STOCKHOLM — Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel were named the winners Thursday of this year’s Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “alternative Nobel,” for work that includes fighting to save the Amazon rain forest and bringing health care to Palestinians cut off from services.

Long-billed vultures, nearing extinction in wild, hatch in captivity in India for first time

Endangered vultures hatch in captivity in India

Arsenic in drinking water of millions in Bangladesh, called worst mass poisoning in history

Arsenic water killing 1 in 5 exposed in Bangladesh

Study finds 60 million living in the shadow of Himalayan glaciers could suffer food shortages

Study: Shrinking glaciers to spark food shortages

Report: South Korea delays satellite launch due to fire safety problems

Report: South Korea delays satellite launch

SKorea completes preparations to launch satellite nearly a year after failure

South Korea readies satellite launch

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea completed preparations Wednesday for its second attempt to send a satellite into space after failing in the ambitious endeavor last year.

Malaysian official defends animal test lab, says God made monkeys for experiments

Malaysian official: God made animals for testing

Malaysian minister sees no harm in animal test lab, says God made monkeys for experiments

Malaysia minister: God made animals for testing

Record-breaking Everest climber says global warming is making scaling the peak harder

Everest sherpa: Global warming makes climbing hard

Key environmental group warns India becoming dumping ground for electronic waste

Experts: India becoming dumping ground for e-waste

Global climate change talks at a ‘dead end’ because of US, China reluctance: Indian minister

Dispute over limited water resources adds to India-Pakistan tensions

Water dispute fuels India-Pakistan tensions

Radioactive material in scrapyard that killed 1 person traced to university lab in India

Radioactive material in scrapyard in India kills 1

South Africa, Brazil, India, China emerging as important voices on climate change

SAfrica hosts developing countries on climate talk

Record-holding Sherpa to scale Mount Everest again to scatter Hillary’s ashes

Sherpa to scale Everest to scatter Hillary’s ashes

UK creates world’s largest marine reserve in Indian Ocean, close to key US military base

UK creates world’s largest marine reserve

LONDON — Britain said Thursday it will create the world’s largest marine reserve by banning fishing around the U.K.-owned archipelago in the Indian Ocean — a cluster of 55 islands across about a quarter of a million square miles of ocean.