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  Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of US flood damage more than 25 percent by 2050, according to new research Monday that warns disadvantaged communities will likely bear the brunt of the financial burden. The study published in the journal Nature Climate Change used new flood models to map out the present and future impact of sea level rise, tropical cyclones and changing weather patterns. Losses include destruction projected to hit homes and businesses. Researchers warned t ... read more |
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Myanmar shuts shop to defy junta on coup anniversaryYangon (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a "silent strike" on the first anniversary of the military coup. ... more  
US to reimpose limits on power plants' mercury emissionsWashington (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 The US government announced Monday it wants to revive a regulation limiting air emissions of mercury and other toxic substances from fossil fuel-fired power plants that had been undermined by the previous administration. ... more  
770-km US megaflash sets new lightning record: UNGeneva (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 A single flash of lightning in the United States nearly two years ago cut across the sky for nearly 770 kilometres, setting a new world record, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more  
Pet owners go private to jet 'fur babies' out of Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 Bags packed and ready to go, Hong Kong house cats Teddy and Newman were all set for leaving on a private jet plane - an expensive last resort for their owners as the city piles on pandemic restrictions. ... more |
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'Miracle' as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche
Ecuador battles spreading oil slick, residents without water Japan begins its first dismantling of a commercial nuclear reactor At least 33 dead as tornadoes ravage central US At least 27 dead as tornadoes ravage central US Major storm in central US leaves at least 18 dead Major storm in central US leaves at least 14 dead: officials Dozens evacuated in Italy's flood-hit Tuscany Florence cathedral closed as Italy's Tuscany on flood alert Spain to face increasingly 'severe' droughts: report |
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Bottom of gender rankings, Iraqi women defy critics to workBasra, Iraq (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Each working morning, oil engineer Safa al-Saeedi dons a safety helmet and heads into a gas complex for another day challenging conservative prejudices by being a professional woman in Iraq. ... more 
Oil spill pollutes nature reserve in Ecuadoran AmazonQuito (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous communities, the country's environmental ministry said Monday. ... more  
New Delhi's homeless shiver through harsh cold snapNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 India's capital New Delhi is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of winter cold, blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leaving other hard-up residents struggling to keep warm. ... more 
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to face new trial for electoral fraud: sourceYangon (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 Myanmar's junta has charged Aung San Suu Kyi with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said on Monday, a year after it staged a coup alleging massive voter fraud. ... more 
Greek govt defeats censure over blizzards; As storms sweep Northern EuropeAthens (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Greece's conservative government on Sunday defeated a censure vote in parliament over its handling of a snowstorm that buried a key Athens motorway and left thousands without electricity for days. ... more |
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Rescuers dig desperately in mud for Brazil flood survivorsFranco Da Rocha, Brazil (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 Knee-deep in the mud left by a horrific landslide in southeastern Brazil, dozens of rescue workers and volunteers raced Monday to find any remaining survivors before it was too late. ... more 
Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loomBeijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese capital gears up to host the Winter Olympics in five days. ... more  
Ailing whale found near Athens returns to deeper watersAthens (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 An ailing young whale found near the coast of Athens in a rare sighting has returned to deeper waters after receiving medication, Greek officials said on Saturday. ... more  
Hong Kong university covers up Tiananmen crackdown tributeHong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 Hong Kong's oldest university covered up one of the last public tributes to the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Saturday, as Beijing continues to muzzle dissent in the financial hub. ... more 
Stray bullets kill bystanders as US shootings soarWashington (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 A baby in his car seat. A man in bed. A girl walking with her mother: Stray bullets killed each of them days apart as surging gun violence ripples through the United States. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 
A baby in his car seat. A man in bed. A girl walking with her mother: Stray bullets killed each of them days apart as surging gun violence ripples through the United States.
In addition to the people killed in suicides or the homicides hitting record levels in some US cities, an untallied number of other victims are struck by bullets that weren't meant for them.
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2022 
The UK Space Agency is providing 1.7 million pounds for new projects to support sustainable space operations, Science Minister George Freeman announced Monday.
