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 Jakarta (AFP) March 28, 2009 
Rescue workers in Indonesia searched Saturday for 100 people still missing after a dam burst sending a torrent of water crashing into a Jakarta suburb, as the official death toll rose to 77. Hundreds of buildings collapsed when a wall of water broke through the man-made earthen dam early Friday as residents slept in their beds. "The impact of the Situ Gintung dam has killed 77 people and ... read more 
Fargo, North Dakota (AFP) March 29, 2009With freezing water lapping at the top of levees, an army of flashlight-wielding flood patrols searched for leaks early Sunday as officials in Fargo, North Dakota reinforced defenses against a record-breaking flood. Officials fear as many as 30,000 people could be left homeless in the northern plains if the mighty Red River breaks through levees protecting Fargo as well as Moorhead lying on ... more |
Almost all nations miss UN deadline for new climate targets
Australia mulls 'retreat' from rising sea in Cocos Islands Second Colombian minister resigns after televised cabinet showdown Swiss vote rejects placing ecology at heart of constitution Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites Iran shuts schools, offices in 10 provinces due to cold snap Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30 Airbus acknowledges slow progress on hydrogen plane Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic' Iran schools, offices close in cold snap 
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Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009Highly infectious hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 18 children and infected nearly 42,000 in China this year, with the peak period still to come, a government official said Friday. "Currently the situation in our country on controlling the hand, foot and mouth disease is rather serious," health ministry spokesman Deng Haihua told journalists. "The epidemic is in a stage of increas ... more  
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2009UN talks on delivering a historic deal on climate change resume in Bonn on Sunday with many hoping that US President Barack Obama's untested negotiators can breathe life into a troubled process. Some 190 nations will launch a marathon of meetings designed to culminate in Copenhagen in December with a new pact for curbing greenhouse gases beyond 2012, when provisions under the Kyoto Protocol ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009More than 1,000 policemen have deployed to a rural area of southern China where days of clashes between two feuding villages left one dead and nine others injured, state media reported. A bridge connecting the villages in the tropical island province of Hainan is now under the control of the police to prevent further violence after one man was stabbed to death, the official Xinhua news agenc ... more 
Nicosia (AFP) March 27, 2009In the wake of recent heavy rainfall, Cypriot authorities on Friday eased water rationing arrangements, to signal the end of a two-year drought on the holiday island. Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis announced that Cyprus households will start receiving an "improved supply" after a partial lifting of restrictions takes effect of April 13. "Certainly cuts will be eased," and though ... more |
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NASA CubeSat Finds New Radiation Belts After May 2024 Solar StormGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 The discovery of the new belts, made possible by NASA's Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment (CIRBE) satellite and published Feb. 6, 2025, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, ... more  
One in Four Chance Annually of Rocket Debris Entering High-Traffic AirspaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that there is a 26 percent chance each year that debris from space rockets will re-enter Earth's atmosphere and pass through an ar ... more 
PlayStation Network back online after 24-hour outageWashington (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 Sony PlayStation's online services came back online on Saturday, the Japanese group said, after a 24-hour outage frustrated gamers around the world. ... more
  
Robot Demonstrates Advanced Gripping Technology in SpaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2025 A blue, tentacle-like gripping system attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot successfully latched onto a "capture cube" in a recent demonstration conducted on February 4, 2025. The experimental g ... 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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Beijing (AFP) March 28, 2009China vowed Saturday to "severely crack down on any separatist activities" in Tibet as it launched a new national holiday marking the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising in the Himalayan region. The Chinese flag was raised in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet's capital Lhasa as more than 13,000 people, most in Tibetan traditional dress, rose for the national anthem to commemorate "Serfs' ... more 
Johannesburg (AFP) March 27, 2009Southern African countries have been hit by the worst floods in years, killing more than 100 people and displacing thousands, as a tropical storm threatened to bring more pain on Saturday. As Mozambique braced for the arrival of a strengthening tropical storm Izilda, record river levels across the region threatened to exacerbate floods which have already affected hundreds of thousands of peo ... more 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2009China's controversial choice as the second highest Tibetan spiritual figure is increasingly being used by Beijing as a tool in its propaganda offensive against the exiled Dalai Lama, say experts. Rarely seen in public previously, but believed to have been educated in the Chinese capital, the 19-year-old Panchen Lama Friday expressed loyalty to Beijing, in stark contrast to the views of the ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2009Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano exploded anew on Thursday, hurling ash and smoke high into the atmosphere, authorities said. At 9:24 am local time (17:24 GMT), the volcano began kicking out fresh debris, now reaching up to 65,000 feet (nearly 20,000 meters) above sea level, according to the US National Weather Service. The Alaska Volcano Observatory described the blast as "a major explosi ... more |
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Iran's Khamenei warns against negotiating with USTehran (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that there should not be negotiations with the United States, days after US President Donald Trump called for a new nuclear deal. ... more 
Trump calls for work on new Iran nuclear deal to begin 'immediately'Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for a "verified nuclear peace agreement" with Iran, after withdrawing from a similar deal in his first term and instituting a so-called "maximum pressure" policy. ... more 
Study refutes nuclear test allegations after 2024 Iran earthquakeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 A comprehensive study has debunked allegations that a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Iran was a covert nuclear weapons test, a claim that spread widely across social media and some news outlets in Octo ... more
  
Trump will cry wolf once too oftenWashington DC (UPI) Feb 6, 2025 As the principal author of "shock and awe," I believe Donald Trump is in great debt to me for all the shock and awe he is applying at home and abroad with strokes of a Sharpie and verbal dictates. ... more 
China slams US 'Cold War mentality' in SAmerica: China appoints 'wolf warrior' to European affairs postBeijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 China on Friday condemned a "Cold War mentality" by the United States in Latin America, saying it had complained over comments by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a visit to the region. ... more 
'Wolf warrior' Chinese ambassador appointed to European affairs postBeijing (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 China's former ambassador to France, who earned a reputation for his fierce defence of national interests, has been appointed to a prestigious post in charge of European affairs, Beijing announced Thursday. ... more
  
Iraq restoration work brought back Mosul's 'identity': UNESCO chiefMosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 The director-general of United Nations heritage body UNESCO hailed the completion of their restoration work in the Iraqi city of Mosul, saying on Wednesday it had allowed it to recover its "identity" after destruction inflicted by the Islamic State group. ... 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
  
Three PKK fighters killed in Iraq strike blamed on TurkeyArbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Drone strikes killed a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) commander and two fighters in northern Iraq on Thursday, Kurdish authorities said, blaming Turkey for the attack. ... 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 |
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