Wedding vows a blessing for clean-up of filthy Indonesian river

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Only a year ago, this stretch of the Ciliwung river in Indonesia's capital was foul-smelling and clogged by a thick layer of floating plastic and other trash.

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Top China coal province vows 20 percent cut in pollution by 2020: Xinhua

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - One of China's top coal-producing provinces has vowed to slash its level of fine particle pollution by one-fifth by 2020, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, citing the provincial government.

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China to ban domestic ivory trade by end of 2017

(Reuters) - China will slap a total ban on the domestic ivory trade within a year, the government announced on Friday, shutting the door to the world's biggest end-market for poached ivory.

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U.S. scrambles to clear egg exports to bird flu-hit Korea

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers can cash in on a shortage caused by the Asian country's worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.

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Philadelphia Zoo euthanizes lion thought to have been oldest in U.S.

(Reuters) - The Philadelphia Zoo has euthanized a 25-year-old lioness believed to have been the oldest lion in the United States after the animal suffered an acute decline in mobility and behavior, the zoo said on Friday.

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Vienna Zoo says twin panda cubs venture out of cave, growing healthily

VIENNA (Reuters) - Twin panda cubs born last summer at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo have ventured out of their cave to make their public debut, keepers said on Friday, adding the sister and brother were growing up healthily.

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Ireland confirms bird flu case, carrying out tests

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has found the H5N8 bird flu strain in a wild duck in the south eastern town of Wexford, the agriculture department said on Friday.

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