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The US House of Representatives has narrowly passed historic legislation to limit pollution blamed for global warming, handing President Barack Obama a major hard-fought victory. By a 219-212 margin, lawmakers voted Friday for the first time in US history to limit heat-trapping carbon emissions and shift the US economy to cleaner energy in a move backers said will create jobs and restore ... read more 
Athens GA (SPX) Jun 29, 2009Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect tornado activity the following spring. The study, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, is specific to Georgia and the Southeast ... more |
Cyclone kills six people in Mozambique
Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump Sweden risks missing carbon neutrality goals: OECD Lake Geneva's fish threatened by warming waters: experts Mongolia's children choke in toxic pollution 'Really suffocating': Pakistan emerges from record smog season UK makes manslaughter arrest of ship captain over North Sea crash Oil companies greet Trump return, muted on tariffs North Sea crash sparks fears in once-thriving English fishing town UK makes manslaughter arrest over North Sea ship crash 
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Gainesville FL (SPX) Jun 29, 2009Researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight. The analysis of a well-preserved skull from 54 million years ago contradicts some common assumptions about brain structure and evolution in the first prim ... more 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2009Two new reports examining climate change adaptation and policy making across Europe will be launched today in Brussels in the presence of Peter Gammeltoft, Head of Unit 'Protection of Water and Marine Environment' at the European Commission. The preliminary conclusions of the research were used in the European Commission's White Paper on climate change, published in April 2009. The reports ... more  
Washington (AFP) June 26, 2009At least one million people in the United States have had swine flu, or around 50 times more than the number of cases reported to health authorities, an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. "We're saying that there have been at least a million cases of the new H1N1 virus so far this year in the United States," Anne Schuchat, director of the National ... more 
Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2009Locations from the ancient city of Caral-Supe in Peru to China's sacred Buddhist mountain of Wutai were among 16 that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, while a German area was removed. The 16 sites, with half located in Europe, were named at UNESCO's World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain, the UN agency announced Sunday. All the committee's choices however ... 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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Brussels (AFP) June 26, 2009The EU accused China of "unacceptable" Internet censorship Friday, as Brussels rejected Beijing's claim that an internet filter due to be introduced is instead aimed at blocking pornography. "The aim of this internet filter, contrary to what Chinese authorities contend, is clearly to censor internet and limit freedom of expression," the European Commission said in a statement. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2009Dozens of prominent Chinese intellectuals and academics have signed an open letter urging the government to free dissident Liu Xiaobo, who co-wrote a bold petition calling for democratic reform. The letter, dated June 24, was circulated on the Internet and has been signed by 52 people, signatories told AFP on Friday. Liu, a 53-year-old dissident writer, was arrested on Tuesday for ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2009Twelve officials have been jailed for negligence and abuses of power that led to at least 277 people being killed in a landslide in northern China last year, state media reported Sunday. The September 8 disaster in the northern province of Shanxi occurred when an illegal mine dumping pond burst, swamping a village of 1,000 people in a torrent of mud and sludge. Investigations found the ... more 
Phnom Penh (AFP) June 28, 2009Lightning strikes killed five people in Cambodia in a single day, a local newspaper reported Sunday. Two people were killed in Kampot province, in Cambodia's south, while three were killed in the central provinces of Kampong Chhnang and Kampong Speu, according to the newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea Daily. It said four of the victims, all killed on Friday, were farmers working in the fields ... more |
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