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  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 A new way of using compost could boost global crop production and deliver huge benefits to the planet, according to a study co-led by The University of Queensland. Professor Susanne Schmidt from UQ's School of Agriculture and Food Sciences said adopting a Precision Compost Strategy (PCS) in large-scale agriculture could improve crop yield, soil health and divert biowaste from landfill where it generates harmful greenhouse gases. "Instead of relying just on mineral fertilisers, PCS involves s ... read more |
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Engineers breach Pakistan lake as flood misery grows for millionsFazilpur, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 Engineers breached Pakistan's biggest freshwater lake to drain water threatening nearby towns, officials said Monday, as heavy rain poured misery on millions affected by the country's worst floods in history. ... more  
African leaders slam Western absence from climate summitRotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 African leaders criticised on Monday the lack of Western counterparts at a meeting in Rotterdam where they pleaded for funds to help their countries adapt to global warming. ... more  
UN warns famine 'at the door' in SomaliaNairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 The United Nations warned Monday that Somalia was on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a decade, and that time was running out to save lives in the drought-stricken country. ... more 
Rescuers search for survivors after dozens killed in China quakeBeijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 Rescuers scoured through the rubble of remote villages in mountainous southwestern China Tuesday in a race to find survivors of an earthquake that claimed dozens of lives, with hundreds of people believed stranded or missing. ... more |
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Saudi Arabia hosts UN talks on drought, desertification
Tanzania's ruling party wins landslide victory in local vote At least 15 dead, 113 missing, in Uganda landslides Flood-hit Spain introduces 'climate leave' for workers 'Nothing left': Flood-hit Spanish town struggles one month on At least 15 dead, 113 missing, after Uganda landslides Indonesia's North Sumatra landslide death toll rises to 27 One dead, thousands displaced as floods hit southern Thailand At least 30 feared dead after Uganda landslides: official Senegal signs off on ruling party's parliament landslide |
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Typhoon kills one, leaves several missing in South KoreaBusan, South Korea (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 Typhoon Hinnamnor killed one person and left nine missing on Tuesday, before heading back to sea with few reports of major property damage. ... more  
A ruff deal: Hong Kong exodus sparks surge in abandoned petsHong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 Cassius and Roxie have spent three months at a Hong Kong dog shelter waiting for new owners. ... more  
China approves world's first inhalable Covid-19 vaccineBeijing (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 Chinese drug regulators have approved the world's first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, boosting the company's share price by seven percent on Monday. ... more 
Millions locked down in China's Chengdu over Covid outbreakBeijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Millions were stuck at home in China's Chengdu on Friday after a handful of Covid-19 cases brought the megacity to a standstill. ... more |
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Oil slick from cargo ship off Gibraltar reaches shoreGibraltar (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Small amounts of oil from a bulk carrier that collided with a gas tanker off Gibraltar has reached the shoreline of the British territory and neighbouring Spain, local officials said Friday. ... more 
Mali agrees to strengthen military ties with BurkinaBamako (AFP) Sept 4, 2022 The leaders of Mali and Burkina Faso's juntas have agreed to strengthen their military partnership in a meeting in Bamako, the Burkinabe presidency said in a statement sent to AFP Sunday. ... more 
Chad junta lifts opposition party siege, releases activistsN'Djamena (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 The military junta in Chad on Sunday lifted its siege on an opposition party boycotting a national dialogue and announced the release of dozens of activists arrested over the past four days. ... more  
Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimesHong Kong (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example - and a warning. ... more |
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Army taking on gangs in Colombia's biggest portBuenaventura, Colombia (AFP) Sept 6, 2022 Colombia's army put on a show of force at the weekend in a town whose population is at the mercy of two warring gangs. ... more  
Scientists in Israel dig up large tusk that came from extinct elephant speciesWashington DC (UPI) Aug 31, 2021 Archaeologists in Israel announced Wednesday that they have uncovered a piece of ancient animal history - a large tusk that belonged to an extinct elephant that used to roam the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago. ... more  
Brazil judge suspends easing of gun laws, citing election violence fearsRio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday temporarily suspended several provisions implemented by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that allowed people to buy weapons, citing a "risk of political violence" during the electoral campaign. ... more  
Iran sentences to death two gay rights activistsParis (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 A court in Iran has sentenced to death two gay rights activists on charges of promoting homosexuality, campaigners said Monday, urging pressure from the international community to stop the implementation of the verdicts. ... more 
'We've gone back 50 years': Pakistan farmers count flood damageSammu Khan Bhanbro, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 3, 2022 Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear. ... more |
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 Fazilpur, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 
With a swollen belly, aching feet and her four-year-old daughter in tow, Fahmidah Bibi keeps an eye out for a doctor who is rumoured to be due a visit at the campsite she now calls home, after being forced to flee her village because of flooding.
