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Sri Lanka stops 'tainted' fertiliser import from China
Environment 4 years ago

Sri Lanka stops 'tainted' fertiliser import from China

Sri Lanka halted shipment of fertiliser from China on Wednesday citing quality issues, undermining the island's plans for the world's first fully organic farming sector.
Island-hopping: Genetics reveal how humans settled remote Pacific
Science & Tech 4 years ago

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Island-hopping: Genetics reveal how humans settled remote Pacific

Research showed that over a 250-year period separate groups of people set out from tiny islands east of Tahiti to settle Easter Island, the Marquesas and Raivavae -- archipelagos that are thousands of miles apart but all home to similar ancient statues.
Malaysian holiday island opens as tourism restarts
Lifestyle 4 years ago

Malaysian holiday island opens as tourism restarts

With the outbreak gradually easing, Langkawi, one of tropical Malaysia's premier holiday destinations, has been chosen for a pilot project to reopen the sector to domestic tourists.
Researchers discover world's 'northernmost' island
Environment 4 years ago

Researchers discover world's 'northernmost' island

Researchers came upon the landmass on an expedition in July, and initially thought they had reached Oodaaq, up until now the northernmost island on the planet. 
'Heaven to hell': Greek beekeepers lament tradition lost to fire
Environment 4 years ago

'Heaven to hell': Greek beekeepers lament tradition lost to fire

On the scorched earth, dozens of blackened rings mark all that remains of beehives that dotted the once verdant hillsides outside the village of Voutas on Greece's Evia island.
Libya's wildlife treasure island at risk of ruin
Environment 4 years ago

Libya's wildlife treasure island at risk of ruin

Once famed for its exceptional wildlife, Libya's Farwa island risks becoming just another victim of lawlessness in the war-ravaged North African nation, activists struggling to save it warn.
Bangladesh begins controversial transfer of Rohingya to island
World 5 years ago

Bangladesh begins controversial transfer of Rohingya to island

Almost a million Rohingya - most of whom fled a military offensive in neighboring Myanmar in 2017 - live in a vast network of squalid camps in south-eastern Bangladesh.
Police to question person putting Southeast Sulawesi island up for sale online
National 5 years ago

Police to question person putting Southeast Sulawesi island up for sale online

Local authorities in Buton regency, Southeast Sulawesi, are investigating how the province’s Pendek Island ended up for sale online, following a report filed by the heirs of former islanders.
Riau Islands gov supports Natuna regency quest to become new province
National 5 years ago

Riau Islands gov supports Natuna regency quest to become new province

The regency has direct borders with the South China Sea, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Jakarta's island starts housing evacuees from World Dream cruise ship
City 6 years ago

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Jakarta's island starts housing evacuees from World Dream cruise ship

The Dr. Soeharso naval hospital ship met the World Dream in the Durian Strait of the Riau Islands province. The Indonesian crew members were transferred at sea to a hospital ship, which then sailed to about eight kilometers from Sebaru Kecil Island, arriving at 1 p.m. on Friday. Military landing craft then carried the Indonesians the rest of the way to Sebaru.
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