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  Addis Ababa (AFP) June 16, 2022 Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the "most deadly" form of malnutrition as a prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected to fare poorly, causing the worst drought in 40 years and a major hunger crisis spanning Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Over one million people need urgent food aid across the Ethiopian regions ... read more |
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Polluted air cuts global life expectancy by two yearsParis (AFP) June 14, 2022 Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday. ... more  
German radar satellite TerraSAR-X - 15 years in space and still in perfect shapeBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Fifteen years - who would have thought it? The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 08:14 local time on 15 June 2007, was originally de ... more 
NASA, ESA finalize agreements on climate, 1 cooperationNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher signed two agreements Wednesday at the ESA Council meeting in Noordwijk, Netherlands, further advancing the space agencies' c ... more 
Dying children reflect brutal toll of Somalia droughtMogadishu (AFP) June 15, 2022 Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital. ... more |
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Spain near end of four-year drought: weather agency
Argentina searches for baby, sister swept away by floods Argentina searches for baby, young sister swept away by floods Spain targets senior ex-officials in flood deaths probe Switzerland must step up for Geneva-based agencies facing US aid cuts: region chief Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16 Argentina flooding death toll rises to 16, two girls missing Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead 'We have to rebuild a city,' Argentine official says after storm kills 10 Ten dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods |
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S.African towns cut water supply after years of droughtJohannesburg (AFP) June 13, 2022 A South African municipality on Monday imposed six-hour daily water outages, as reservoirs risk "Day Zero" when they run dry after years of droughts. ... more  
Keeping China fed as inflation surges brings risk for commodity pricesBeijing (AFP) June 14, 2022 Bedevilled by high fuel and fertiliser costs, along with a labour crisis driven by Covid-19 restrictions, China risks a smaller autumn harvest that could supercharge demand for commodities just as the world can afford it least. ... more 
How coffee is saving a unique Mozambican forestGorongosa, Mozambique (AFP) June 14, 2022 From a distance, Mount Gorongosa looks pockmarked. ... more  
Floods, fires, heat waves: US struggles with climate catastrophesLos Angeles (AFP) June 14, 2022 Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United States was being walloped Tuesday by climate-related catastrophes. ... more |
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UN crowd-funds to prevent oil spill disaster off YemenDubai (AFP) June 13, 2022 The United Nations is launching a crowd-funding campaign for an operation intended to prevent an ageing Yemeni oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic spill in the Red Sea, a senior official said Monday. ... more  
Heatwave grips Spain as France braces for soaring temperaturesMadrid (AFP) June 13, 2022 Spain was on Monday in the grips of a heatwave expected to reach "extreme" levels with France set to follow suit as meteorologists blame the unusually high seasonal temperatures on global warming. ... more  
15 dead, half million impacted by heavy rains in GuatemalaGuatemala City (AFP) June 14, 2022 At least 15 people have died in a dozen mudslides caused by heavy rains that have fallen since early May in Guatemala, where more than 500,000 people have been affected, officials said Monday. ... more  
Rwanda accuses UN of 'taking sides' in DR Congo conflictKigali (AFP) June 13, 2022 Rwanda on Monday accused the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known by its French acronym MONUSCO, of "taking sides" and supporting Kinshasa as relations between the neighbours plummet. ... more |
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Wildfire tears through California forest as temperatures rocketLos Angeles (AFP) June 13, 2022 A wildfire was burning out of control Monday in forest outside Los Angeles after a weekend of record-breaking temperatures, and as forecasters warn of fire danger across the parched US West. ... more  
War-scarred Iraq sinks deeper into political crisisBaghdad (AFP) June 13, 2022 Iraq, an oil-rich but poverty-stricken country battered by decades of war and insurgency, has been mired in a long political crisis that just took a turn for the worse. ... more  
Working 24/7 to save baby manatee orphaned in ColombiaSanta Marta, Colombia (AFP) June 15, 2022 Last September, Tasajerito the manatee was found lost in a Colombian swamp, just three days old and separated from his mother. ... more 
Parts of storm-wrecked Yellowstone to remain shut all yearLos Angeles (AFP) June 15, 2022 Parts of Yellowstone will remain closed for the rest of the year because of extensive flood damage, managers say, with the oldest national park in the United States completely shuttered Wednesday. ... more 
Death toll in Turkey floods rises to fiveAnkara (AFP) June 13, 2022 The number of people who died in heavy rain, winds and flash floods in northern and central Turkey over the weekend has risen to five, authorities said on Monday. ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) June 14, 2022 
Raging floods, devastating fires, powerful thunderstorms and a dangerous heat wave affecting a third of the population: the United States was being walloped Tuesday by climate-related catastrophes.
A series of slow motion disasters is gripping the country as it enters summer, with warnings of misery for months to come in some areas.
