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Kigali (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said.
Nov 13, 2024
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Officials in southern China ramped up security on Wednesday at the site of the country's deadliest attack in a decade, snuffing out makeshift memorials to the 35 people killed when a man drove a car into a crowd at a sports complex.
Nov 13, 2024
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Several Australian airlines on Wednesday cancelled their flights to and from the Indonesian resort island of Bali, after a nearby volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky.
Nov 13, 2024
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 13, 2024 - Political leaders in the United States, Finland and Canada announced Wednesday that the three nations will build world-class icebreakers for the Arctic and polar waters.
Nov 13, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2024 - Approximately 90 million years ago, Antarctica's climate supported resin-producing trees, marking an unexpected chapter in Earth's geological story. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AW
Nov 13, 2024
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - As Donald Trump prepares his return to the White House, one of his most omnipresent confidants has been not his running mate or wife but a fellow brash billionaire, Elon Musk.
Nov 13, 2024
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - On the streets of Pakistan's second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that seep through doors and windows.
Nov 13, 2024
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month.
Nov 13, 2024
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 - Workers in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai removed flowers and candles early Wednesday from a makeshift memorial to 35 people killed when a man drove a car into a crowd in one of the country's deadliest mass-casualty events in years.
Nov 13, 2024
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - A small amount of radioactive debris removed by a robot from Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has arrived at a research lab near Tokyo, the plant operator said Tuesday, after a journey kept secret for safety reasons.
Nov 12, 2024
Madrid (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Spain's minority left-wing government wants to galvanise its deadlocked 2025 draft budget by linking it to urgent reconstruction funds following devastating floods, sparking blackmail accusations from the conservative opposition.
Nov 12, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and Rain, a leader in autonomous aerial wildfire response, have successfully showcased an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter's ability to locate and su
Nov 12, 2024
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Researchers in Australia will soon enhance their capability to study the past at a microscopic level with the upcoming Australian Microarchaeological and Palaeosciences Facility (AusMAP) at Flinders
Nov 12, 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - A significant report titled Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), developed by top European ocean scientists, has brought new focus to how climate
Nov 12, 2024
Geneva (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 - Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while worsening the often already hellish conditions of displacement, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nov 12, 2024
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Geologists have presented compelling evidence indicating that Earth was enveloped in massive glaciers extending to the equator hundreds of millions of years ago, transforming the planet into a giant
Nov 12, 2024
