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  Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on Sunday and filled his inner circle with close allies, achieving after a decade in power complete dominance over the ruling Communist Party. The party's Central Committee elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year period, bringing the country back towards one-man rule after decades of power-sharing among its elite. "I wish to thank the whole party sincerely for the trust you have placed in us," Xi told journalists at Bei ... read more |
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Secret behind spectacular blooms in world's driest desert is invisible to human eyesLa Cruz, Chile (SPX) Oct 24, 2022 The Atacama desert, which stretches for approximately 1,600 km along the western coast of the cone of South America, is the driest place on Earth. Some weather stations there have never recorded rai ... more  
New Zealand farmers protest livestock 'burp and fart' taxWellington (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 Farmers quit their fields and hit the streets of New Zealand's cities Thursday in countrywide protests against plans to tax greenhouse emissions from farm animals. ... more  
Roslyn weakens to tropical storm after Mexico landfallMexico City (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 Hurricane Roslyn weakened rapidly Sunday after making landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast, nonetheless leaving damage from high winds, landslides and flooding. ... more 
Li Qiang: Xi loyalist likely to be China's next premierBeijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 One of President Xi Jinping's most trusted proteges, Li Qiang is almost certain to become China's next premier after he was unveiled as number two in the Communist Party hierarchy on Sunday. ... more |
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'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 Spain govt defends flood response and offers new aid Spain govt defends flood action as it offers new aid Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20 |
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China scrubs reports of teen quarantine death from internetBeijing (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 Chinese censors on Friday scrubbed reports that a teenager had died in a quarantine facility, after the case sparked anger and prompted citizens to question the country's zero-Covid policy. ... more 
In a park in central Beijing, muted support for Xi's third termBeijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 On televisions, newspapers and billboards across China, Xi Jinping's appointment as Communist Party leader for another five years has been greeted with a flood of official fanfare. In one Beijing park, the reaction was more muted. ... more  
'Close the windows': Lebanon power plant sparks cancer fearsZouk Mikael, Lebanon (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying power plant generates little electricity but very deadly pollution. ... more 
Food crisis looms in Nigeria as floods destroy cropsAbuja (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 Usman Musa had spent more than $1,300 on his 10-hectare rice farm in Nigeria's Kogi state, now submerged by the country's worst floods in a decade. ... more |
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Farmers in US Midwest struggle amid prolonged droughtNew York (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 Months without rain have left farmers across the vast US Midwest, part of the country's essential "breadbasket," seeing crop yields in freefall, with some fields too damaged to harvest. ... more 
Displaced by flooding, Nigerians in desperate need of helpAhoada, Nigeria (AFP) Oct 22, 2022 It was pitch black when the waters came, forcing mother Fortune Lawrence and her eight children to jump on a makeshift boat and flee their house. ... more  
First known Neanderthal family clan fossils discovered in Siberian cavesWashington DC (UPI) Oct 20, 2021 Scientists say fossils found in Russian caves are from the first known Neanderthal family - a father-daughter pair and other close relatives who lived as a clan. ... more 
UK slams HSBC over 'misleading' climate adsLondon (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 A British watchdog Wednesday hit out at HSBC for adverts promoting its green initiatives that failed to highlight the bank's contributions to greenhouse gas emissions. ... more |
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Climate activists pour mashed potatoes on $111 mn Monet workBerlin (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 Eco-activists on Sunday splashed mashed potatoes on a Claude Monet painting in a German museum, days after Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" in London was hit by tomato soup. ... more 
Covid-hit HK banking summit attendees allowed to fly out; Govt broke law scrapping exemptionsHong Kong (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 Foreign participants at a high-profile financial summit in Hong Kong next month would be able to skip isolation and leave via "appropriate flight arrangements" if they catch Covid, a top health official said Friday. ... more  
Confidence vote on new Iraqi government delayed: MPsBaghdad (AFP) Oct 21, 2022 Iraq's major political forces have postponed a confidence vote in the new government planned for Saturday, amid persistent haggling over the allocation of cabinet posts, lawmakers said. ... more  
New nature preserves need huge boost in staff, resources: studyParis (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 A proposal to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 would be "meaningless" without a huge boost to staffing and budgets, researchers said Thursday, warning of chronic shortages of rangers in the world's most precious ecosystems. ... more  
Facing threat, Togo forces simulate 'jihadist' attackLome (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 Togo's security forces on Thursday carried out a simulated jihadist attack in the capital Lome, training to counter a hostage-taking as the country faces increasing threats. ... more |
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 Maracay, Venezuela (AFP) Oct 18, 2022 
Intense rain in northern Venezuela caused a landslide that has killed at least three people, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday as he visited another site where over 50 died in similar circumstances last week.
