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  Kyiv (AFP) March 28, 2022 New fires have broken out in the exclusion zone around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian authorities. "Significant fires have started in the exclusion zone, which can have very serious consequences," Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram late Sunday. "However, today it is impossible to control and extinguish fires in full due to the capture of the exclusion zone by the Russian occupation forces." The Inter ... read more |
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Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb Covid-19 outbreakShanghai (AFP) March 28, 2022 Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to curb the country's biggest ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. ... more  
How a major volcanic eruption paved the way for the rise of the dinosaursTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 The supercontinent Pangaea, which was a combination of today's continents, broke apart at the end of the Triassic period due to large-scale volcanic activity. This volcanic activity was thought to b ... more  
MTG-I weather satellite passes tests in preparation for liftoffParis (ESA) Mar 25, 2022 With extreme weather events threatening to be more frequent and more severe as the climate crisis takes grip, it's never been more important to have fast and accurate forecasts. ESA and Eumetsat are ... more  
Australia declares 'mass bleaching' at Great Barrier ReefSydney (AFP) March 25, 2022 Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is suffering "mass bleaching" as corals lose their colour under the stress of warmer seas, authorities said Friday, in a blow widely blamed on climate change. ... more |
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Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20 16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency Storm Bert bring widespread flooding in Britain Landslide kills nine in DR Congo Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK are Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK Storm Bert wreaks havoc across UK and Ireland IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood |
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Ivory Coast walls up forest to fend off encroaching cityAbidjan (AFP) March 25, 2022 Helping to build a barrier around a primary forest in the centre of Ivory Coast's Abidjan, Victor is happy to protect the endangered green space from the expanding city. ... more  
Myanmar army says will 'annihilate' coup opponentsNaypyidaw, Myanmar (AFP) March 27, 2022 Myanmar's junta will "annihilate" coup opponents, army chief Min Aung Hlaing said Sunday as the military staged a show of force on the anniversary of its bloodiest crackdown so far on democracy protests. ... more  
Plastic pollution cuts power in DR CongoBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) March 22, 2022 Among rolling hills around the southern tip of majestic Lake Kivu, huge layers of plastic waste ride the water and block the turbines of the largest hydroelectric plant in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more 
Water supply fears as Morocco hit by worst drought since 1980sRabat (AFP) March 23, 2022 As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages. ... more |
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Nations vet climate solutions as world 'sleepwalks' to catastropheParis (AFP) March 21, 2022 Nearly 200 nations gathered Monday to grapple with a question that will outlive Covid-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine: how does a world addicted to fossil fuels prevent carbon pollution from making Earth unliveable? ... more 
Australia warns against Solomons-China pactHoniara (AFP) March 24, 2022 A wide-ranging draft security pact between the Solomon Islands and China was leaked online Thursday, prompting Australia to voice concern about actions that would "destabilise" the South Pacific. ... more  
Ukraine war rattles EU green farming planGeneva (AFP) March 23, 2022 Scientists are urging Europe not to delay the transition to greener agriculture in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which threatens global wheat supplies and raises fears over food shortages. ... more 
'China's Fauci' calls for protecting 'normal life' in Omicron fightShanghai (AFP) March 24, 2022 A top doctor in China's pandemic fight who came under pressure last year for questioning the country's zero-Covid policy has called again for balancing anti-virus measures with maintenance of normal life as China struggles with an Omicron surge. ... more |
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UN atomic watchdog alarm over shelling of Chernobyl staff townVienna (AFP) March 24, 2022 The International Atomic Energy Agency expressed "concern" on Thursday after Ukraine warned of bombardment by Russia of the town where staff working at the Chernobyl nuclear site live. ... more 
China locks down city of 9 million as virus ripples across countryBeijing (AFP) March 22, 2022 China locked down an industrial city of nine million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases on Tuesday, as the nation's "zero-Covid" strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave. ... more  
West African court orders suspension of Mali sanctionsBamako (AFP) March 24, 2022 A West African court ordered Thursday the suspension of sanctions imposed on Mali over delayed elections, in a rare diplomatic win for the country's ruling junta. ... more 
Iraq fails again to elect new presidentBaghdad (AFP) March 26, 2022 Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president due to the lack of a quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis. ... more  
American lawyer released from prison, says 'banned' from Hong KongHong Kong (AFP) March 23, 2022 An American lawyer imprisoned for assaulting a policeman in Hong Kong said Wednesday he was banned from the city after being released, capping a multi-year legal saga. ... more |
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 Kyiv (AFP) March 23, 2022 
Ukraine said Wedesday it is using artificial intelligence and social media to identify killed Russian troops in an effort to disprove Moscow's claim its invasion is a limited military operation.
