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Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2025 - Volcanic activity poses a surprising threat to satellite operations, according to recent research from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). The findings highlight how powerful e
May 1, 2025
Khartoum (AFP) May 1, 2025 - Sudan's presidential palace in central Khartoum was shelled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Thursday, a military source said, the second such attack on the capital in a week.
May 1, 2025
Amman (AFP) May 1, 2025 - When he grows up, five-year-old Ahmad wants to be stronger than Spider-Man.
May 1, 2025
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2025 - A fossilized bone unearthed three decades ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia may rewrite the evolutionary history of monotremes, the group of egg-laying mammals that includes echidnas an
May 1, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2025 - The number of species does not rise at a constant rate as the scope of study expands from small local areas to entire continents. This uneven scaling of biodiversity, recognized for decades, now has
May 1, 2025
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) May 1, 2025 - The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed on Thursday two attacks in northern Iraq that wounded five Kurdish security personnel earlier this week.
May 1, 2025
Boston MA (SPX) May 01, 2025 - When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50 percent of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants.
May 1, 2025
Reykjavik (AFP) May 1, 2025 - An Icelandic whaling company plans to hunt minke whales this summer in a first for the country since 2021, a decision denounced Thursday by animal rights activists.
May 1, 2025
College Park, MD (SPX) May 01, 2025 - Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaii finally connected the dots between one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth's history and its source deep beneath the
May 1, 2025
London (AFP) May 1, 2025 - The UK recorded its hottest ever May Day on Thursday, having just experienced its sunniest April since records began, according to the Met Office.
May 1, 2025
Damaturu, Nigeria (AFP) May 1, 2025 - State governors in northeast Nigeria on Thursday called on government security forces to rethink their counter-insurgency strategy, after more than 100 people were killed last month in jihadist attacks.
May 1, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2025 - On April 29, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Biomass satellite from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This milestone marks the start of a new era in climate observation, with
May 1, 2025
New Delhi (AFP) April 30, 2025 - New Delhi closed its airspace to Pakistani airplanes on Wednesday after Islamabad banned Indian planes from overflying, the latest tit-for-tat measure as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals spiral into a tailspin.
Apr 30, 2025
East Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 30, 2025 - For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid. They concluded that Vesta has a crust, mantle and core - fundamental
Apr 30, 2025
Taipei (AFP) April 30, 2025 - Somalia began blocking entry to Taiwan passport holders on Wednesday, the island said, alleging China had pressured the East African country to curb travel by Taiwanese people to the region.
Apr 30, 2025
Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 30, 2025 - An evacuation of hundreds of Democratic Republic of Congo troops and police trapped for months in UN bases in Goma after the city was taken by M23 rebels began on Wednesday, the ICRC said.
Apr 30, 2025