Around 120 million people were under some sort of advis ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 9, 2022  A mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope was struck by a micrometeoroid last month but is expected to continue to function normally, NASA said Thursday.
"After initial assessments, the team found the telescope is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements despite a marginally detectable effect in the data," the US space agency said.
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 Singapore (AFP) June 12, 2022 
Fiji faces its biggest threat from "devastating climate change" rather than conflict, the country's defence minister warned Sunday at a high-level security summit that has been dominated by geopolitical tensions.
This weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue, which brings together defence ministers from around the world, has seen sparring between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan while delegates also ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 14, 2022 
Canada and Denmark have finally settled a largely good-natured "war" fought for decades with weapons such as flags, whiskey and schnapps over a tiny, barren, and uninhabited outcrop in the Arctic.
The two sides were to formally announce Tuesday a deal to split Hans Island and effectively create the first land border between Canada and Europe at a signing ceremony in Ottawa with Canadian and ... more |
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 Gorongosa, Mozambique (AFP) June 14, 2022 
From a distance, Mount Gorongosa looks pockmarked.
The slopes of this Mozambican landmark were once covered with verdant rain forest.
Now, they are scarred by deep holes - the result of clearcutting that exposed the soil and parched it, leaving only shrubs and grasses.
But in recent years, the forest has been growing back, thanks to a previously foreign crop: c ... more |
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 Guatemala City (AFP) June 14, 2022 
At least 15 people have died in a dozen mudslides caused by heavy rains that have fallen since early May in Guatemala, where more than 500,000 people have been affected, officials said Monday.
Among the 15 fatalities were a woman and her six children, as well as three brothers, all minors, from two indigenous villages, said the office of the Coordination for the Reduction of Natural Disast ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) June 15, 2022 
French troops in Mali have captured a senior member of the Sahel affiliate of the Islamic State group, the French military said Wednesday.
"In the night of 11-12 June, an operation of the Barkhane force allowed the capture of Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior figure in the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS)," a spokesman for the chief of staff told AFP.
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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 
New research has shown that normal human brain temperature varies much more than we thought, and this could be a sign of healthy brain function. In healthy men and women, where oral temperature is typically less than 37C, average brain temperature is 38.5C, with deeper brain regions often exceeding 40C, particularly in women during the daytime.
Previously, human brain temperature studies h ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) June 16, 2022  Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the "most deadly" form of malnutrition as a prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday.
Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected to fare poorly, causing the worst drought in 40 years and a major hunger crisis spanni ... more |
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 Grenoble, France (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 
Lynred, a leading global provider of high-quality infrared (IR) detectors for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, today announces the launch of two multispectral linear array IR detectors for application in a range of Earth observation missions. Pega and Capyork are designed for integration into imaging satellites, tracking and measurement instruments used in water cycle observation a ... more |
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 Bremen Germany (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 
What did the Earth look like 2.7 billion years ago and what were the differences compared to today? What was the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere? When did life evolve on Earth, that produced enough oxygen to permanently change the environment? How did the interaction of the Earth's mantle and crust work? These are all crucial questions for understanding our planet.
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 Sydney (AFP) June 16, 2022 
Australia's new centre-left government submitted more ambitious emissions targets to the United Nations Thursday, seeking to end a decade of footdragging on climate change.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese raised the country's 2030 emissions reduction target to 43 percent, up from a more modest previous target of 26-28 percent.
The new goal "sets Australia up for a prosperous future, a fu ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
"Fusion energy was always one of those kind-of sci-fi technologies that you read about," says nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Evan Leppink. He's recalling the time before fusion became a part of his daily hands-on experience at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, where he is studying a unique way to drive current in a tokamak plasma using radiofrequency (RF) waves.
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 Santa Marta, Colombia (AFP) June 15, 2022 
Last September, Tasajerito the manatee was found lost in a Colombian swamp, just three days old and separated from his mother.
Nine months later, the baby sea cow weighs as much as an adult woman and is bottle fed round the clock by doting aquarium staff.
Though much stronger now, Tasajerito's prognosis is still touch-and-go, said Angela Davila, a veterinarian at the Rodadero Aquarium in ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2022 
Bloomberg News said Tuesday it was "encouraged" to learn that Chinese authorities had apparently released its employee Haze Fan on bail, more than a year after she was detained on suspected national security violations.
A Chinese member of staff at the US news outlet's bureau in Beijing, Fan was detained in December 2020, a few months after Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei was detained on simi ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) June 11, 2022  Brazil's far-right leader said Friday that his country could expand agribusiness without harming the Amazon as he spoke highly of meeting US President Joe Biden, who raised the issue of climate change.
"We don't need the Amazon to expand agribusiness," Bolsonaro told the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, where he met Biden a day earlier.
Bolsonaro has enraged environmentalists by ch ... more |
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