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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 - Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope formed by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, is providing new insights into Earth's geological past. A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendor
Feb 12, 2025
Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 - Taiwan said Wednesday it detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near the self-ruled island this week, as two US ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Feb 12, 2025
Nara, Japan (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 - As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the animals' health.
Feb 12, 2025
Athens (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 - A second Greek island, Amorgos, was placed in a state of emergency Wednesday with the south Aegean Sea still subject to thousands of mid-level quakes that have already forced most inhabitants to flee neighbouring Santorini.
Feb 12, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 - The year 2025 could mark a pivotal shift in marine conservation strategies. A research team, including Octavio Aburto from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has introduced a novel
Feb 12, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 - China could be inciting Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland to spy on their own communities and exert pressure on them, a Swiss government report concluded Wednesday.
Feb 12, 2025
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 - Climate change drove weeks of crop-withering temperatures last year in the West African countries that underpin the world's chocolate supply, hitting harvests and likely further stoking record prices, researchers said Wednesday.
Feb 12, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2025 - Andrew Babbin is working to develop eco-friendly capsules designed to remove excess anthropogenic nitrogen from waterways, helping to prevent the harmful algal blooms that result from fertilizer run
Feb 12, 2025
Sydney (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday.
Feb 11, 2025
Prague (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - Beavers have saved Czech taxpayers a cool $1 million by flooding a protected former army training site where a long-stalled dam was planned, a conservation official said on Tuesday.
Feb 11, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - A deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing comparisons with the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago.
Feb 11, 2025
Geneva (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was barred from entering Switzerland over a lack of proper travel documents, police said on Tuesday, as the artist described being deported from Zurich airport.
Feb 11, 2025
Singapore (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - Singapore on Tuesday started an initiative to expand its senior care programme using horse therapy as the wealthy city-state grapples with the challenges of a rapidly ageing population.
Feb 11, 2025
Qamishli, Syria (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - Syria's semi-autonomous Kurdish administration aims to empty camps in the northeast of thousands of displaced Syrians and Iraqi refugees, including suspected relatives of jihadists, by the end of the year, an official said.
Feb 11, 2025
Berlin (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - Corruption threatens to derail global cooperation to tackle climate change, graft watchdog Transparency International warned in a report on Tuesday.
Feb 11, 2025
Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2025 - A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic turmoil in China - highlighting a historical link between climate stress and social unrest.
Feb 11, 2025
