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  Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 In May 1997, a large earthquake shook the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. A little over 20 years later, in September 2018, a second big earthquake hit the same location, its waves of seismic energy emanating from the same region. Though the earthquakes occurred two decades apart, because they occurred in the same region, they'd be expected to send seismic waves through the Earth's layers at the same speed, said Ying Zhou, a geoscientist with the Department of Geosciences in the ... read more |
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World Bank to provide war-torn Ethiopia with $715 mnAddis Ababa (AFP) June 24, 2022 The World Bank on Friday agreed to provide $715 million in grants and loans to Ethiopia, which has been ravaged by drought and a devastating conflict, the country's government said. ... more  
Greater threat, greater syntonyLisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Who knew that those little flies that hover around the fruit bowl are social animal. Who knew that, when under threat, they would follow cues given by other flies. Does a fly faced with ... more  
BlackSky awarded Five-Year Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Contract for AI Data ReadinessHerndon VA (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 BlackSky Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a basic order agreement from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to create and optimize data sets for use in DoD AI models and applica ... more  
Japan swelters as heatwave prompts power crunch warningTokyo (AFP) June 27, 2022 Japan's government warned Monday of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with temperature records toppling and Tokyo's rainy season declared over at the earliest date on record. ... 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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Drought hits Italy's hydroelectric plantsRome (AFP) June 24, 2022 Hydroelectric power in Italy has plunged this year thanks to a drought that has also sparked water restrictions and fears for agriculture, industry sources said Friday. ... more  
Drought-hit Milan to close fountainsMilan (AFP) June 25, 2022 The mayor of Milan on Saturday announced the northern Italian city's fountains would be switched off as part of water restrictions imposed due to a drought. ... more 
Long road ahead to hammer out UN biodiversity blueprintNairobi (AFP) June 26, 2022 Delegates from almost 200 nations have made little progress towards hammering out a blueprint for a global pact to protect nature from human activity, after almost a week of difficult talks in Nairobi. ... more 
Norsk Hydro sued over alleged river contamination in BrazilThe Hague (AFP) June 24, 2022 Norway's Norsk Hydro was accused in a Dutch court on Friday of letting the world's biggest aluminium plant pollute a Brazilian river for years, causing grave health problems for locals. ... more |
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Ailing oceans in the spotlight at major UN meetLisbon (AFP) June 27, 2022 A long-delayed UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicks off in Lisbon Monday, with thousands of policymakers, experts and advocates on the case. ... more 
Oceans saved us, now we can return the favourParis (AFP) June 25, 2022 Humanity must heal oceans made sick by climate change, pollution and overfishing in order to rescue marine life and save ourselves, experts warned ahead of a major UN conference opening Monday in Lisbon. ... more 
UN: 3.5 mn Bangladeshi children lack safe water after floodsGeneva (AFP) June 24, 2022 The United Nations said Friday that 3.5 million children in Bangladesh urgently needed safe drinking water following this month's devastating floods. ... more  
Lockdown for Australian bees as pest detected near portSydney (AFP) June 27, 2022 Beehives in southeast Australia were on lockdown Monday, as authorities raced to prevent the spread of a potentially devastating parasite plague. ... more |
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Shanghai reports zero Covid cases for first time in monthsBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 China reported zero new Covid-19 infections in Shanghai for the first time since March on Saturday, as the country's latest outbreak subsides after months of lockdowns and other restrictions. ... more  
Village life left in ruins after deadly Afghan quakeAkhtar Jan, Afghanistan (AFP) June 26, 2022 Village life has always been tough for Afghans in the rugged mountains of the east, but compared to what they are enduring today it was paradise. ... more 
Niger's president hails progress against jihadistsNiamey (AFP) June 26, 2022 Niger's president hailed progress in the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province jihadists Sunday, saying: "We are winning this war". ... more 
Mali strongman adopts electoral law, key to civilian ruleBamako (AFP) June 24, 2022 Mali's strongman ruler on Friday signed into law election legislation adopted by parliament a week ago, paving the way for polls and a return of civilian rule, according to a presidential decree. ... more 
People in Burkina exclusion zones given 14 days to leaveOuagadougou (AFP) June 24, 2022 Burkina Faso's army has said it will grant people 14-days to evacuate two military zones in the country's north and east before "human presence is forbidden". ... 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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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 
3D printing on the Moon: Scientists from the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and the Technische Universitat Berlin (TU Berlin) are planning a flight to the Moon to melt lunar dust with laser beams.
