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The population of China's capital Beijing grew last year by more than 600,000 to nearly 17 million people, state media reported on Monday. At the end of 2008, the city had 16.95 million people, an increase of 620,000 from a year earlier, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics. One in four residents in Beijing was a migrant worker, the agency said, ... read more 
Exeter, UK (SPX) Jan 27, 2009New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, shows for the first time how a group of testosterone-blocking chemicals is finding its way into UK rivers, affecting wildlife and potentially humans. The research was supported by the ... more |
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 Australian team claims first IVF kangaroo embryo Top yet contested climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead' German tourist killed by wild elephant in India Oil giants TotalEnergies, Equinor reduce low-carbon investments CORRECTED: TotalEnergies reduces low-carbon investments as profit falls TotalEnergies reduces low-carbon investments as profit falls 
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jan 27, 2009A four-week expedition to explore the deep ocean south-west of Tasmania has revealed new species of animals and more evidence of impacts of increasing carbon dioxide on deep-sea corals. The collaborative voyage of US and Australian researchers was led by chief scientists Dr Jess Adkins from the California Institute of Technology and Dr Ron Thresher from CSIRO's Climate Adaptation and Wealth fro ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2009An 18-year-old man died Monday of bird flu in southwestern China, the government said, bringing to five the number killed since the start of the year and adding to fears of a possible mass outbreak. The man, surnamed Liang, died in the city of Yulin in the Guangxi region after falling ill on January 19, the Health Ministry said in a news release posted on its website. Tests by the Chines ... more  
Washington (AFP) Jan 26, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday named a special envoy for climate change and declared the "time for realism and action is now," in a break with Bush policy on climate change. Her appointment of Todd Stern, a veteran of the Kyoto Protocol talks, signalled how seriously President Barack Obama's administration sees the threat from climate change after his predecessor George W. B ... more  
Bordeaux, France (AFP) Jan 26, 2009Weather forecasters warned of flooding and more gales Monday after hurricane-force winds killed 26 people across southern Europe and left hundreds of thousands without electricity. The storm caused several hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) in damage to homes, farms, businesses and infrastructure in France alone, insurance companies said. As families buried four children killed when ... 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  
EdgeCortix unveils SAKURA-I with proven radiation immunity for orbital and lunar venturesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 EdgeCortix(R) Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor provider focused on low-power Artificial Intelligence (AI) computation at the edge, reports that its SAKURA-I AI Accelerator has shown strong radi ... more 
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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Madrid (AFP) Jan 26, 2009Global food production, already under strain from the credit crunch, must double by 2050 to head off mass hunger, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Monday. The food crisis pushed another 40 million people into hunger in 2008, Jacques Diouf said here at the start of a two-day international conference on food security. That brought the global number of undernou ... more 
Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 26, 2009South Africa's Chinese community welcomed the Year of the Ox with feisty lion dances and ear-thumping firecrackers, but the 2009 Lunar New Year holds a deeper significance beyond festivities. Monday marks the first new year since Chinese South Africans were classified black in a landmark ruling that recognised they had suffered racial inequality under the country's former white rule. For ... more  
Khartoum (AFP) Jan 26, 2009Sudanese warplanes on Monday bombed Darfur rebel positions near the key town of El-Fasher ahead of an expected ground offensive, an official from the Justice and Equality Movement told AFP. "The Sudan air force has been bombing us this morning, east and west of El-Fasher. We have positions there," JEM spokesman Taher el-Faki said, adding that he expected "heavy fighting" later on Monday. ... more 
Freetown (AFP) Jan 26, 2009Sierra Leone has launched a massive drive to ward of the threat of an invasion of crop destroying caterpillars already attacking neighbouring Liberia and Guinea, authorities said Monday. "We have sent huge quantities of chemicals and hundreds of spraying personnel to the six (border) districts and advised farmers to be on the look out for the pests," the head of the crops protection services ... 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
Eyeing Trump and Putin, EU, UK, NATO leaders talk defenceBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 EU leaders huddle Monday with Britain's prime minister and the head of NATO to discuss efforts to boost Europe's defences faced with an aggressive Russia - as Donald Trump demands America's allies spend much more. ... more
  
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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