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Japan's 'Tuna King' wins auction with $636,000 bid
Japan’s self-styled “Tuna King” has done it again—paying more than $600,000 for a single fish. Sushi entrepreneur Kiyoshi Kimura paid top price at the first auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market on Thursday, ...
- January 6, 2017
Trump offers to 'mediate' on sea row
US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart Sunday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of. “If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let ...
- November 13, 2017
Massive fishkill hits Australia
“Hundreds of thousands” of fish had died in drought-stricken Australia in the last few days and more mass deaths were likely to occur, the authorities warned Tuesday. Locals around the Darling River were confronted with a ...
- January 30, 2019
Brazil oil spill reaches other regions
Oil from a spill that has contaminated a stretch of Brazil’s coast was detected in Rio de Janeiro state, the navy said Saturday (Sunday in Manila), as President Jair Bolsonaro warned the country was preparing for the worst. ...
- November 25, 2019
Fatal fumes pollute Siberian river
Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency after more than 20,000 tons of diesel fuel seeped into a Siberian river sparking concerns from environmentalists. The World Wildlife Fund environmental group on Tuesday ...
- June 4, 2020
S. Asia most dangerous for sea turtles - study
The waters around India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are home to the world’s most endangered sea turtles, according to a study released Thursday aimed at setting a blueprint for global conservation. While it was well known ...
- September 30, 2011
Great Barrier Reef bleaching worst – scientists
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef had suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world’s largest living organism. James ...
- April 8, 2020
Rice to riches: Vietnam’s farmer gamble of shrimp
The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the “rice bowl of Vietnam”, is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans. The shrimp bonanza ...
- August 10, 2017
Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea
China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding to simmering tensions in the strategic waterway. The foreign ministry issued a ...
- May 29, 2018
Deadly Fugu fish flub prompts Japan emergency warning
A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to avoid eating locally purchased blowfish, after a mix-up saw toxic parts of the delicacy go on sale. A supermarket in Gamagori in central Japan ...
- January 17, 2018