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  Paris (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 Blistering crop-withering temperatures that also risk the health of agricultural workers could threaten swathes of global food production by 2045 as the world warms, an industry analysis warned Thursday. Climate change is already stoking heatwaves and other extreme weather events across the world, with hot spells from India to Europe this year expected to hit crop yields. Temperature spikes are causing mounting concern for health, particularly for those working outside in sweltering conditions, ... read more |
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Middle East heating nearly twice as fast as global average: reportNicosia (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 The Middle East is heating at nearly twice the global average, threatening potentially devastating impacts on its people and economies, a new climate study shows. ... more  
Western US heat wave to wane, but more fire danger ahead: forecastHemet, United States (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 A ferocious heat wave scorching the western United States could finally begin to wane in the coming days, forecasters said Wednesday, but they warned of dangerous fire conditions as howling winds sweep through the bone-dry region. ... more  
Chinese Gaofen satellites deployed for quake-hit SichuanBeijing (XNA) Sep 07, 2022 China has applied its Gaofen series satellites to help with relief work following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the website of state broadcaster Chin ... more  
Scientists fight to protect DR Congo rainforest as threats increaseYangambi, Dr Congo (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world's second-largest tropical rainforest. ... more |
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Thousands protest over Spain flood response
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be? 'I'm out of here': French town waits for flood to recede 'I'm out of here': French town braces for rising floods Typhoons, drought wreck Philippine economic growth target Avalanche kills four Norwegian skiers in French Alps Avalanche kills three Norwegian skiers in French Alps Avalanche kills three Norwegian skiers in the French Alps EU sends power generators to Ireland after Storm Eowyn Ireland, parts of UK fight to restore power after Storm Eowyn |
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UN chief in Pakistan to boost flood aid for devastated millionsIslamabad (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 United Nations chief Antonio Guterres began a two-day visit to flood-hit Pakistan on Friday that officials hope will boost global support for a humanitarian crisis affecting millions. ... more 
Children among 15 dead in Uganda landslideKampala (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 At least 15 people, mainly women and children, died in a landslide in a western Ugandan town Wednesday after the area was battered by heavy rains, the Red Cross said. ... more  
Hong Kong extends digital vaccine pass to kids as young as fiveHong Kong (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 Hong Kong will extend a digital vaccination pass that controls which premises residents can enter to children as young as five years old, authorities announced Thursday. ... more 
'A matter of honour': Women forced to stay in flooded Pakistan villageBasti Ahmad Din, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease. ... more |
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Hurricane Kay hits northwest Mexico before weakeningMexico City (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 Hurricane Kay made landfall Thursday in northwestern Mexico before losing strength as it moved inland, bringing heavy rain to parts of the Baja California Peninsula, forecasters said. ... more 
2022 Europe's hottest summer on record: EU monitorParis (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, with the continent suffering blistering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission's satellite monitor said on Thursday. ... more  
Downpours and mudslides hamper China earthquake rescue missionBeijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 Rain, flash floods and mudslides threatened the search for dozens of people still missing on Thursday, days after a strong earthquake rocked mountainous southwest China, killing at least 86. ... more  
Hong Kong court convicts five of sedition over children's booksHong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 Five Hong Kong unionists were found guilty of sedition on Wednesday for producing a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves. ... more |
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All eyes on army as Brazil heads for electionsBras�lia (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 With President Jair Bolsonaro trailing in the polls and regularly alleging Brazil's voting system is plagued by fraud, all eyes are on the military and the role it could play in the country's deeply divisive October elections. ... more  
Iran navy says thwarted pirate attack on ship in Red SeaTehran (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 An Iranian naval flotilla foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Red Sea, the navy said, following a similar incident last month. ... more  
California wildfire doubles in sizeHemet, United States (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 A wildfire burning outside Los Angeles has doubled in size in less than 24 hours, firefighters said Thursday as they endured yet another day of blistering heat in the western United States. ... more 
China's Chengdu extends Covid lockdownBeijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 The Chinese megacity of Chengdu has extended a Covid-19 lockdown in most areas, maintaining curbs that have ground business to a halt and confined the majority of its 21 million residents to their homes. ... more  
Ancient landslide destroyed area size of CincinnatiCincinnati OH (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 University of Cincinnati geologists reconstructed a massive landslide in Nevada that wiped out an area the size of a small city more than 5 million years ago. UC College of Arts and Sciences g ... more |
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 Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 
Three days after Russian troops invaded her country, Maryna found out she was pregnant.
