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  Boston MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 Humans display a capacity for tolerance and cooperation among social groups that is rare in the animal kingdom, our long history of war and political strife notwithstanding. But how did we get that way? Scientists believe bonobos might serve as an evolutionary model. The endangered primates share 99 percent of their DNA with humans and have a reputation for generally being peace-loving and sexually active - researchers jokingly refer to them "hippie apes." And interactions between their social gro ... read more |
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The treaty drawn up between the sheetsBarentsburg, Svalbard (AFP) June 23, 2022 The Spitsbergen Treaty is one of the oldest and most unusual international treaties still in force - and possibly the only one ever conceived in bed by two gay men. ... more  
An amazing symbiotic relationship in the deep seaChicago IL (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 A new species of sea anemone has been discovered off the coast of Japan by a research team led by Dr. Yoshikawa from the University of Tokyo. The sea anemone, newly named Stylobates calcifer, lives ... more  
Using firefly genes to understand cannabis biologyStorrs CT (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 Cannabis, a plant gaining ever-increasing attention for its wide-ranging medicinal properties, contains dozens of compounds known as cannabinoids. One of the best-known cannabinoids is cannabi ... more  
What did Megalodon eat? Anything it wanted - including other predatorsPrinceton NJ (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 New Princeton research shows that prehistoric megatooth sharks - the biggest sharks that ever lived - were apex predators at the highest level ever measured. Megatooth sharks get their name fr ... 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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Dutch farmers protest livestock cuts to curb nitrogenStroe, Netherlands (AFP) June 22, 2022 Thousands of tractor-driving farmers demonstrated in central Netherlands on Wednesday, causing widespread traffic chaos as they protested against the government's far-reaching plans to cut nitrogen emissions. ... more  
UN working to get shelter, trauma care to Afghan quake sceneGeneva (AFP) June 22, 2022 The United Nations' humanitarian agency said Wednesday it was scrambling to get emergency shelter, trauma care and food aid to the scene of a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. ... more  
Rescuers scramble to reach Afghan quake survivors as foreign aid arrivesSharan, Afghanistan (AFP) June 23, 2022 Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless. ... more 
Record floods threaten southern ChinaBeijing (AFP) June 23, 2022 Record floods were expected in parts of southern China Thursday as heavy rains pushed water levels in the Pearl River delta to their highest in almost a century. ... more |
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Tanzania accuses Kenyan Maasai of backing opponents to wildlife protection areaDar Es Salaam (AFP) June 22, 2022 Tanzania Wednesday said it would tackle "illegal immigrants" in the northeastern area of Loliondo, where it has alleged Kenyan Maasai pastoralists are supporting opponents to a planned wildlife protection area. ... more 
China offers to mediate Horn of Africa disputesAddis Ababa (AFP) June 20, 2022 China on Monday offered to play the role of mediator to resolve disputes in the Horn of Africa, on the opening day of a regional gathering in the Ethiopian capital. ... more 
Guinea political group suspends call for protestsConakry (AFP) June 22, 2022 A leading Guinean political group on Wednesday announced it was suspending a call for a demonstration scheduled Thursday that would have been the first under the new ruling junta. ... more 
China wants bigger role in Horn of Africa security: envoyAddis Ababa (AFP) June 21, 2022 China wants to play a "more important role" in promoting peace and security in the Horn of Africa, Beijing's special envoy said Tuesday, but confirmed that the eight-nation conference had not discussed the region's conflicts. ... more |
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People of east DR Congo reject idea of regional forceGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) June 21, 2022 Many people in the conflict zones of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have greeted the proposed deployment of a regional force with mistrust and outright hostility. ... more  
Greece's fire-ravaged Evia will take decades to healLimni, Greece (AFP) June 23, 2022 Nearly a year after Greece's second-largest island of Evia was devastated by some of the worst wildfires in the country's history, nature is making a slow comeback. ... more 
Kenya's deputy president vows to deport Chinese traders if electedNairobi (AFP) June 22, 2022 Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has said he would deport Chinese nationals in jobs that could be done by locals if he wins elections in August, sparking a mixed reaction online. ... more 
Burkina's junta announces military zones, forbids entryOuagadougou (AFP) June 21, 2022 Burkina Faso's ruling junta is creating two military zones in the north and east - reputed havens for jihadists - where "human presence is forbidden", the army said late on Monday. ... more  
Myanmar's Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prisonYangon (AFP) June 23, 2022 Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday. ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) June 22, 2022  The United Nations' humanitarian agency said Wednesday it was scrambling to get emergency shelter, trauma care and food aid to the scene of a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.
The earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more, with the toll expected to rise.
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 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 |
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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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 Barentsburg, Svalbard (AFP) June 23, 2022  Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin looms out of the snow and a vast slogan declares, "Communism is our goal!"
No, this is not some time warp Soviet settlement lost in the Arctic wastes, but a corner of Norway where Moscow can - theoretically at least - mine, build, drill and fish what it likes.
Welcome to Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archip ... 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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 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 |
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 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 |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
Humans display a capacity for tolerance and cooperation among social groups that is rare in the animal kingdom, our long history of war and political strife notwithstanding. But how did we get that way?
Scientists believe bonobos might serve as an evolutionary model. The endangered primates share 99 percent of their DNA with humans and have a reputation for generally being peace-loving and ... more |
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 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 |
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 Pasadena 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 southernmost spit of land on the Virginia Peninsula. That same piece of land was later the site of a historical collision that reverberates to this day.
In August 1619, two British-owned privateer ship ... more |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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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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 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 |
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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 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 |
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