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US President Barack Obama hailed Thursday what he said was an "historic consensus" on battling climate change between the leaders of the world's 17 leading economic powers. "We also agree that developed countries, like my own, have a historic responsibility to take the lead. We have the much larger carbon footprint per capita," Obama said at an expanded G8 summit in Italy. "And I know ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) July 9, 2009A moderate earthquake Thursday in southwestern China led to the collapse of more than 10,000 homes, damaged more than 30,000 buildings and injured hundreds, state media and seismologists said. The epicentre of the quake was in Guantun, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, said official news agency Xinhua, citing the China Earthquake Networks Centre. ... more |
Argentina searches for baby, sister swept away by floods
120,000 properties still blacked out in storm-hit Australia Search ends for missing crew member after North Sea collision Argentina searches for baby, young sister swept away by floods What we know about the North Sea tanker collision Trump's energy chief vows reversal of Biden climate policies One missing after cargo ship, tanker collide in North Sea North Sea cargo ship owner says one crew member missing Residents evacuated as Guatemalan volcano spews lava, rocks Greenpeace 'extremely concerned' about 'toxic hazards' from North Sea crash 
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Yangon (AFP) July 9, 2009A landslide caused by heavy rain killed 24 migrant mineworkers in northern Myanmar, police confirmed Thursday. The accident at Lonkhin near Phakant -- in the country's northernmost state of Kachin -- happened during a period of severe wet weather from July 4-6, an official from the state's police force said. "Altogether 24 people were killed -- 11 men and 13 women -- during the landslide ... more  
Jakarta (AFP) July 9, 2009Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised stronger economic growth Thursday, a day after apparently being re-elected in a landslide on the back of pledges to fight graft and poverty. Unofficial results gave the liberal ex-general a huge lead over opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and outgoing Vice-President Jusuf Kalla following Wednesday's vote, despite Megawati's ... more 
San Jose July 9, 2009Honduras's ousted leader Manuel Zelaya and interim president Roberto Micheletti began Thursday mediated talks in Costa Rica that some hoped could help resolve the democratic crisis gripping their country. First Zelaya, then Micheletti spoke separately to Costa Rican President Oscar Arias at his home in the capital San Jose. The pair were expected to meet face-to-face late Thursday ... more 
Nuuk (AFP) July 9, 2009From his trawler that motors along the Nuuk fjord, fisherman Johannes Heilmann has watched helplessly in recent years as climate change takes its toll on Greenland. Global warming is occurring twice as fast in the Arctic as in the rest of the world. Heilmann, in his 60s with a craggy, rugged face from years of work in the outdoors, says he and his colleagues can no longer take their dogs ... more |
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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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Paris (AFP) July 9, 2009Remains of woolly mammoths have been found in southern Spain, proving that the chilly grip of the last Ice Age extended farther south than thought, palaeontologists said on Thursday. The fossilised remains of at least four mature male mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) were found in a peat bog near the town of Padul in the Granada Basin, they said. Carbon-dating estimates the animals lived ... more  
Bethesda (AFP) Maryland (AFP) July 9, 2009US President Barack Obama and top officials urged Americans Thursday to ramp up preparations against swine flu, warning that the virus could return with a vengeance in the fall and pledging a huge campaign to beat it. "I think it's clear that although we were fortunate not to see a more serious situation in the spring when we first got news of this outbreak, the potential for a significant ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2009US scientists on Thursday said that the El Nino warming trend of the Pacific Ocean waters has returned, bringing with it almost certain changes in weather patterns around the world. The El Nino climatological effect -- the periodic warming of central and eastern tropical Pacific waters -- occurs on average every two to five years and typically lasts about 12 months. The US National Ocean ... more 
Urumqi, China (AFP) July 9, 2009China's leaders vowed on Thursday to severely punish those responsible for bloodshed in the nation's far northwest that left at least 156 people dead and exposed deep ethnic tensions. The warning came as riot police and soldiers maintained a firm grip on Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang region, where Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese faced off this week in China's worst ethnic conflict for ... more |
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