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Hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers were Saturday searching for dozens of people feared buried alive when part of a mountain collapsed in a massive landslide in southwest China, officials said. Seventy-four people were missing after the disaster struck Friday afternoon in an iron ore mining district of the vast Chongqing municipality, a Chongqing government spokesman told a televised ... read more 
Paris (AFP) June 7, 2009Yvo de Boer, it could be argued, holds the fate of the planet in his hands. The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- does not have the power to impose an agreement on how to curb greenhouse gases and cope with its consequences. But if he fails in his role as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on ... more |
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Trump administration unveils sweeping environment rollbacks Trump cuts environment program for low-income, minority communities Captain of cargo ship in North Sea crash is Russian February deforestation in Brazilian Amazon lowest in years Many animal 'geomorphs' under threat, study warns Extreme ocean heat does not mean climate change is accelerating: study Sweden risks missing carbon neutrality goals: OECD Cyclone kills six people in Mozambique Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump 
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Dresden, Germany (AFP) June 5, 2009President Barack Obama said Friday he was increasingly hopeful that the United States can lead the way on climate change, six months before crunch global talks in Copenhagen. "I'm actually more optimistic than I was about America being able to take leadership on this issue, joining Europe, which over the last several years has been ahead of us on this issue," Obama said after talks with ... more  
Geneva (AFP) June 5, 2009A crew of adventurers will take to the high seas on a decade-long mission inspired by explorer Jacques Cousteau to examine the world's most important underwater treasures. Swiss-based marine conservation group the Antinea Foundation, behind the project, will connect their old-fashioned adventure to a modern audience via the Internet in a bid to boost interest in the seas. The "Changing ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 7, 2009Initial investigations and eyewitness accounts suggest a fierce blaze that gutted a bus in southwest China, killing 27 people and injuring 74, may have been started deliberately, state press said Sunday. The packed single-decker bus burst into flames early Friday in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, after a fire apparently started inside and quickly engulfed the whole vehicle. ... more  
Bakersfield, Calif. (UPI) Jun 6, 2009 A former coastal bay near Bakersfield, Calif., is filled with the fossilized remains of marine animals whose species have long gone extinct, scientists say. Scientists from the University of California-Berkeley said the Sharktooth Hill site could be seen as the richest fossil site in the entire world -- a layer of fossils offers clues to animal species dating back to 15 million years ... more |
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KP Labs Unveils Smart Mission Lab to Revolutionize Space Technology ValidationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 KP Labs has launched Smart Mission Lab, an innovative platform aimed at transforming the development and testing of AI models and onboard data processing for space missions. Supported by ESA InCubed ... more  
Goonhilly Provides Critical Communications for Lunar Mission, Advancing Moon EconomyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2025 Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd continues to play a pivotal role in lunar exploration and infrastructure expansion, reinforcing its importance in humanity's return to the Moon. Goonhilly is delive ... more 
Spire Establishes Two-Way Optical Link Between Satellites in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has successfully demonstrated a two-way optical communication link between two satellites in o ... more
  
Alibaba shares surge after launch of new DeepSeek competitorBeijing (AFP) Mar 6, 2025 Alibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligence model it says can compete with DeepSeek, this year's surprise tech star. ... more 
Christie's first AI art auction sees hits... and plenty of missesNew York (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Christie's first auction of art made by artificial intelligence (AI) ended Wednesday with mixed results, providing scant clues as to the future of the new and controversial medium. ... more 
Amazon Prime Video tests AI-assisted dubbingSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 Amazon's Prime Video streaming service announced Wednesday it will begin testing AI-assisted dubbing to make its international content more accessible to viewers worldwide. ... more
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Beijing (AFP) June 7, 2009China has changed profoundly since 1989, but on one point the regime will not budge an inch: Mindful of its legitimacy, it insists that it was right in suppressing the Tiananmen protests, analysts said. The way the 20th anniversary of the crackdown passed last week -- with a muzzled Internet, a cowed press and a Tiananmen Square patrolled by hundreds of police -- once again demonstrated how ... more 
Paris (AFP) June 6, 2009The Dalai Lama accused China on Saturday of imposing a "death sentence" on Tibet, as he arrived in Paris for a visit that has once again chilled Franco-Chinese relations. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader is to be named an honorary citizen of the French capital despite warnings from the Chinese government that his arrival will harm relations with France. The Dalai Lama criticised ... more 
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 08, 2009UGR researchers Miguel Delgado, Waldo Fajardo and Miguel Molina decided to design a software programme that would enable a person who knew nothing about composition to create music. The system they devised, using AI, is called Inmamusys, an acronym for Intelligent Multiagent Music System, and is able to compose and play music in real time. If successful, this prototype, which has been ... more 
Paris (AFP) June 7, 2009A French warship hunting for the wreck of an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic with the loss of 228 people has found a body, the military said Sunday. Earlier, Brazilian crews on five more ships found five other bodies from flight AF 447 from Rio to Paris. "The frigate Ventouse recovered a body and debris that could have come from a plane," said Captain Christophe Prazuck ... more |
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