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Torrential rain in China leaves at least 20 dead: state media Beijing (AFP) July 6, 2009 ![]() Tense Honduras moves to block ousted leader's return ![]() Ousted President Manuel Zelaya headed back to crisis-gripped Honduras on Sunday, one week after he was kicked out of power and as interim leaders' threats to block his arrival sparked bloodshed. The decision by Zelaya -- ousted by the military one week ago -- to return brought the political dispute over his plans to change the constitution to a dramatic climax. Fears of bloodshed were ... more |
UK makes manslaughter arrest over North Sea ship crash
North Sea accident: What are the environmental risks? Scientists say Trump cuts threaten climate research, public safety North Sea ship crash: what we know Creditors appeal �3 bn lifeline for UK's top water supplier Ships blaze after North Sea crash, govt rules out foul play Baby elephant separated from mother rescued in Indonesia North Sea emergency incident: what we know Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency Ships blaze, spill feared after North Sea crash ![]()
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GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency![]() France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe. In a joint statement, the French ecology and agriculture ministries said the Italy-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) had failed to take into account requests to change the way it evaluated the risk. "The conclusions of the ... more Beatings spark fears for Bangladesh's tigers, mangrove forest ![]() When forest officials in southeastern Bangladesh heard that two tigers had strayed out of the forest and into a remote village they knew they had to act quickly. Though villagers in the area were worried about their own lives, the authorities were racing to save the big cats after a wave of similar incidents in recent years have ended with the endangered animals being beaten to death. ... more Climate: no 'Plan B' for Copenhagen summit, says Danish minister ![]() Denmark's Minister for Climate Connie Hedegaard said here Friday there was no "Plan B" if negotiations broke down for an ambitious climate accord at a December world summit in Copenhagen. "It's clear, we are not working for a Plan B," Hedegaard said after a ministerial meeting of 29 countries from all continents to boost the talks that she said were going too slowly. "To seal a deal in ... more Earth's Most Prominent Rainfall Feature Creeping Northward ![]() The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of a warmer world, according to research published in the July issue of Nature Geoscience. If the band continues to migrate at just less than a mile (1.4 kilometers) a year, which is the ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Berlin, 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() Los 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 ![]() ![]() ![]() Beijing (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 ![]() ![]() New 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 ![]() ![]() San 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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One week after coup, deadlock and dread in Honduras![]() A week after Central America's first coup in more than a quarter of a century, tensions were at breaking point in the Central American nation as ousted President Manuel Zelaya planned to return. The country's interim leaders were more defiant than ever in the face of growing isolation and public anger, apparently set on staying put until November elections despite freezes in aid, withdrawn ... more Sarah Palin, a do-it-yourself Republican leader ![]() In announcing her resignation as Alaska governor Friday, Sarah Palin ensured she will likely remain at the forefront of American politics for some time to come. The surprise move by Palin, who ascended to international fame overnight when she became Republican John McCain's running mate in his failed 2008 presidential campaign and her party's popular but polarizing new cheerleader, immediate ... more Spanish vintners look to higher ground amid climate change ![]() Climate change, which could transform the Iberian peninsula into a semi-desert, is forcing winemakers in Spain to consider moving their vines to higher ground to escape the blistering heat. Spain, which has more hectares (acres) of vineyard than any other country in the world, "is in the frontline of climate change," said Juan Francisco Cacho, a wine expert at the University of Zaragoza. ... more Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono: Indonesia's gentler general ![]() Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is seeking re-election on July 8, is a dictator's loyal soldier turned leader of a thriving but messy democracy. A former senior general during the Suharto dictatorship, the taciturn 59-year-old has become a standard-bearer for Indonesia's haphazard reform push since the strongman's fall in 1998. Yudhoyono won the country's first direct ... more |
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