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Paris, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2025 - How prepared is humanity to deflect an incoming asteroid? This question is addressed in two recent studies published in *Nature Communications*, stemming from a collaboration between Politecnico di
Feb 21, 2025
Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2025 - Erikka Olson spent five years building her resume with a seasonal job at California's Yosemite National Park before she finally landed a permanent position with the US Forest Service in Nevada.
Feb 21, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 - With the return of darker skies following a period of bright full moon conditions, astronomers have resumed tracking asteroid 2024 YR4. Ground-based telescopes rely on dark skies to detect asteroids
Feb 20, 2025
Al-Kifl (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - As dawn broke over central Iraq, teenage sisters Dalia and Rukaya Ghali were loading heavy bricks, forced out of school and into a hazardous job to support their family.
Feb 20, 2025
Rabat (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - A Moroccan court overturned on Thursday a decision to deport a member of China's Uyghur Muslim minority wanted by Beijing, ordering his release from prison, according to his lawyer.
Feb 20, 2025
Paris (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city will hit Earth in eight years has been cut in half to around 1.5 percent, according to new calculations from NASA.
Feb 20, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - Australia said Thursday it will strike a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea, bolstering ties with a Pacific state that has been courted persistently by China.
Feb 20, 2025
Niamey, Niger (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - Niger's junta will stay in power for at least half a decade more if it accepts a plan presented on Thursday, which does not bar the country's ruling generals from running in any future election.
Feb 20, 2025
Jakarta (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - Indonesia's planned expansion of captive coal plants used to power industry is threatening its pledge to cut CO2 emissions by 2030 and close all coal-fired plants by a decade later, said a report published Thursday.
Feb 20, 2025
Bogota (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - Land grabbers in Colombia destroyed a forested area the size of Hong Kong last year in the South American country that had vowed to eradicate deforestation by 2030, the government said Thursday.
Feb 20, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - A 30-year-old Hong Kong political party that used to lead the city's pro-democracy camp before Beijing cracked down on dissent will start preparations to shut down, its leader said Thursday.
Feb 20, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 - As the Arctic spring arrives earlier each year due to climate change, ice-dwelling algae are expanding their reach across Greenland's ice sheet, potentially accelerating its melt. These algae contai
Feb 20, 2025
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - Residents of northern Japan were sheltering from deep snow up to the rooftops in some areas on Thursday after a two-week whiteout.
Feb 20, 2025
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 - A recent study underscores the accelerating loss of glacial ice worldwide, depleting regional freshwater reserves and significantly contributing to rising global sea levels. Conducted as part of the
Feb 20, 2025
Taipei (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - US support for Taiwan is very strong, Taipei's security chief said Thursday, as the self-ruled island seeks to head off President Donald Trump's threats of hefty tariffs on its semiconductor chips.
Feb 20, 2025
Beni, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 20, 2025 - The Democratic Republic of Congo's army Thursday urged soldiers who fled in the face of an offensive by M23 forces to rejoin their units and help prevent further territorial losses.
Feb 20, 2025
