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A woman sells apricots at a market in the city of Isfara in northern Tajikistan.

Tajikistan's apricot farmers grapple with climate change

Tajik apricot farmer Uktam Kuziev is worried about the future now that climate change is threatening Central Asia’s vital fruit harvest. This is one of the world’s most exposed regions to the effects of climate change and its poor, rural farming...

Camels are kept in an enclosure at the Chenchou experimental station in the El- Hamma region of southern Tunisia on April 29, 2025, that serves as a training site for herders to learn mechanised milking. --AFP

Camel milk offers hope in Tunisia's poor and arid south

Deep in Tunisia's desert south, camels stride toward humming milking machines. Their milk is at the heart of a women-led project promising an economic lifeline for disadvantaged communities. Spearheading this effort is 32-year-old Latifa Frifit...

A chef cooking a meal at the Hotel Amba Yaalu in Kandalama.

Sri Lanka’s women-run hotel breaks down barriers

Time for the daily staff meeting at Sri Lanka’s Hotel Amba Yaalu where woman manager Jeewanthi Adhikari jokes: “This won’t look very serious, there are only girls around the table.” The hotel, on the shores of Lake Kandalama in the green hil...

Cod is stored for salt curing at Ribeiralves cod processing plant .

Cod is king in Portugal at Christmas

The most traditional way to prepare salt cod is to bake it in the oven and serve it with boiled potatoes. But it can also be grilled, turned into fritters or even used to replace meat in a lasagna. “When I’m asked to come up with a menu for Chri...

A professor at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) inspects plants at an experimental farm outside the campus in Thuwal in the Red Sea Jeddah governorate.--AFP photos

Saudi Arabia bets on tech to make deserts bloom

Saudi Arabia is investing in green innovation to transform its deserts, but accusations of greenwashing highlight the challenge of turning ambitious projects into climate solutions. This week, Riyadh is hosting the United Nations COP16 conference on...

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This combination of pictures created on August 01, 2025 shows (left to right) then Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and US President Donald Trump. -- AFP

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