In the MOONRISE project, the research team wants to explore the question of how we can use lasers to build landing sites, roads or buildings out of lunar dust in the future. To do this, the re ... more |
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 Rome (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Hydroelectric power in Italy has plunged this year thanks to a drought that has also sparked water restrictions and fears for agriculture, industry sources said Friday.
Hydropower facilities, mostly located in the mountains in the country's north, provide almost one fifth of Italy's energy demands.
But the lack of rain is causing problems, at a time when Rome is desperately trying to wea ... 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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 Berlin (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Foreign, agriculture and development ministers from around the world are gathering in Berlin on Friday for a conference on food security amid concerns the Ukraine conflict could cause hunger in some countries.
Representatives from 40 countries, including the hardest-hit nations like Nigeria, Tunisia and Indonesia, will attend the meeting under the title "Uniting for Global Food Security" ahe ... more |
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 Akhtar Jan, Afghanistan (AFP) June 26, 2022  Village life has always been tough for Afghans in the rugged mountains of the east, but compared to what they are enduring today it was paradise.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled through the area last Wednesday, killing more than 1,000 people, injuring three times that many, and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
"If life before was not really good - because for years there was war - ... 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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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 
Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new continents, others dropping to such low numbers that their genetic diversity plummeted. In some small populations, inbreeding causes once rare genetic diseases to become common, despite their deleterious effects.
A new analysis of more than 4,000 ancient and contemporar ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (AFP) June 25, 2022  Thousands marched in the German city of Munich Saturday to urge leaders of the Group of Seven industrialised nations set to arrive in Germany for a summit to do more to fight climate change.
"We only have one planet," read one placard.
"Save the world, not your own asses," said another.
Organisers, who include around 15 non-governmental organisations, said some 6,000 people attended ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Jun 24, 2022 
China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday.
The satellites were launched as the second batch of the Yaogan-35 family at 10:22 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellites will be mainly used to conduct science ... more |
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 Princeton 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 from their massive teeth, which can each be bigger than a human hand. The group includes Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, as well as several related species.
While sharks of one kind ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) June 25, 2022  With climate change pushed down the news agenda as Germany tackles an energy crisis and the war in Ukraine, environmental activists are resorting to increasingly eye-catching stunts to get their message across.
This week, around a dozen activists sprayed a black liquid that looked like oil on the chancellery in Berlin and stood in front of the building with a banner that read: "Save oil inst ... 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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 Odense, Denmark (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 
All living organisms age and die - there is no way of escaping death. But not all organisms follow the same pattern of weakening and deterioration to old age and death - counter-intuitive as it may seem.
"Contrary to widespread theories of aging, we show that many species of turtles and tortoises have found a way to slow down or even completely switch off senescence. This means that senesc ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend events to celebrate 25 years since Hong Kong's handover to China, state media reported Saturday, with the Communist Party looking to showcase its control over the city after crushing a democracy movement.
If Xi attends in person, the trip would be his first outside of the Chinese mainland since the pandemic began. But state media and Hong Kong offic ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 23, 2021 
A bipartisan trio of lawmakers defended the "Save Our Sequoias Act" on Thursday despite more than 80 environmental groups signing a letter to Congress opposing the act earlier this month.
The bill introduced on Wednesday is aimed at expediting reforestation and protection efforts in California's Sequoia National Forest. But more than 80 environmental organizations signed a letter to mem ... more |
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