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Ostrozac, Bosnia And Herzegovina (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 - Staring across what was once one of Bosnia's largest expanses of water, all that Saliha Kuljanin can see is boats left high and dry after months of drought emptied Lake Jablanicko.
Dec 5, 2024
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 05, 2024 - A mysterious object discovered in the main asteroid belt in 2021 was determined to be a main-belt comet by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Henry Hsieh, Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie In
Dec 5, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 05, 2024 - A major leap in desalination technology could help billions of people worldwide access freshwater, thanks to an innovative method that accelerates seawater evaporation more effectively than freshwat
Dec 5, 2024
Lobito, Angola (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - Joe Biden on Wednesday lauded a landmark railway infrastructure project aimed at countering China's investments in Africa as a game changer while on a historic first visit to Angola by a US president.
Dec 4, 2024
Geneva (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - The UN appealed Wednesday for more than $47 billion to deliver vital aid next year, warning surging conflicts and the climate crisis will leave hundreds of millions of people in need.
Dec 4, 2024
United States (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu on Wednesday, as part of a trip aimed at shoring up international support for Taiwan as China seeks to poach its few remaining allies.
Dec 4, 2024
Bangkok (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - More than 30,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to severe flooding in southern Thailand, where the death toll climbed to 29, officials said Wednesday.
Dec 4, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - China reported its warmest autumn this year since records began decades ago, its National Climate Centre announced on Wednesday.
Dec 4, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - Eight people died after a seriously overloaded government-owned boat capsized in southwestern China's Guizhou province earlier this week, Chinese authorities said on Wednesday.
Dec 4, 2024
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 04, 2024 - Researchers have found that water on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has a similar molecular signature to the water in Earth's oceans. Contradicting some recent results, this finding reopens the cas
Dec 4, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday that it removed an inflight entertainment programme following a complaint about an episode from American TV show Family Guy that mentioned China's Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Dec 4, 2024
The Hague (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - The current United Nations framework for fighting climate change should be preserved, the United States told the International Court of Justice, which is working on drafting fresh global legal guidelines.
Dec 4, 2024
New York (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed confidence Wednesday that Elon Musk would not use his proximity to Donald Trump to harm business rivals, calling such actions profoundly un-American.
Dec 4, 2024
Johannesburg (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - A historic drought across southern Africa has jeopardised access to food for 26 million people, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned Wednesday, calling for urgent funding.
Dec 4, 2024
Paris (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - One of the more stable countries in the turbulent West African region, Ghana has hit hard times recently with a severe financial crisis and political infighting ahead of a presidential election on Saturday.
Dec 4, 2024
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - For almost half a century, Kwok Hoi-yin's humble cottage on Hong Kong's border with mainland China was surrounded by leagues of fishponds and green fields, buffering the modern highrises of megacity Shenzhen to the north.
Dec 4, 2024
