Snow swirled outside Rochester International Airport in New York on Friday, February 24, as the National Weather Service (NWS) predicted snow showers through the weekend.
This footage from Joseph Frascati shows thick snowflakes falling outside the airport.
According to the NWS, lake-effect snow could result in accumulations of up to two inches. Credit: Joseph Frascati via Storyful
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A monkey snuck into a Hougang estate last Sunday afternoon. It washed its hands in an outdoor basin and stole a vegetable to eat.
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As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.In the Mekong Delta, Canh, now a 39-year-old rice farmer, does not leave straw out to decay on the paddies -- nor does he burn it, as his parents did before him.
The death toll from a fire at an Indonesian fuel storage depot run by state energy firm Pertamina has risen to 33 with nearly a dozen more in critical condition, health authorities said Friday.They are in the ICU and their condition is serious," Jakarta health agency spokesman Luigi, who like many Indonesians has one name, told AFP Friday.
Belgium’s Pairi Daiza zoo and botanical garden welcomed its latest arrival, a rare Rothschild’s giraffe calf, to their herd on Wednesday, March 22, the institution said on Facebook.The calf was born at 4:09 am on Wednesday and measured about 1.5 meters (five feet) tall.Footage shared by the zoo shows the unnamed calf being looked after by its mother, Juul, shortly after the birth.“The little one, whose sex has not yet been determined, weighs about 70 kilograms [154 pounds] and is already eating well,” the zoo management said in a Facebook post.With the birth, Pairi Daiza’s giraffe section now houses four animals of the Rothschild subspecies, including the new arrival. Credit: Pairi Daiza/Belgium via Storyful
STORY: The UN has warned that 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining the world's waterDate: March 23, 2023The UN hosted its first conference on water security in almost half a centuryto exhort governments to better manage the world’s water resources[Zac Goldsmith, UK Climate and Environment minister] “Water scarcity is a daily reality. 4.3 billion people struggle for at least one month per year, and around half the world's population experience extreme water scarcity for at least some part of the year.”[Source: United Nations]A quarter of the world's population relies on unsafe drinking water while half lacks basic sanitation
The San Bernardino County Fire Department helped rescue 17 animals at a farm in Muscoy, California, on Wednesday, March 22, after they became stuck in deep mud after days of heavy rain.The fire department said horses, cows and bulls were among the rescued animals. Crews set up a skid steer to clear a path to access some of the animals, they said.The department said the animals were transported to Devore Animal Shelter by San Bernardino County Animal Control. Credit: San Bernardino County Fire via Storyful
Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria, Australia, welcomed the birth of a Southern white rhino calf – the first calf of this threatened species to be born at the zoo in almost 10 years.In a statement, the zoo said “first-time mother Kipenzi gave birth just before 4 am on Tuesday, March 21, to the female calf who weighs just over 60 kilograms”.The birth follows a 16-month pregnancy during which Kipenzi and her calf’s health was carefully monitored by Zoo veterinarians and zookeepers.Keepers noticed the calf was not thriving as expected during the important first hours of infancy. After consultation with the zoo’s veterinary team, the calf was brought to the zoo’s vet clinic for medical checks and supplementary feeding.The zoo said the calf is being provided with around-the-clock feeds of colostrum obtained from its mother.The newborn will be named in coming weeks through a voting competition for Zoos Victoria members. Credit: Werribee Open Range Zoo via Storyful
A video showing a purported assault by officers from Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) on an elderly man and his pet dogs has gained widespread attention online. The incident, which occurred a few nights ago on Jalan 18/17 Taman Kanagapuram, was initially shared on Facebook and has since been circulated on WhatsApp. According to the…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Datuk Rohana Rozhan has returned US$10 million linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) s...
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