The 13 new projects will help track and remove dangerous debris in space. They include an AI-based tool which can take autonomous action to avoid a collision and another which will see multiple small spacecraft fired at debris befor ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 28, 2022 
Protesters in Iran's southeast attacked trucks belonging to Afghan drivers during a demonstration on Friday over water rights for a river that flows from Afghanistan, Iranian state media said.
Demonstrators from Sistan-Baluchestan province, which shares a frontier with Afghanistan, rallied at a border crossing to protest the issue concerning the Helmand River, state news agency IRNA reported ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Jan 27, 2022 
Glaciers are retreating faster globally due to climate change but they melt more quickly when they flow into a lake than when they end on land, with consequences for water supplies, a new study found on Thursday.
The Swiss-funded study is the first large-scale, detailed analysis of the phenomenon in mountain glaciers and could help forecast major water shortages and huge flood waves.
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 Chak Twenty-Six Sp, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 30, 2022 
Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan's farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right.
Until recently, "the most modern machine we had was the tractor", Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor behind one such project told AFP in "Chak 26", a village in the agricultural heartland of Punjab province.
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 Franco Da Rocha, Brazil (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 
Knee-deep in the mud left by a horrific landslide in southeastern Brazil, dozens of rescue workers and volunteers raced Monday to find any remaining survivors before it was too late.
Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 24 people, including eight children, since Friday in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil's industrial hub and home to 46 million people.
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 Dakar (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 
Separatist rebels have killed four Senegalese soldiers and are holding seven hostage after a clash on the border between Senegal and The Gambia last week, the Senegalese army said in a statement.
Three soldiers died in the fighting on January 24 between the Senegalese army and rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), it said late Monday. A fourth died from wounds s ... more |
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 Jerusalem (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
As climate shifted 23,000 years ago, humans in Israel experienced a new abundance of food, according to a study published January 26, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Tikvah Steiner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and colleagues.
The submerged archaeological site of Ohalo II, located on the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, preserves extensive evidence of human ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2022 
Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA's baseline period, according ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection has completed its previously announced business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. V (Nasdaq: CFV) ("CFV"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cantor Fitzgerald. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of CFV stockholders on January 24, 2022. Beginning Wednesday, J ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 26, 2022 
The origin of water on our planet is a hot question: Water has immense implications for plate tectonics, climate, the origin of life on Earth, and potential habitability of other Earth-like planets. In a recent study in Physical Review Letters, a Skoltech professor and his Chinese colleagues suggest a chemical compound that - although now extinct - could have preserved water deep underground in ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 
As the global demand for power continues to rise, so too does the number of small merchant renewable energy plants, which augment the supplies of existing energy companies. These plants are independent, typically small scale, and focus on renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind.
With more commercial banks pursuing bold sustainability targets in support of the Paris Agreement, ther ... more |
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 Livermore CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2022  After decades of fusion research, a burning plasma state was achieved on November 2020 and February 2021 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's most energetic laser.
Obtaining a burning plasma is a critical step toward self-sustaining fusion energy. A burning plasma is one in which the fusion reactions themselves are the primary source of ... more |
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 Petatan (Isla De Petatan), Mexico (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
A town in western Mexico where thousands of American white pelicans migrate is hoping to turn the birds into a global tourist draw - and recoup losses from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Petatan Island, located on Lake Chapala in Michoacan state, plays seasonal host to the birds, which head south in search of warmth and food.
Many locals note that the migration pattern is similar to the renown ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 
Hong Kong's oldest university covered up one of the last public tributes to the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Saturday, as Beijing continues to muzzle dissent in the financial hub.
Hong Kong was the only place in China where mass remembrance of Tiananmen was tolerated, but authorities have driven such activities underground after imposing a sweeping national security law on the c ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 27, 2022 
There is no crystal ball to tell ecologists how forests of the future will respond to the changing climate, but a University of Arizona-led team of researchers may have created the next best thing.
By combining tree-ring data with U.S. Forest Service inventory data on Arizona's ponderosa pines, the team captured a more complete picture than traditional models have provided of what drives f ... more |
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