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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 - A landmark appeal published simultaneously in 14 scientific journals urges governments and industries worldwide to prioritize microbiological research across six key areas that could combat the grow
Nov 25, 2024
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 - Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.
Nov 25, 2024
Cape Town (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 - On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town's seaside village of Simon's Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters.
Nov 25, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2024 - Roughly half of Germany's land area is dedicated to agriculture, making it a critical component of the nation's economy and environment. Leveraging six years of satellite data, the German Aerospace
Nov 25, 2024
Busan, South Korea (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 - Talks to agree the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution cannot fail and must tackle both production and consumption, the UN's environment chief told AFP on Monday.
Nov 25, 2024
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 - The United States is drawing up contingency plans for military deployments in Japan and the Philippines in case of an emergency over Taiwan, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported.
Nov 25, 2024
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing the country's economic growth.
Nov 24, 2024
Davis, United States (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a research project aiming to prevent cows from burping methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
Nov 24, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - After three sleepless nights of back and forth among negotiators, all it took to seal a contentious global deal on climate finance was the hammering of a gavel. And just as quickly, the denunciations began.
Nov 24, 2024
United Nations, United States (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern that the climate finance deal agreed early Sunday in Azerbaijan did not go far enough, as he urged nations to view it as a foundation on which to build.
Nov 24, 2024
London (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - Strong winds and heavy rain from storm Bert battered much of Britain again on Sunday, causing devastating flooding in particular in Wales, with around 100 flood alerts in place nationwide, authorities said.
Nov 24, 2024
Beijing (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - Beijing is ramping up scrutiny of common disputes such as those involving marriages and property, the justice ministry said, as the public reels from a recent string of deadly attacks.
Nov 24, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - The deal reached at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan ramps up the money that wealthy historic emitters will provide to help poorer nations transition to cleaner energy and adapt to global warming.
Nov 24, 2024
Sydney (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - Australian police arrested 170 climate activists over the weekend after their floating blockade briefly disrupted activity at one of the world's largest coal ports.
Nov 24, 2024
Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 - A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed nine people, including a mother and her seven children, in the conflict-wracked eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said Saturday.
Nov 23, 2024
Baku (AFP) Nov 23, 2024 - The world's most climate-imperilled nations stormed out of consultations in protest at the deadlocked UN COP29 conference Saturday, as simmering tensions over a hard-fought finance deal erupted into the open.
Nov 23, 2024
