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Paris, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2024 - A study by the D-Hygea Lab at the Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering at the Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with the Regional Emergency Agency (AREU), has shed light
Dec 11, 2024
Taipei (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 - China has expanded military drills around Taiwan aimed at drawing a red line for the next US president, Taipei authorities said on Wednesday, branding Beijing a troublemaker.
Dec 11, 2024
Seoul (AFP) Dec 11, 2024 - South Korean police raided President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathered pace.
Dec 11, 2024
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 - The asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as Brooklyn, New York. Such a massive impactor is predicted to hit Earth rarel
Dec 10, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to speed up environmental approvals for those investing $1 billion or more in the United States.
Dec 10, 2024
Paris (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - French fighter aircraft left Chad for good on Tuesday after N'Djamena decided last month to end military cooperation with the former colonial power, the French military said.
Dec 10, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 - A new report from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) reveals that 77.6% of Earth's land has experienced permanent drying over the last three decades, with drylands expanding by 4.3
Dec 10, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon dioxide emissions, a US agency said Tuesday.
Dec 10, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 - Plastic pollution, a persistent problem spanning ecosystems across the globe, continues to challenge efforts to find sustainable solutions. Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) ar
Dec 10, 2024
New York (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - New York state this week appealed the dismissal of a pollution lawsuit against soda giant PepsiCo, accusing its single-use plastic packaging of posing a scourge on waterways and public health.
Dec 10, 2024
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - China's coercive behaviour threatens regional stability, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday, after Taiwan said Beijing was carrying out its biggest maritime mobilisation around the self-ruled island in years.
Dec 10, 2024
Damascus (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government Tuesday to run the country until March 1, a statement said.
Dec 10, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 - NASA researchers have announced the discovery of seven additional dark comets, celestial bodies that appear asteroid-like but exhibit cometary behavior. This findi
Dec 10, 2024
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - Contamination of so-called forever chemicals in European waters often exceeds regulatory thresholds set to reduce potential risks to human health and the environment, the EU's environment agency warned Tuesday.
Dec 10, 2024
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - A Sudanese military air strike on a market in North Darfur killed more than 100 people, a pro-democracy lawyers' group said Tuesday, as fighting raged across the war-torn country.
Dec 10, 2024
San Salvador (AFP) Dec 10, 2024 - El Salvador's gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart his country's sputtering economy by inviting back the mining companies that were barred seven years ago.
Dec 10, 2024
