparing shelters and evacuation plans in anti
PHOTO COLLECTION: Malaysia Floods

PHOTO COLLECTION: Malaysia Floods

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors. The Associated Press
To save a dying swamp, Louisiana aims to restore the Mississippi River's natural flow

To save a dying swamp, Louisiana aims to restore the Mississippi River's natural flow

GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has long relied on a vast levee system to rein in the Mississippi River and protect surrounding communities from flooding.

California teacher dies after she was bitten by a bat inside a classroom

DOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) — A central California teacher died last month after she was bitten by a bat inside her classroom that presumably had rabies, officials and the woman's friend said. In the wake of Leah Seneng's death on Nov.
Man injured while defending wife from polar bear attack in northern Ontario: police

Man injured while defending wife from polar bear attack in northern Ontario: police

FORT SEVERN, Ont. — A man who jumped onto a polar bear that lunged at his wife has been seriously injured but is expected to recover, police in a northern Ontario First Nation said Tuesday.
Saskatchewan introduces legislative amendment to keep carbon levy off home heating

Saskatchewan introduces legislative amendment to keep carbon levy off home heating

REGINA — Saskatchewan introduced a promised legislative amendment Tuesday that would continue to see residents no longer pay federal carbon levies for home heating.