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  Washington (AFP) June 20, 2022 A heat wave that baked much of the central United States last week will start to move eastward with dangerously high temperatures, forecasters said Monday. The National Weather Service told Americans to gird for another day of well above normal, near-record or even record-breaking heat from the central Plains to the Upper Midwest. "Dangerous heat will continue to make headlines," the service said in an advisory. The scorching blast will start to drift eastward Tuesday into the Great Lakes re ... read more |
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Hundreds of thousands evacuated in China after heaviest rains in decadesBeijing (AFP) June 21, 2022 The heaviest rainfall in decades has triggered floods and landslides in southern China, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people, state media reported. ... more  
South Africa's latest hot export to China? DonkeysMagaliesburg, South Africa (AFP) June 21, 2022 Chinese demand for traditional medicines has sent poachers hunting for African animals from rhinos to pangolins. Now a humbler creature is threatened: donkeys. ... more 
Olive trees were first domesticated 7,000 years agoTel-Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 A joint study by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of a fruit tree. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from ... more  
SCEYE HAPS ascends to stratosphere demonstrates ability to stay over area of operationRoswell NM (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Sceye, a manufacturer of High-Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS), announced that it reached the stratosphere with the aim of demonstrating the ability to stay over an area of operation for months at ... 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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Researchers reveal new mechanism of end-permian terrestrial mass extinctionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 End-Permian extinction (EPE) is the greatest biotic crisis in Earth's history, eliminating more than 90% of species in the oceans and more than 70% of species on land. Researchers led by Dr. L ... more  
Melting accelerates for thousands of Greenland's northern glaciersCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 Greenland's many small glaciers are melting more rapidly as the Arctic warms, contributing to sea level rise, yet they are less well-studied than the main Greenland Ice Sheet. A new study documents ... more  
Thrice postponed UN biodiversity summit set for DecemberNairobi (AFP) June 20, 2022 A repeatedly postponed UN summit tasked with protecting nature and halting accelerating species loss will be held in early December, more than two years behind schedule, sources told AFP. ... more 
Biodiversity conference moved from China to Canada: UNMontreal (AFP) June 21, 2022 A major biodiversity summit delayed due to the pandemic will be held in Montreal, Canada instead of China as planned, the UN said Tuesday, as Beijing continues with its strict zero-Covid policy. ... more |
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Brazilian police find boat of murdered British journalist, guideAtalaia Do Norte, Brazil (AFP) June 20, 2022 Brazilian police said Monday they had found the boat in which British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian expert guide Bruno Pereira were travelling before they were killed in the Amazon. ... more  
Hong Kong floating restaurant sinks in South China SeaHong Kong (AFP) June 20, 2022 Jumbo floating restaurant, a once famed but financially struggling Hong Kong tourist attraction, sank in the South China Sea after being towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. ... more 
Police confirm ID of Brazilian guide in Amazon double killingRio De Janeiro (AFP) June 18, 2022 British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide, whose disappearance in the Amazon some two weeks ago sparked an international outcry, were killed by gunfire, Brazilian police said Saturday. ... more  
Iraqi migrant in UK fears Rwanda deportation, despite reprieveSulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) June 20, 2022 Nearly a week ago, Iraqi Kurd Barham Hama Ali found himself in the unimaginable position of being aboard a deportation flight set to take off for Kigali, thousands of miles from home. ... more |
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For Iraqis a sweltering summer of 'hell' has begunBasra, Iraq (AFP) June 21, 2022 Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq's southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air. ... more 
26 more dead in India monsoon fury, waters recede in BangladeshGuwahati, India (AFP) June 20, 2022 At least 26 more people have died in monsoon flooding and lightning strikes in India, as millions remained marooned in the country and neighbouring Bangladesh, authorities said Monday. ... more  
Burkina army says killed over 120 'terrorists'Ouagadougou (AFP) June 20, 2022 Burkina Faso's army said Monday they had killed at least 128 "terrorists" in several operations this month, after the new government vowed to tackle surging violence in the West African nation. ... more  
Healthy human brains are hotter than previously thought, exceeding 40 degreesLondon, 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 t ... more  
Unravelling the mysteries of cloudsNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 Clouds and aerosols are still considered the great unknowns in understanding our climate. With the EarthCARE Earth observation satellite, Airbus has made the finishing touches to the crucial 'key' t ... more |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) June 20, 2022 
Nearly a week ago, Iraqi Kurd Barham Hama Ali found himself in the unimaginable position of being aboard a deportation flight set to take off for Kigali, thousands of miles from home.
