|
|
|
  Gardez, Afghanistan (AFP) June 22, 2022 A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 920 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings. The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged terrain of the east, where people already live hardscrabble lives in a country in the grip of a humanitarian disaster made worse by the Taliban takeover in August. The death toll has climbed steadily all day as n ... read more |
 |
 
EU lays out plan to halve pesticide use, save beesBrussels (AFP) June 22, 2022 The EU's executive on Wednesday put forward new rules to slash pesticide use and restore damaged ecosystems, despite concerns over the impact of the war in Ukraine on food supplies. ... more  
Chinese scientists help Africa combat land degradationBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 On June 16, the 28th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, China's national home event was held in Beijing, where Chinese scientists released an online tool, the Great Green Wall Big Data ... more  
The greening ashoreDuesseldorf, 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 occurre ... more  
Crunch talks kick off on global pact to protect natureNairobi (AFP) June 21, 2022 Negotiators from almost 200 countries will begin crunch biodiversity talks in Nairobi on Tuesday, working towards a much-delayed global pact to protect nature from the damage wrought by human activities. ... more |
|
Jihadists, allies breach Syria's second city in lightning assault
Jihadists, allies enter Syria's second city in lightning assault Rallies mark one month since Spain's catastrophic floods Traumatised Spain marks one month since catastrophic floods Death toll from Uganda landslides rises to 20: Red Cross Floods kill 8, tens of thousands evacuate in Malaysia, Thailand Spain urged to 'build differently' after deadly floods Malaysia floods kill 4, force over 80,000 to evacuate Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification Tanzania's ruling party wins landslide victory in local vote |
| Previous Issues | Jun 21 | Jun 20 | Jun 19 | Jun 17 | Jun 16 |
|
|
|
|
 
Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven economic boomDhaka (AFP) June 21, 2022 Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its banks gave way to garment factories - and before its waters turned pitch black. ... more  
Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in AmazonAtalaia Do Norte, Brazil (AFP) June 22, 2022 The pirarucu is one impressive fish: a huge, thrashing Amazonian monster with red-and-black scales the size of serving spoons. ... more  
Egypt calls for 'reality check' in UN climate talksBonn (AFP) June 22, 2022 Egypt hopes to jump-start the action needed to face a warming world when it takes the presidency of major UN climate talks in November, but warns that countries need a "reality check" as progress stalls. ... more  
Subpopulation of Greenland polar bears foundGreenbelt 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 ... more |
|
Warming climate upends Arctic mining townLongyearbyen (AFP) June 22, 2022 Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a region warming faster than anywhere else, to human-caused climate change. ... more  
Freedom's FortressPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2022 About 35 million years ago, an asteroid or comet smashed into the continental shelf near what is now the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Among the areas in the blast zone was Old Point Comfort, the souther ... more 
Malawi to move 250 elephants from overpopulated parkLilongwe, Malawi (AFP) June 21, 2022 Around 250 elephants will be relocated within Malawi, after their population boomed in the Liwonde National Park where they were living, putting a strain on local communities. ... more 
Honduran hydroelectric executive jailed for environmentalist murderTegucigalpa (AFP) June 21, 2022 A senior executive of a hydroelectric dam in Honduras was handed a prison sentence of more than 22 years on Monday for his role in the 2016 murder of renowned environmentalist Berta Caceres. ... more |
|
|
 
Ancient Afghan Buddhist city threatened by Chinese copper mineMes Aynak, Afghanistan (AFP) June 22, 2022 An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world's largest copper deposits. ... more 
Ivory Coast 'turns page' on refugee crisis; As flooding claims 5 childrenAbidjan (AFP) June 21, 2022 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has officially declared an end to refugee status for nationals of Ivory Coast, stating that the country has "turned the page" on bitter conflicts. ... more 
Zambia arrests Chinese man wanted for racism in MalawiLilongwe, Malawi (AFP) June 20, 2022 A fugitive Chinese national wanted in Malawi for filming children singing racist chants in Chinese has been arrested in neighbouring Zambia, an immigration official said Monday. ... more  
Ecuador military calls Indigenous protests 'grave threat' to democracyQuito (AFP) June 21, 2022 The head of Ecuador's armed forces on Tuesday denounced as a "grave threat" to democracy the wave of Indigenous-led fuel price protests that have triggered regional states of emergency and a curfew in the capital Quito. ... more 
Colombia election signals return of Latin America's leftRio De Janeiro (AFP) June 21, 2022 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia, and with Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office, a new political wave is sweeping Latin America, where economic woes have been exacerbated by the pandemic. ... more |
|
 Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to prison compound: source  |
|
|
|
|
 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.
"We were seven migrants, each on ... more |
|
 Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 
Film fans, gamers and future metaverse users will be able to experience high-quality videos, games and extended reality environments live and uninterrupted from anywhere, as satellites link up with terrestrial-based next-generation 5G and 6G connectivity.
This week ESA signed an agreement to work with the European Broadcast Union - an alliance of public service media organisations - that w ... more |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 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 |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 Gardez, Afghanistan (AFP) June 22, 2022  A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 920 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings.
The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged terrain of the east, where people already live hardscrabble lives in a country in the grip of a humanitari ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2022 
As the power available to NASA's InSight Mars lander diminishes by the day, the spacecraft's team has revised the mission's timeline in order to maximize the science they can conduct. The lander was projected to automatically shut down the seismometer - InSight's last operational science instrument - by the end of June in order to conserve energy, surviving on what power its dust-laden solar pan ... more |
|
 London, UK (SPX) Jun 21, 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 |
|
|
|
|
 Bonn (AFP) June 22, 2022 
Egypt hopes to jump-start the action needed to face a warming world when it takes the presidency of major UN climate talks in November, but warns that countries need a "reality check" as progress stalls.
Presiding over the inflection point when a decades-long United Nations climate process switches from negotiation to "implementation", Egypt has set a high bar for its leadership of this yea ... more |
|
 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 
Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series. It features a world premiere of a new separation mechanism which will help avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite, is now on its way to "meet" its spacecraft at Thales Alenia Space facilities in Rome, Italy, where it will undergo integration and testing. The satellite is scheduled ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Los 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. LI Menghan from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) conducted a S-isotopic study on EPE in the Sydney Basin, and found a sharp S-isotopic decrease coincided with the terrestrial ex ... more |
|
 Paris (AFP) June 20, 2022 
The number of Africans with access to electricity fell during the Covid pandemic, but $25 billion in annual investments could bring full coverage by 2030, the International Energy Agency said Monday.
The IEA said 600 million people, or 43 percent of the continent's population, lack access to electricity - mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.
The number of people living without electricity incr ... more |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 Lilongwe, Malawi (AFP) June 21, 2022 
Around 250 elephants will be relocated within Malawi, after their population boomed in the Liwonde National Park where they were living, putting a strain on local communities.
The animals will be moved before the end of next month to the Kasungu National Park, where elephant numbers are still too low to sustain their population.
"Poaching has drastically reduced and elephant numbers ar ... more |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 Atalaia Do Norte, Brazil (AFP) June 22, 2022 
The pirarucu is one impressive fish: a huge, thrashing Amazonian monster with red-and-black scales the size of serving spoons.
Still, it's just a fish. How is it possible it could have gotten British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira murdered?
Police say Phillips, 57, and Pereira, 41, were shot dead on June 5 returning from a research trip in Brazil's ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