Now the 30-year-old and her husband are stocking up on potassium iodide tablets in case of a radiation emergency from the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station.
"We were planning a child, but...we did not know whether to be happy or not.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2022 
On the rooftop of an MIT Lincoln Laboratory building sits a 38-foot-wide dome-shaped radio antenna enclosure, or radome. Inside the climate-controlled environment, shielded from the New England weather, a steel structure supports a 20,000-pound, 20-foot diameter satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna. The antenna - called the Multi-Band Test Terminal (MBTT) - can rotate 15 degrees per second, ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2022 
Less than 500 miles from the North Pole, the Milne Fiord Epishelf Lake is a unique freshwater lake that floats atop the Arctic Ocean, held in place only by a coating of ice. The lake is dominated by single-celled organisms, notably cyanobacteria, that are frequently infected by unusual "giant viruses." Investigators from Universite?Laval, Quebec, Canada have produced the first assessment of the ... more |
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 Negev, Israel (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 
In Israel's Negev desert, winemakers are sharing their knowledge of growing vines in the blistering heat with European producers also facing fierce temperatures this summer.
Walking between rows of ripe grapes growing from the scorched land, David Pinto enthuses about how his vineyard has come of age in the past three years.
"We're masters of the conditions, without depending on the whim ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 
The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck southwest China rose to 82, state media reported Thursday, as rain and possible mudslides threatened the search for dozens of missing people.
The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometres (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometres on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, forcing ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 
The European Union's top diplomat said on Thursday the bloc was committed to help Mozambique fight "against terrorism", as he unveiled new military aid for the country a day after a deadly jihadist attack.
Josep Borrell held security talks with Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Foreign Minister Veronica Macamo in the capital Maputo after arriving in the southern African nation for a tw ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 7, 2021 
Researchers on Wednesday announced that they have found what appears to be the earliest known evidence of a surgical amputation, from a 31,000-year-old skeleton that was unearthed in Indonesia.
The skeleton was found in a remote cave in 2020 by a team of Australian and Indonesian archaeologists.
The left leg of the skeleton shows what the scientists believe is the result of an am ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 6, 2022  The United Nations on Tuesday begged the international community not to forget Somalia, with the humanitarian affairs chief pleading for more aid as drought puts 200,000 people on the brink of famine.
Appearing in a video press conference from the capital Mogadishu, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths recalled the story of a two-year-old girl he met at a hospit ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 09, 2022 
Tenchijin COMPASS enables people who have never used satellite data before to analyze, visualize data, and experience the power of satellite data.
The use of satellite data has been attracting attention, but it has tended to have an image of being expensive and difficult to handle. Therefore, Tenchijin, Inc., a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) -recognized startup, has been support ... more |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2022 
Scientists have long pondered how and when the evolution of prokaryotes to eukaryotes occurred. A collaborative research team from Tohoku University and the University of Tokyo may have provided some answers after discovering new types of microfossils dating 1.9 billion years.
Details of their findings were published in the journal Precambrian Research on August 19, 2022.
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 London (AFP) Sept 8, 2022 
New British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday said domestic fuel bills would be frozen for two years, marking her first week in office with a costly plan to tackle a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Two days after taking over, Truss unveiled emergency measures that include authorising more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea and lifting a ban on fracking, a controversial method to dig f ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2022 
For more than half a century, researchers around the world have been engaged in attempts to achieve fusion ignition in a laboratory, a grand challenge of the 21st century. The High-Energy-Density Physics (HEDP) group at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center has focused on an approach called inertial confinement fusion (ICF), which uses lasers to implode a pellet of fuel in a quest for ignition. ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 06, 2022  From the slime coating slugs to the saliva in our mouths, many slippery bodily fluids contain mucus. So how did this marvel of biology evolve?
In mammals, the answer is many times, and often in a surprising way, according to a new study on proteins called mucins. These molecules have a variety of functions, but as a family, they are known as components of mucus, where they contribute to th ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 
The head of Hong Kong's journalist union was arrested on Wednesday, just weeks before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship.
Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was arrested for allegedly obstructing a police officer and disorderly conduct in a public place.
Channel C, the online news outlet Chan works for, said the veteran repor ... more |
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 Yangambi, Dr Congo (AFP) Sept 7, 2022 
A tower bristling with sensors juts above the canopy in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, measuring carbon dioxide emitted from the world's second-largest tropical rainforest.
Spanning several countries in central Africa, the Congo Basin rainforest covers an immense area and is home to a dizzying array of species.
But there are growing concerns for the future of the forest, deemed ... more |
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