The Syrian oil sector's year zero

By driving the Kurds out of northeastern Syria, the central government has regained control over all of the country's oil resources. However, given the poor condition of the wells, damaged by fighting ...
The Manila Times

Legarda files bill to end treasure hunting, protect national cultural heritage from commercial exploitation

SENATOR Loren Legarda has filed Senate Bill 1860 to repeal Presidential Decree 1726-A, the Martial Law-era decree that set government guidelines for treasure hunting in the Philippines, and to delete ...
The Business Standard

The lady in slate blue: A winter encounter with the plumbeous redstart at Madhabkunda

It is in this cold, luminous world that I met a bird that textbooks describe plainly, but nature reveals poetically: the female Nilchey Lal-Girdi, Plumbeous Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus) ...