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Rescuers digging through landslide debris in southwestern China have found seven bodies but 65 people were still missing as rains threatened search efforts, the government said Monday. Rescuers had resorted to blasting through debris at the landslide scene in the Chongqing region in a frantic bid to find survivors of Friday's disaster, in which a whole mountainside collapsed onto several ... read more 
Geneva (AFP) June 8, 2009Swine flu has now spread to 73 countries with 25,288 people known to have been infected since the disease was first uncovered in April, data from the World Health Organisation showed Monday. The number of deaths rose to 139 after 14 more deaths were reported, according to the latest WHO tally of confirmed influenza A(H1N1) cases. Most of the new cases were reported by the United States ... more |
Milei pledges funds for deluge-stricken Argentine city
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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Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 09, 2009Florida Institute of Technology researchers are trying to solve one of the great mysteries in nature: how thunderstorms make lightning. Because, in principle, lightning is a big spark it should behave like other sparks-like the ones created when we touch a door knob on a dry day. Scientists have accumulated evidence, however, that lightning sometimes behaves in very un-spark-like ways. ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 09, 2009Studies of climate evolution and the ecology of past-times are often hampered by lost information - lost variables needed to complete the picture have been long thought untraceable but scientists have created a formula which will fill in the gaps of our knowledge and will help predict the future. A novel method of reconstructing missing data will shed new light on how and why our climate ... more  
Durham, UK (SPX) Jun 09, 2009Retaining a network of wildlife conservation areas is vital in helping to save up to 90 per cent of bird species in Africa affected by climate change, according to scientists. The research team - led by Durham University - including BirdLife International and the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) looked at the effects of climate change on 815 bird species of conservation concern in sub-Saharan ... more  
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Jun 8, 2009 Harvard University scientists have determined some bees brace themselves against wind and turbulence by extending their hind legs while flying. "Wind is a universal part of life for all flying animals," Assistant Professor Stacey Combes said. "Yet we know remarkably little about how animals navigate windy conditions and unpredictable airflows, since most studies of animal flight have ... 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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Tripoli (AFP) June 8, 2009Security forces aboard a Libyan oil tanker heading to China beat off an attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, an oil company official told AFP on Monday. "Pirates approached the vessel and began firing warning shots," said Tarek Youssef of the Libyan National Maritime Transport Company which leased the ship. "The captain refused to stop his ship and security members on board riposted ... more 
Paris (AFP) June 8, 2009An alliance of green groups on Monday unveiled their ideal for a new climate treaty, calling on rich nations to slash their carbon pollution by more than 40 percent by 2020 and by 95 percent by 2050. Their envisioned "Copenhagen Climate Treaty" was released at the latest staging post in UN talks towards a real-life pact, designed to be completed in the Danish capital in December. ... more  
Libreville (AFP) June 8, 2009Gabon's Defence Minister Ali Ben Bongo, the son of the late president Omar Bongo Ondimba, made a televised appeal for calm in the country after the death of his father in a Spanish clinic Monday. "I am calling for calm and serenity of heart and reverence to preserve the unity and peace so dear to our late father," said Bongo, who is considered one of the leading candidates to step into the ... more 
Athens, Ga. (UPI) Jun 8, 2009 U.S. scientists have created the first model of the avian influenza viruses that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission among birds. University of Georgia researchers said their model has the potential to shed new light on how outbreaks begin in wild bird populations. "The environmental transmission of avian influenza among birds is quite rare, but our model ... more |
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