"Today, we are using artificial intelligence to search social networks for profiles of Russian soldiers based on images of their bodies to report their deaths to friends and relatives," Deputy Ukrai ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
DARPA's Novel Orbital Moon Manufacturing, Materials, and Mass Efficient Design (NOM4D) program is underway with eight industry and university research teams on contract. The selected teams are tasked to provide foundational proofs of concept in materials science, manufacturing, and design technologies to enable production of future space structures on orbit without the volume constraints imposed ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 25, 2022  Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is suffering "mass bleaching" as corals lose their colour under the stress of warmer seas, authorities said Friday, in a blow widely blamed on climate change.
The world's largest coral reef system, stretching for more than 2,300 kilometres (1,400 miles) along the northeast coast of Australia, is showing the harmful effects of the heat, said the Reef ... more |
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 Oslo (AFP) March 25, 2022 
NATO cannot allow a security vacuum to develop in the Arctic, where the alliance sees "growing strategic competition" from Russia and China, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.
"We cannot afford a security vacuum in the High North. It could fuel Russian ambitions, expose NATO and risk miscalculation and misunderstandings," Stoltenberg said.
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 Paris (AFP) March 23, 2022 
Some 10 million ducks, chickens and other poultry have been culled in France since November in one of the most widespread outbreaks of bird flu in years, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.
The country has been hit by several epidemics since 2015 but they have mainly been contained to the southwest where ducks are bred for the lucrative foie gras liver pate industry.
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 Leon, Nicaragua (AFP) March 27, 2022 
It took Ana Muller half an hour to trek to the peak of the Cerro Negro volcano, a small effort given the reward on offer at Nicaragua's top tourist attraction: volcano boarding.
The active Cerro Negro is just 728 meters (2,400 feet) high, but sliding down its ash-covered slopes on a board is a 40-second thrill that allows participants to say they have surfed a volcano.
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 Rabat (AFP) March 25, 2022 
An Israeli army delegation met with Moroccan officers in Rabat this week in the first visit of its kind since a 2020 normalisation deal, signing a military cooperation agreement, both sides said Friday.
"A meeting took place at General Staff headquarters to develop cooperation between the two countries," a Moroccan Royal Armed Forces source told AFP.
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 Burnaby, Canada (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 
Researchers looking to identify some of the most difficult 'finds' in archaeology -including sites used by nomadic hunter-gatherer communities-are tapping technology to help in the search.
Archaeologists at the Max Planck Institute and Simon Fraser University are gaining new insights from a computer predictive model that can assess the likelihood that landscapes contain such well-sought si ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 22, 2022 
The world needs to rapidly purge fossil fuels from its energy mix if it is to have any hope of limiting global warming enough to avoid disastrous climate impacts, according to a prominent climate scientist.
University of Manchester professor Kevin Anderson is lead author of Tuesday's report from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research detailing how quickly countries must phase-out oi ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 28, 2022 
GeoSphere is a first-of-its-kind system that combines wireless Geodes, edge computing and a constellation of low earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to discover critical resources up to 100 times faster than traditional methods.
It also drastically reduces the requirement for environmentally damaging elements of existing surveyance practices such as the use of explosives, noise machines and d ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
The supercontinent Pangaea, which was a combination of today's continents, broke apart at the end of the Triassic period due to large-scale volcanic activity. This volcanic activity was thought to be the most likely cause of the fourth mass extinction, but studies were inconclusive and provided no explanation of the environmental changes that occurred at that time.
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 Paris (AFP) March 25, 2022 
The International Energy Agency approved a third term for executive director Fatih Birol as the organisation seeks a faster transition to clean energy, it said Friday.
The Turkish economist, who has been in the role since September 2015, will serve for another four years from September 2023.
His mandate, approved unanimously by the Paris-based agency's governing board, comes at a "pivota ... more |
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 Roswell GA (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
GS Yuasa Lithium Power (GYLP) has announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for a new scalable small form factor battery design. With PDR complete the battery design will now move into the critical design phase.
GYLP's design integrates the recently qualified LSE12x Lithium-ion Cell developed by GS Yuasa Technology LTD (GYT) and seeks to align with smaller ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) March 27, 2022 
Can humanity curb spending that harms the world's biodiversity and instead focus funding on protecting it?
That question is at the heart of international negotiations in Geneva, which will set the stage for a crucial United Nations COP 15 biodiversity summit in China later this year.
Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to safeguard nature by mid-century fr ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 26, 2022 
Canberra voiced concern for Australian journalist Cheng Lei's well-being Saturday, as it confirmed she would face trial in China next week after almost two years in detention.
Cheng, previously an anchor on state broadcaster CGTN, disappeared in August 2020 and was formally arrested for "illegally supplying state secrets overseas" in February last year.
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 Abidjan (AFP) March 25, 2022 
Helping to build a barrier around a primary forest in the centre of Ivory Coast's Abidjan, Victor is happy to protect the endangered green space from the expanding city.
"We have our own Great Wall of China," says the construction worker proudly.
In three months' time, a cinder block fence 10 kilometres (six miles) long is to run along the edge of the Banco National Park to prevent it f ... more |
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