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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 - Massive volcanic eruptions in India, once theorized as a potential cause of dinosaur extinction, likely played a minimal role in their demise, according to new research by climate scientists at Utre
Dec 20, 2024
Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 - Q: How do you find a comet that could pose a threat to Earth but hasn't passed our planet in the last 200 years or more? A: You look for its footprint. This is the basis of research led
Dec 20, 2024
Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 - New studies led by researchers at the University of Central Florida offer for the first time a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian o
Dec 20, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - The United Arab Emirates has informed the United States that it will not arm paramilitaries in Sudan's brutal civil war, US lawmakers long critical of the Gulf power's role quoted the White House as saying on Thursday.
Dec 20, 2024
Port Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Rescuers say they have expanded a search for trapped survivors in quake-rocked Vanuatu to numerous places of collapse beyond the capital, as the reported death toll climbs to 10.
Dec 20, 2024
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 - Desert locusts, known for their devastating impact on crops, typically live solitary lives until environmental triggers like intense rainfall prompt them to form massive swarms. A single swarm spann
Dec 20, 2024
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Japanese authorities on Friday carried out an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak.
Dec 20, 2024
Djibouti (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday its military base in Djibouti could assume a greater role, speaking after Paris was forced to pull troops out of several other African countries.
Dec 20, 2024
N'Djamena (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, the country's defence ministry said, after N'Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power.
Dec 20, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China.
Dec 20, 2024
Kinshasa (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the army chief as part of a reshuffle within the armed forces who are battling a rebel advance in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dec 20, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China.
Dec 20, 2024
Colombo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port.
Dec 20, 2024
Paris (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on Friday arrived in France after five months in detention in the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland due to an extradition demand from Japan.
Dec 20, 2024
London (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 - Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water is set to find out Thursday whether the water regulator will permit it to massively hike customers' bills to fund improvements to its outdated infrastructure.
Dec 19, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday unveiled an ambitious new climate target under the landmark Paris accord, just weeks before Donald Trump's return to the White House threatens to upend US efforts to combat global warming.
Dec 19, 2024
