1+ week, 2+ day ago   (258+ words) JAKARTA, Sept 5 — An orangutan mother and her baby, threatened by encroaching wildfires to their habitat in Indonesia, were rescued earlier this week, authorities said in a statement Saturday. The vast Southeast Asian archipelago has for weeks been fighting wildfires blanketing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (509+ words) SINGAPORE, Aug 30 — What was meant to be a settled dispute over defects at a Singapore condominium has resurfaced in court, more than a decade after residents first moved in. The management corporation strata title plan (MCST) of Canberra Residences in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (523+ words) WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — President Donald Trump’s administration is considering giving away a section of the renowned Yosemite National Park to a private developer. It is the latest move by the Trump administration to roll back conservation protections of public lands. In…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (706+ words) HAMPTON COURT, Aug 26 — At Hampton Court Palace, head gardener Graham Dillamore strode across the burnt beige grass in the spectacular formal gardens southwest of London, laid out in the 17th century. Created by master designers such as Lancelot “Capability” Brown and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (458+ words) LONDON, Aug 21 — A UK zoo today hailed curing a cancer-stricken python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster, who became the first snake to receive an innovative treatment combining surgery and electrochemotherapy (ECT). Chester Zoo, in northwest England, said the 4.5 metre…...