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Scientists using nationwide data collected since 1970 have produced a map depicting natural hazard mortality across the United States. Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden from the University of South Carolina said their map presents a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural events such as floods, earthquakes or extreme weather. "This work will ... read more 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Angry protests erupted in Australia on Tuesday as environmentalists accused the government of "surrendering" by pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by only five percent by 2020. As senior scientists called for deeper cuts, hundreds of people attended a wave of rallies around the country to urge stronger action on climate change or risk the loss of natural treasures such as the Great ... more |
COP30 president urges most 'ambitious' emissions targets possible
Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chief CORRECTED: COP30 president urges most ambitious emissions targets possible Amsterdam to ban polluting pleasure boats in April January smashes heat record, surprising scientists COP30 president urges most ambitious emissions targets possible UK to quicken rollout of mini-nuclear reactors Venice sleeper setback indicates EU train troubles January sets 'surprising' heat record: EU monitor Indonesia backs climate deals after envoy's Paris skepticism 
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Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Dec 16, 2008 U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of "fooling" a bacterium's evolutionary machinery into programming its own death. Researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst said their achievement shows a synthetic "hole punching" anti-microbial depends upon the presence of phosphoethanolamine -- a cone-shaped lipid found within ... more  
Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Hurricanes and earthquakes win more headlines but heatwaves claim most lives, according to a survey of mortality from natural threats in the United States, published on Wednesday. The "death map" says hazard mortality is highest in the US South, where a variety of threats are to blame, followed by the northern Great Plains, where heat and drought are the greatest natural risks, then the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008China entered 2008 with high hopes of basking in an Olympic glow, but the past 12 months were a rocky and traumatic ride that showed its path to global superpower status would not always be smooth. Even as the world's most populous nation continued its seemingly inexorable economic rise, violence in Tibet and a devastating earthquake in the southwest were just some of the crises that left it ... more  
Harare (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Zimbabwe's government claimed Tuesday to be the victim of a terror campaign after an assassination bid against the air force chief, as the diplomatic heat was turned up on President Robert Mugabe. With the death toll from a cholera epidemic now nearing 1,000, UN chief Ban Ki-moon delivered an apocalyptic assessment of the political and health crises afflicting a nation which was once seen as ... more |
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Astroscale second generation docking plate gains flight heritageLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Astroscale Limited has reached a critical threshold with the first in-space deployment of its second-generation (Gen 2) docking plate. This hardware, now traveling aboard SpaceX's Transporter-12 rid ... more  
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Orbex lands D-Orbit deal prior to first mission this yearLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 UK-based launch services provider Orbex has finalized a new commercial agreement with D-Orbit, a leading name in space transportation and logistics. This move highlights Orbex's advancing role in th ... more
  
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zoneBoston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more 
Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishesSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more 
EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI usesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more
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Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2008The Pentagon cautioned Tuesday that there were "practical challenges" to taking action against pirates inside Somalia despite having the authority to do so under a new US Security Council resolution. The resolution, passed earlier Tuesday, gives states a one year mandate to take "all necessary measures that are appropriate in Somalia" to suppress "acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea." ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Chinese authorities have begun destroying and vaccinating poultry after an outbreak of bird flu was discovered in the east of the country, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was discovered on a chicken farm in Dongtai city and in another farm in Haian county both in eastern Jiangsu province, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008China has published a list of 17 acids, chemicals and other substances that have been banned as food additives, amid a four-month safety campaign following a scandal over tainted milk. Illegal items posted on the Chinese health ministry's list include boric acid, a chemical used as an insecticide or flame retardant that is known to be added to noodles or the skin of dumplings to increase the ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos arrived in Beijing Tuesday on a trip to drum up funds for his oil rich African state. Dos Santos starts the four-day tour with talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said. The trip, the president's second in five months to one of Angola's top economic partners, comes as the west African nation is being forced ... more |
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Trump reinstates 'maximum pressure' campaign on IranWashington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025 President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to restore the so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran from his first administration, which failed to achieve its goal of bringing about a new deal with Tehran to prevent it from securing a nuclear weapon. Instead, the Middle Eastern country has escalated its nuclear weapons program. ... more 
Ex-UK soldier jailed for 14 years for spying for IranLondon (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 A former British soldier who sparked a manhunt after escaping from prison before his trial was sentenced by a UK court on Monday to 14 years for spying for Iran. ... more 
US Navy awards Lockheed Martin $383M for advanced strategic missile developmentLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $383 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to advance the next iteration of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile, reinforcing ... more
  
Trump in 'no rush' to speak with China's Xi despite tariff battleWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs in a growing trade conflict. ... more 
Trump trade threats overshadow European defence meetBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 The threat of a transatlantic trade war loomed large Monday over a gathering of European leaders aimed at boosting the continent's defences in the face of an aggressive Russia. ... more
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Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by ISNimrud, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2025 A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. ... more 
Declassified files show UK anger at Chirac over IraqLondon (AFP) Dec 31, 2024 Newly-declassified UK government documents published Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. ... more 
Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subcultureBaghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more
  
China eases travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains 'severe' controls: reportBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 China has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains "severe restrictions" on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday. ... more 
Turkey FM calls for regional cooperation to fight PKKBaghdad (AFP) Jan 26, 2025 Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday. ... more 
Turkey says will fight terror after death of Iraqi border guardsIstanbul (AFP) Jan 25, 2025 Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK militants. ... more |
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