The 25-year-old was among a handful of asylum seekers who were due to be the first of many sent from the United Kingdom under a controversial resettlement deal with Rwanda.
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2022 
Construction has begun in Australia on ESA's fourth deep-space antenna, which will help fill a gap in supporting communications and data download for upcoming missions exploring our Solar System, studying our Universe and protecting Earth from solar hazards and risky asteroids.
ESA representatives met with representatives from Australia's national and regional governments and from the Aust ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) June 17, 2022 
Australia pushed back against China's new security pact with Solomon Islands on Friday, saying the Pacific region has no need of outside help to protect itself.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong delivered the message on a one-day visit to the capital Honiara, the latest destination in a South Pacific travel blitz to parry China's diplomatic and security manoeuvres in the region.
It was the hig ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 
Greenland's fjords harbor a unique group of polar bears that rely on glacial ice, a NASA-funded study reports in Science.
Polar bears throughout the Arctic depend on sea ice as a platform for hunting seals. As human-caused climate change warms the planet and Arctic sea ice melts away, polar bears are scrambling to find ice to hunt on. But in Southeast Greenland, researchers found that bear ... more |
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 Tel-Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 
A joint study by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of a fruit tree. The researchers analyzed remnants of charcoal from the Chalcolithic site of Tel Zaf in the Jordan Valley and determined that they came from olive trees. Since the olive did not grow naturally in the Jordan Valley, this means that the inhabitants plant ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) June 20, 2022 
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Monday in Taiwan's east, 38 kilometres south of Hualien city, the US Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The quake had an estimated depth of 10 kilometres, according to USGS, and struck at 09:05 local time (0105 GMT).
An AFP reporter in Taipei felt shaking, and local media said the quake was felt across th ... more |
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 Agadir, Morocco (AFP) June 20, 2022 
The United States and Morocco on Monday launched the vast annual "African Lion" military exercise, amid heightened tensions between the North African kingdom and neighbouring Algeria.
The exercise, which began in the southern Moroccan region of Agadir and lasts the rest of the month, involves some 7,500 personnel from 10 nations such as Brazil, France and the United Kingdom.
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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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 Sydney (AFP) June 17, 2022  Flood, fire and drought-battered Australia is trying to clean up its act on climate change, but dependence on fossil fuel riches could stymie the national makeover.
Centre-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese swept to power in May promising weary Australians that he would tackle climate change.
He followed through on a key plank of that promise Thursday, nearly doubling the country's 203 ... more |
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 Berlin, 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 designed to last five and a half years - until the end of 2012. It has been delivering data of outstanding quality ever since, regardless of weather conditions, cloud cover and daylight levels. The scie ... more |
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 Duesseldorf, Germany (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 
A team led by evolutionary biologist Prof. Dr. Sven Gould of Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf (HHU) has been studying the current state of research on the plant colonisation of land that occurred some 500 million years ago. The findings from this illustrated overview study published by Dr. Mona Schreiber as lead author have now appeared in the latest issue of the journal Trends in Plant Scie ... more |
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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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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2022 
China's cryogenic industry stepped onto a new stage early this year, when a crane slowly loaded a specialized helium refrigerator onto a container headed for Canada during a launching ceremony in Zhongshan, Guangdong province.
The high-powered, 10-kilowatt refrigerator, which can reach -253.15 C, made its developer, Beijing Sinoscience Fullcryo Technology Co Ltd, the nation's first company ... more |
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 Nairobi (AFP) June 20, 2022 
A repeatedly postponed UN summit tasked with protecting nature and halting accelerating species loss will be held in early December, more than two years behind schedule, sources told AFP.
Originally slated to take place in China, the COP15 conference on biological diversity - or biodiversity - is now set for December 5 to 17 in Montreal, they said.
"Governments have finally made a de ... more |
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 London (AFP) June 21, 2022 
On June 30, 1997, Britain's last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten left Government House for the final time, struggling to contain his emotions as the "Last Post" played and the Union flag was lowered.
The 25th anniversary is approaching of that rainy day and the midnight handover to China on July 1 that the BBC at the time called "the epilogue of empire".
For Patten, now 78, the memory ... more |
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 Atalaia Do Norte, Brazil (AFP) June 17, 2022 
The United Nations as well as environmental and rights groups expressed outrage Thursday at the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, which they linked to President Jair Bolsonaro's willingness to allow commercial exploitation of the Brazilian Amazon.
Veteran correspondent Phillips, 57, and Pereira, 41, went missing on June 5 in a remote part of the r ... more |
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