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  Paris (AFP) June 28, 2022 Almost a quarter of the world's population are exposed to significant flood risks, according to new research published Tuesday, which warned those in poorer countries were more vulnerable. Inundations from heavy rainfall and storm surges affect millions of people every year and cause billions of dollars of damage to homes, infrastructure and economies. And the risks are rising as climate change causes more extreme precipitation and sea level rise, as exposed populations swell. The new stud ... read more |
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Oceans key to global warming fight: US climate envoyLisbon (AFP) June 28, 2022 Safeguarding the world's oceans will be fundamental to tackling global warming, US climate envoy John Kerry told AFP on Tuesday, warning that war in Ukraine and its economic fallout meant efforts to curb dangerous carbon pollution were facing "powerful headwinds". ... more  
Spain cracks gang running carbon tax fraudMadrid (AFP) June 28, 2022 Spanish police said Tuesday they had broken up a criminal gang running a multi-million-euro fraud that dodged import and carbon taxes on the sale of refrigerated greenhouse gases. ... more  
19 dead in India after building collapses in monsoonMumbai (AFP) June 28, 2022 At least 19 people were killed when monsoon rains caused a four-storey building to collapse in the Indian megacity of Mumbai, authorities said Tuesday. ... more  
Iraq announces first cholera death since new outbreakBaghdad (AFP) June 28, 2022 A cholera outbreak in Iraq claimed its first victim Tuesday, with 17 new cases recorded in the country within 24 hours, a health ministry spokesperson said. ... more |
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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 Six dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods |
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Ukraine, climate, hunger: the G7 action plansElmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2022 The world's top industrialised nations wrapped up a three-day summit dominated by talks on how they can bolster Ukraine in repelling Russia's invasion while minimising the international fallout. ... more  
What is causing record floods and heatwaves in ChinaBeijing (AFP) June 25, 2022 Record floods in southern China this month displaced more than half a million people, while searing heat buckled roads in other parts of the country. ... more  
Putin guarantees supply of fertilizers to BrazilBrasilia (AFP) June 27, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that Russia "is committed" to maintaining its delivery of much-needed fertilizers to the South American agricultural giant. ... more  
Famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit 1 million years older than previously thoughtJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 Fossils found at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa reveal nearly four million years of hominin and environmental evolution. Since research began at the site in 1936 with the discovery, by Rober ... more |
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Pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe: reportCopenhagen (AFP) June 27, 2022 Pollution is linked to more than 10 percent of cancer cases in Europe, a report by the European Environment Agency said Tuesday. ... more 
UN meet sees blitz of pledges to protect ailing oceansLisbon (AFP) June 28, 2022 A major UN conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon this week with a flurry of promises to expand marine protected areas, ban deep-sea mining, and combat illegal fishing. ... more  
One dead as rare tornado tears through Dutch cityZierikzee, Netherlands (AFP) June 27, 2022 A tornado ripped through a southwestern Dutch city on Monday, killing a woman and injuring nine others in the first fatal twister to hit the country for three decades. ... more 
Afghan quake relief focus shifts to long termKabul, Afghanistan (AFP) June 27, 2022 International and local relief organisations are shifting their focus from the immediate to longer term for areas of Afghanistan hit by last week's killer earthquake, officials said Monday. ... more |
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China halves quarantine time for overseas travellersBeijing (AFP) June 28, 2022 China on Tuesday reduced the length of mandatory quarantine for inbound travellers, in the biggest relaxation of entry restrictions after sticking to a rigid zero Covid policy throughout the pandemic. ... more  
Pakistani migrants in Afghanistan caught in quake no-man's landSpera District, Afghanistan (AFP) June 27, 2022 When Gul Nayeb Khan tried to claim a parcel of aid for earthquake victims being handed out in eastern Afghanistan at the weekend, he was turned away because he is Pakistani - one of thousands of migrants caught in limbo between the two countries. ... more  
China launches new batch of remote sensing satellitesXichang (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 sec ... more
UN urgently appeals for $110 mn for Afghanistan quake victimsGeneva (AFP) June 28, 2022 The United Nations said Tuesday it had launched an emergency appeal to help hundreds of thousands of people in areas of Afghanistan ravaged by last week's deadly earthquake. ... more 
Fossils found in the 'Cradle of Humankind' may be over a million years olderWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 The earth doesn't give up its secrets easily - not even in the "Cradle of Humankind" in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. For decades, scient ... more |
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 Elmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2022 
The world's top industrialised nations wrapped up a three-day summit dominated by talks on how they can bolster Ukraine in repelling Russia's invasion while minimising the international fallout.
Here are the main plans drawn up by the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States in tackling the myriad of crises facing the globe:
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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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 Washington (AFP) June 27, 2022 
The United States said Monday it would step up cooperation with Vietnam and Taiwan among others to combat illegal fishing, a problem that environmentalists and Western nations increasingly attribute to China.
As a major UN conference opened in Portugal on restoring the planet's ailing oceans, US President Joe Biden signed a memorandum that aimed to step up coordination and enforcement within ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 
The Tibetan Plateau, known as the "Third Pole" of the world, is not only the highest plateau on the Earth, but it is also considered the "Asian Water Tower". Its watershed nourishes more than ten major rivers in Asia.
Like the North and South Poles, the Tibetan Plateau is also extremely vulnerable to climate change. Glaciers on it have been retreating extensively in recent decades. Atmosph ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) June 27, 2022 
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday promised his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro that Russia "is committed" to maintaining its delivery of much-needed fertilizers to the South American agricultural giant.
Speaking in Brasilia, Bolsonaro said the two leaders had discussed by telephone "food security" and "energy insecurity," without giving more details.
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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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 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 |
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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.
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 Elmau Castle, Germany (AFP) June 28, 2022 
Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations on Tuesday watered down a key pledge on ending fossil fuel financing abroad, as the need to tackle global warming clashed with fears over energy shortages.
The G7 countries - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - ended a summit in the Bavarian Alps by reaffirming their goal to reduce reliance on dirty fossil fuels ... 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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 Surabaya, Indonesia (AFP) June 28, 2022 
An Indonesian zoo has welcomed dozens of new baby Komodo dragons hatched in captivity in recent months as part of a breeding programme, its director said Tuesday, offering hope for efforts to conserve the endangered species.
The world's largest living lizards are found only in Indonesia's World Heritage-listed Komodo National Park and neighbouring Flores, and just 3,458 adult and baby specie ... 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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 Recife, Brazil (AFP) June 24, 2022 
Bruno Pereira, the Brazilian Indigenous expert murdered in the Amazon with British journalist Dom Phillips, was given a moving sendoff Friday by members of one of the tribes he had spent his life and work defending.
Dressed in straw and feather loincloths and headgear, members of the Xukuru Indigenous group chanted funeral hymns and mourned at a solemn ceremony near Recife, where Pereira was ... more |
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