The camp, in the grounds of a small railway station on the outskirts of Fazilpur in Pakistan's Punjab province, is the only high ground in a landsc ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 06, 2022 
More than 265 000 visitors headed to Cologne in Germany for Gamescom last week - the world's largest computer and video games fair. As well as the latest games releases, they got a chance to discover that ESA and the gaming world have a lot in common.
As ever, the most anticipated event of Gamescom was the live show on the opening night. Packed with game reveals and surprises, it attracted ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 
A snap ban on foreign military vessels docking in Solomon Islands is poised to be lifted, the Pacific nation's leader told parliament Monday.
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said a review of the makeshift ban was "progressing very well. We do not expect the temporary moratorium to last for a long time".
Two weeks ago, US Coast Guard ship Oliver Henry opted to turn away from Honiara, cap ... more |
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 Solomons MD (SPX) Aug 29, 2022 
A new study has confirmed that over the past 30 years the volume of freshwater flowing through Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean has increased by 40-50%, which means that the Arctic Ocean is becoming less salty. This could impact sea ice formation, regional and global ocean circulation, and ecosystems.
"Our analysis indicates that the Arctic Ocean is becoming less salty in part because t ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
A new way of using compost could boost global crop production and deliver huge benefits to the planet, according to a study co-led by The University of Queensland.
Professor Susanne Schmidt from UQ's School of Agriculture and Food Sciences said adopting a Precision Compost Strategy (PCS) in large-scale agriculture could improve crop yield, soil health and divert biowaste from landfill wher ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 1, 2022  Rainfall 10 times heavier than usual caused Pakistan's devastating floods, the European Space Agency said Thursday, as it released satellite images of a vast lake created by the overflowing Indus river.
Rains, described by UN chief Antonio Guterres as a "monsoon on steroids" have claimed hundreds of lives since June, unleashing powerful floods that have washed away swathes of vital crops and ... more |
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 N'Djamena (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 
The military junta in Chad on Sunday lifted its siege on an opposition party boycotting a national dialogue and announced the release of dozens of activists arrested over the past four days.
The junta-ruled African country is currently in the process of a so-called national dialogue, with the aim to hold "free and democratic elections" within 18 months, according to the military council's he ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 30, 2021 
Genome analysis suggests that human remains recovered from a medieval burial site in Britain may provide insight into the rapid decrease of the population of Ashkenazi Jews, according to a study released Friday.
Researchers in Britain analyzed the DNA of 17 bodies found at the bottom of a medieval well in Norwich, Britain, and found that six of them had "strong genetic affinities with m ... more |
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 Rotterdam, Netherlands (AFP) Sept 5, 2022 
African leaders criticised on Monday the lack of Western counterparts at a meeting in Rotterdam where they pleaded for funds to help their countries adapt to global warming.
Senegalese President and African Union chief Macky Sall, and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said wealthy countries responsible for most CO2 emissions should have been there.
They were speaking at the Africa Ada ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
Skyloom and Space Compass (a newly formed joint venture between NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT) has announced that the companies signed a term sheet aimed to launch the first geostationary-based (GEO) data relay service over Asia that will leverage Skyloom's cutting-edge communication and networking systems for the purpose of serving the rapidly growing Earth-Observation (EO) market for real-time, hig ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Aug 30, 2022 
New Curtin research has found evidence that Earth's early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System passed into and out of the spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy, turning traditional thinking about our planet's formation on its head.
The new research, published in Geology, challenges the existing theory that Earth's crust was solely formed by processes inside our pl ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 
African countries on Friday agreed on a common push to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius - a goal that scientists fear is increasingly elusive - at upcoming UN climate talks.
The five-day Africa Climate Week, held in the Gabonese capital of Libreville, is one of a series of regional confabs ahead of the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, from November 6 to 18.
The talks "reitera ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 02, 2022 
A high school track star and valedictorian, Anne White has always relished moving fast and clearing high hurdles. Since joining the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) in 2009 she has produced path-breaking fusion research, helped attract a more diverse cohort of students and scholars into the discipline, and, during a worldwide pandemic, assumed the role of department head as we ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 31, 2021  Archaeologists in Israel announced Wednesday that they have uncovered a piece of ancient animal history - a large tusk that belonged to an extinct elephant that used to roam the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Scientists found the 8-foot-long tusk near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel. They say it shines a new light on life in prehistoric humanity.
Archaeologists, pa ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 
Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example - and a warning.
The TV was surrounded by dozens of stuffed panda toys, which the children were assured they could play with later if they listened attentively.
The screening was at Hong Kong's first patriotic edu ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Sept 5, 2022  Brazil's first elected far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics," has been accused of letting Covid-19 rage out of control and allowing the Amazon to burn during his controversial first four years at the helm.
Here is a recap of the defining moments of his presidency so far:
- First far-right president -
On October 28, 2018, Brazil elects Bolsonaro more th ... more |
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