The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of unspoiled wilderness in Alaska, winning praise from environmentalists for safeguarding habitat for polar bears, caribou and other Arctic species.Friday's announcement finalizes measures unveiled in September that will affect the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), an ecologically important region for grizzly and polar bears, caribou and hundreds of thousands of migratory birds.
Croatia's top court said on Friday that the country's president, who had campaigned to become prime minister ahead of this week's parliamentary election, could not head the new government."I don't have to be a prime-minister designate," Milanovic told reporters Friday, accusing the court of preparing a coup.
The 21-year-old Brit has returned to form but now faces the world No1 in the last eight of the Porsche Grand Prix