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At least 26 people, mostly women and children, were killed and hundreds injured after the first torrential rains of the monsoon lashed Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, officials said Sunday. The heavy monsoon rain, which started early Saturday, brought much of the city to a standstill as power and communication systems were badly affected and hundreds of people were forced from ... read more 
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2009They may have lost fingers, or perhaps even an arm or leg, but these former surfers and vacationers paced down the halls of Congress in Washington to seek protection for sharks, their very attackers. "I'm here to lobby for the bill to save the sharks, I lost my arm. It's a very powerful statement," said Al Brenneca, a 52-year-old who was attacked by a shark in 1976 in Florida. Along with ... more |
What we know about the North Sea tanker collision
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London (AFP) July 18, 2009Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and World War I veteran who put his longevity down to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women", died Saturday at the age of 113. Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Gordon Brown led the tributes to Allingham, who symbolised the stoicism of the last generation of servicemen who saw the horrors of the Great War. The veteran spoke of his experience ... more  
Paris (AFP) July 17, 2009Swine flu has swept the globe at "unprecedented speed," the World Health Organisation said Friday, as a study warned the pandemic could tip the world into deflation and delay the economic recovery. The WHO said it would stop giving figures on the numbers infected by the A(H1N1) virus to allow countries to channel resources into close monitoring of unexpected developments and patterns in the ... more  
Windhoek (AFP) July 17, 2009Two European journalists were fined on Friday by a court in Namibia for filming the annual seal hunt along the coast of the southern African nation, their lawyer said. British investigative journalist Jim Wilckens and South African cameraman Bart Smithers were found guilty of violating the Marine Resources Act by entering a restricted area without permission, lawyer Raywood Rukoro said. ... more  
Boraas, Sweden (AFP) July 19, 2009Firefighting, arguably one of the world's most dangerous jobs, is about to get a lot safer thanks to a revolutionary technique developed in Sweden. Boraas, a small town in the southwest of the Scandinavian country, is leading the way in changing how firefighters tackle a blaze using a new design twist on the old-fashioned fire hose. Known as the Cobra and developed by a local company ... 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) July 19, 2009Members of a British student group quarantined by Chinese authorities over swine flu were "shocked" by their detention but were being treated well, a teacher said on Sunday. The group of 52 students and teachers were quarantined after four students tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus after arriving in Beijing for a study tour, the British Council said earlier. "It was a bit of surprise ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2009Deadly ethnic unrest in China's Muslim Xinjiang region was planned and coordinated in a bid to ignite violence across the regional capital Urumqi, state media reported on Sunday. A report by the official Xinhua news agency said rioters involved in the July 5 violence, China's worst ethnic unrest in decades, appeared to have prepared weapons in the days leading up to the unrest which left at ... more  
Montreal (AFP) July 19, 2009Around 17,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in the Kelowna region of Canada's British Columbia province, where forest fires have already devastated 300 hectares (741 acres) of land. At least nine houses have been consumed by the flames, which crossed a highway forcing the inhabitants of 6,500 homes to leave, but the fires have not caused any injuries or deaths so far ... more 
Dhaka (AFP) July 19, 2009Bangladesh made an international appeal Sunday for 1.15 billion dollars to help one million families affected by Cyclone Aila that hit the country and part of India in May. Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak made the appeal at a meeting with envoys of foreign missions in Dhaka and donors such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. "The response was quite ... more |
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