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Almost a billion litres of radioactive water leak through sinkhole

Around 980 million litres of radioactive waste water have escaped from a fertiliser plant through a sinkhole.

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Typhoons bolster world's largest tidal bore

The world’s largest tidal bore, on the Qiantang River in China, has been swollen by floodwaters caused by two typhoons.

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Typhoon leaves trail of destruction in China

Typhoon Meranti has ripped through China’s Fujian province leaving a trail of destruction.

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New marine sanctuaries aim to protect oceans for future generations

The US has joined more than 20 other countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world.

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Greenland : A Formula E car speeds across an ice cap in the Arctic Circle

The racing car, powered entirely by electricity, sped across the ice as di Grassi performed doughnuts on the challenging terrain.

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Northern Europe sizzles in sunshine as the climate warms

Northern Europe swelters under record high temperatures as people seek ways to cool off.

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Could snow leopards boost tourism to Afghanistan?

Rare footage of a Snow Leopard has emerged in Afghanistan’s northeastern Wakhan National Park.

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Rock formation 'toppled by vandals'

Police are investigating whether an iconic rock formation on the coast of Oregon in the US was deliberately toppled.

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Wildlife groups hail the Giant Panda's revival

For half a century the Giant Panda has been a symbol of global attempts to preserve wildlife.

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Scientists fear deep-sea mining

Scientists fear that even before one of the last frontiers of exploration, the ocean deep, has been properly studied it will already have been exploited by commercial deep-sea mining looking for rare

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Takeaway: sea mining

Deep ocean floor has never been mined for resources That is about to change Mining companies may launch deep-sea mining by 2018 Environmental consequences remain unknown Researchers are rushing to fil

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And also... War-torn Syria in tourism drive; Koala survives train smash; Greenland fossil discovery

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international headlines Barack Obama creates the world’s lar

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Volkswagen emissions scandal: Australia sues car giant

Volkswagen is being sued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over its cheating emissions tests on diesel vehicles.

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The Magic of Mushrooms

Fungi specialists discover incredible and groundbreaking innovations across several domains

Japan

Coral bleaching in Japan the worst in 20 years, say scientists

Scientists say coral bleaching is getting worse in southwestern Japan.

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Polar research warms up

In this edition of Futuris we travel to northern Sweden, some 150km inside the Arctic Circle where winter temperatures can fall to -45ºc.

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Takeaway: polar research warms up

Italy

New Italian law encourages supermarkets to give away unsold food to those in need

The Italian government has passed a law to make it easier to donate food straight to those in need and, ultimately, cut down on waste.

France

Meet the pair pedalling underwater from England to France

It’s the madcap challenge with a strikingly sane goal – pedalling underwater from England to France to learn more about the marine environment.

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Japan: Opportunities in the field of renewable energy

The market for renewable energy is experiencing a real surge in Japan and should continue to develop. What opportunities are there for European