"I am informed that there are three dead in El Castano, it was a mudslide that came from the mountain," said Maduro, referring to a neighborhood in Maracay, the capital of norther ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2022 
Right now, U.S. Space Command tracks more than 47,000 objects in space. But there are plans to transfer that responsibility to the Department of Commerce, an effort that will allow Spacecom to focus more on what's happening in space rather than just on the tracking of objects there, the Spacecom commander said.
"My current priority is to invest in space domain awareness. To ... gain a bett ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
How healthy are coral reefs? And how are they responding to climate change? After more than 10 years of monitoring the Great Barrier Reef, University of Sydney geoscientists have developed a technique that allows them to answer these questions using satellites. And it all relies on sand aprons.
It turns out that sand aprons, deposits of sand along the shore of a lagoon that are ubiquitous ... more |
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 Hokkaido, Japan (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 
lScientists have uncovered new details of how ice forming below the ocean surface in Antarctica provides cold dense water that sinks to the seabed in an important aspect of global water circulation.
The results, published in the journal Science Advances, come from a team at the Hokkaido University's Institute of Low Temperature Science, its Arctic Research Center, and the Faculty of Fisher ... more |
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 Abuja (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 
Usman Musa had spent more than $1,300 on his 10-hectare rice farm in Nigeria's Kogi state, now submerged by the country's worst floods in a decade.
In a wooden canoe, the 38-year-old father of four paddled his way through the murky waters, passing by his and relatives' houses, the local hospital and school.
Only the roofs were visible.
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 
Inaudible sonic rumblings from deep in a volcano's bowels could provide a warning when it is about to blow, scientists said Thursday, offering threatened communities the prospect of a life-saving heads-up.
A team studying "infrasounds" - sounds too deep for humans to hear - from volcanoes like Italy's Mount Etna has discovered that magmatic gurgles change markedly as an eruption nears.
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 Bunia, Dr Congo (AFP) Oct 15, 2022  Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a DR Congo military court on Friday for the murder of two Chinese mine workers.
Four other military personnel were sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Ituri Military Court.
All but one of those receiving the death sentence were members of the military.
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 Baghdad (AFP) Oct 19, 2022 
Just a year into her marriage, Manal became one of the tens of thousands of Iraqis every year who divorce in a deeply conservative nation where break-up rates have risen.
For Manal, like many other women, the reason was clear - her husband's financial dependence on his family's business meant that "he couldn't take any decisions of his own".
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Scientists across Canada will be able to better predict and mitigate extreme weather events in the face of climate change thanks to a new satellite mission that's received more than $200 million in federal funding.
The HAWC satellite system - which stands for High-altitude, Aerosol, Water vapour and Clouds - is Canada's contribution to NASA's international Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL)reports the launch of its Nonprofit Program, an offering that provides access to Planet imagery and support services specifically for nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOS).
In line with Planet's mission to use space to help life on Earth and in effort to enable more impactful uses of Planet's data, the offering addresses two traditional challenges f ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 
Ostrich-like dinosaurs called ornithomimosaurs grew to enormous sizes in ancient eastern North America, according to a study published October 19, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chinzorig Tsogtbaatar of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and colleagues.
During the Late Cretaceous Period, North America was split by a seaway into two landmasses: Laramidia to the west ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Oct 19, 2022  Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are expected to grow just one percent this year despite concerns that the energy crisis could lead countries to slow their transition to renewables, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
The IEA predicted CO2 emissions would stand at 33.8 billion tonnes in 2022, more than 300 million tonnes more than in 2021.
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Physicist Stefano Munaretto of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has received leadership roles in two DOE three-year awards. Both are designed to improve the models used to design and evaluate the performance of spherical tokamaks, compact fusion facilities that are being explored as possible designs for future fusion power plants. The researchers h ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
In Star Trek, the Borg are a ruthless, hive-minded collective that assimilate other beings with the intent of taking over the galaxy. Here on nonfictional planet Earth, Borgs are DNA packages that could help humans fight climate change.
Last year, a team led by Jill Banfield discovered DNA structures within a methane-consuming microbe called Methanoperedens that appear to supercharge the o ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 23, 2022 
When Xi Jinping took power in 2012, some observers predicted he would be the most liberal Communist Party leader in China's history, based on his low-key profile, family backstory and perhaps a degree of misguided hope.
Ten years later, those forecasts lie in tatters, proving only how little was understood of the man who is now China's most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong after being handed ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Ancient trees-those that are many hundreds, or even thousands, of years old-play a vital role in biodiversity and ecosystem preservation by providing stability, strength, and protection to at-risk environments. In a review article publishing on October 19 in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, a team of ecologists highlight the importance of preserving these monumental organisms and present a proje ... more |
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