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North Korea conducts its biggest nuclear test yet causing 5.3-magnitude earthquake

North Korea has carried out the nuclear test, that is thought to have been double the strength of their previous test, in response to US hostility. State television said Pyongyang was now capable of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic rockets, that no leakage of nuclear material had occurred and that there was no environmental impact. Sep 9, 2016

Giant pandas are no longer endangered but eastern gorillas are

Thanks to an increase in available habitat, the population of the giant panda rose 17% from 2004 to 2014 and they are no longer considered endangered, and their status has been changed to vulnerable. The eastern gorilla however is now critically endangered. The shocking collapse of Grauer’s gorilla numbers is due to illegal hunting and civil unrest. The change in status means four of six great apes are critically endangered: the eastern gorilla, western gorilla, Bornean orangutan and Sumatran orangutan. Sep 5, 2016
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