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Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - A senior Hong Kong judge sided with the government on Friday and dismissed the first legal challenge to the city's newly enacted national security law, which had been brought by a jailed protester.
Dec 6, 2024
Taipei (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - Four Taiwanese soldiers, including three from a unit in charge of security for the president's office, were charged Friday for photographing and leaking confidential information to China, prosecutors and the president's office said.
Dec 6, 2024
Ottawa (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - Canada will boost its military and diplomatic presence in the Arctic to counter what it calls threats from Russia and others seeking a foothold in the far north, as part of a new doctrine unveiled Friday.
Dec 6, 2024
N'Djamena (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - Hundreds of people staged a rally in N'Djamena on Friday to support a Chad government call last week to scrap military cooperation with former colonial power France.
Dec 6, 2024
University Park PA (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 - Australia's forest ecosystems, renowned for their extraordinary diversity of rare plants and animals, also play a vital role in mitigating climate change by absorbing and storing carbon. However, fo
Dec 6, 2024
The Hague (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - France on Thursday urged the United Nations top court to clarify international law relating to the fight against climate change, saying judges had a unique opportunity to provide a clear legal framework.
Dec 6, 2024
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - In low-lying Copenhagen where rising sea levels, groundwater and rainfall pose a risk to infrastructure, the Danish capital is trying to adapt and protect urban areas from climate change.
Dec 6, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 - Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and record-breaking marine heatwaves defined 2023 as a year of extraordinary climate shifts. The global average temperature soared to nearly 1.5 degrees Celsius
Dec 6, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - China warned Taiwan Friday that relying on the United States to help it seek independence will inevitably hit a wall, as Beijing took aim at a Pacific tour by the self-ruled island's President Lai Ching-te this week.
Dec 6, 2024
Koror, Palau (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - Taiwan's largest coast guard patrol ship took part in a joint rescue drill in Palau on Friday, as visiting President Lai Ching-te fortifies ties in the Pacific where China has been poaching its allies.
Dec 6, 2024
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 - Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests tra
Dec 6, 2024
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - A Sudanese military air strike on a north Khartoum mosque killed seven civilians on Friday, pro-democracy lawyers said, in the 19th month of a war marked by widespread abuses.
Dec 6, 2024
London, UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 - Scientists are set to explore Antarctica's underwater avalanches, also known as turbidity currents, in an international effort to understand their role in Earth's climate regulation. The Antarctic C
Dec 6, 2024
Washington (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - US President-elect Donald Trump named political ally and former Georgia senator David Perdue as his pick to be ambassador to China, a key trade partner the Republican has promised to impose punishing tariffs on.
Dec 6, 2024
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - Choking smog, scorching heat and ravaging floods - arch-rivals India and Pakistan share the same environmental challenges, offering a rare but unrealised opportunity for collaboration, according to experts.
Dec 6, 2024
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 - As droughts driven by environmental degradation and climate change threaten to impact three-quarters of the global population by 2050, a new report presented at COP16 of the United Nations Conventio
Dec 6, 2024
