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  Paris (AFP) Oct 28, 2022 Whether they realised it or not, some 7.6 billion people - 96 percent of humanity - felt global warming's impact on temperatures over the last 12 months, researchers have said. But some regions felt it far more sharply and frequently than others, according to a report based on peer-reviewed methods from Climate Central, a climate science think tank. People in tropical regions and on small islands surrounded by heat-absorbing oceans were disproportionately impacted by human-induced temperature ... read more |
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Heat waves cost poor countries the most, exacerbating inequalityWashington (AFP) Oct 28, 2022 Heat waves, intensified by climate change, have cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the last 30 years, a study published Friday found, with poor countries paying the steepest price. ... more  
Bird sets nonstop distance record with 8,435-mile flightWashington DC (UPI) Oct 28, 2021 A bird expert said Friday that a young bar-tailed godwit set the non-stop distance record by flying 8,435 miles from Alaska to Tasmania. ... more  
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying upBaghdad (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. ... more  
Lula wins Brazil's bitter presidential vote, Bolsonaro silentSao Paulo (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for "peace and unity" after narrowly winning a divisive runoff election Sunday, capping a remarkable political comeback by defeating far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro - who has yet to accept defeat. ... more |
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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 16 dead, seven missing in Indonesia flood: disaster agency Storm Bert bring widespread flooding in Britain |
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Two ships loaded with grain leave Ukraine: marine traffic websiteIstanbul (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 Two cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products on Monday left Ukrainian ports, according to a marine traffic website. ... more
Ukraine blames Russia for making grain export 'impossible'Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 30, 2022 Russia's blockade of grain exports makes it "impossible" for fully loaded ships to leave port, Ukraine charged Sunday after Moscow claimed drone attacks on its Crimea fleet had exploited the grain corridor safe zone. ... more  
Rescuers search for bodies as Philippines storm death toll hits 98Datu Odin Sinsuat, Philippines (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 Philippine rescuers on Monday waded through thigh-deep mud using long pieces of wood to search for bodies buried by a landslide, as the death toll from a powerful storm rose to 98. ... more  
Paris museum says painting was target of attempted attackParis (AFP) Oct 30, 2022 A young woman tried to throw soup at a painting at the world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris this week, the museum confirmed Sunday, in a similar attack to others by climate activists in Europe. ... more |
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More than 6,000 baby turtles are released in PeruLima (AFP) Oct 29, 2022 More than 6,000 hatchlings of three species of endangered turtles have been released into lakes and lagoons in Peru's Amazon basin to help them repopulate, officials said Saturday. ... more
For water-stressed Iraq, wells threaten race to the bottomAl-Mishkhab, Iraq (AFP) Oct 30, 2022 Iraq has long drilled the desert for oil, but now climate stress, drought and reduced river flows are forcing it to dig ever deeper for a more precious resource: water. ... more 
Millions at risk of climate displacement in Middle EastCairo (AFP) Oct 30, 2022 Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people. ... more  
A 'rumbling' in the dark: Philippine mum recounts landslide escapeDatu Odin Sinsuat, Philippines (AFP) Oct 29, 2022 As midnight approached and floodwaters rose around her, mother-of-three Chonalyn Sapi sought refuge at her local village chapel in the southern Philippines province of Maguindanao del Norte, only to find it was already filled with her neighbours. ... more |
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Sweden sees record heat for this late in the yearStockholm (AFP) Oct 29, 2022 Swedish meteorologists said Saturday they had recorded the country's highest temperature ever measured this late into the autumn. ... more  
S.Africa warned after refusal to bar superyacht tied to Putin allyJohannesburg (AFP) Oct 26, 2022 South Africa's largest opposition on Wednesday warned that government risks sanctions if it allows a luxury megayacht linked to one of Russia's wealthiest oligarch's to dock in its territorial waters. ... more  
Niger govt denies 'massacre' of civiliansNiamey (AFP) Oct 29, 2022 Niger denied Saturday opposition claims of a massacre of civilians at an unofficial gold mine where the authorities said the alleged killers of two police officers had fled. ... more 
Iraq's new government unlikely to solve crisesBaghdad (AFP) Oct 28, 2022 Iraq's parliament has approved the government of Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani after more than a year of political paralysis, but the war-ravaged country is far from reaching safe shores. ... more  
Chinese 'police stations' in Canada under investigationOttawa (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 Canadian federal police said Thursday they are investigating reports that China has set up illegal police stations in the North American nation and harassed Chinese expatriates. ... more |
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 Atlantic City, United States (AFP) Oct 28, 2022 
A decade after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the US east coast, the seaside town Atlantic City has fortified its famous boardwalk that narrowly divides casinos and the ocean.
But in certain neighborhoods, flooded streets have become routine.
North of the city dubbed the Vegas of the East Coast, a new stretch of boardwalk is protected from crashing waves by a rock barrier and a seawall, a $60 ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 
How does something that looks like a stack of orange inner tubes covered in a black tarp survive temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it plunges through the atmosphere? An upcoming technology demonstration uses advanced materials to make a heat shield that's tougher than it looks.
Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) technology has been in development for more ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 30, 2022 
Regional powers poured record amounts of cash into the Pacific Islands during the coronavirus pandemic to help them weather the economic fallout as competition for influence heats up between China and the West.
An annual study released by Australia's Lowy Institute on Monday showed financial assistance to the Pacific Islands rose 47 percent in 2020 versus the year before.
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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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 Istanbul (AFP) Oct 31, 2022  Two cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products on Monday left Ukrainian ports, according to a marine traffic website.
The ships, Admiral de Ribas and Mount Baker, left port days after Russia suspended its participation in an agreement that allowed vital grain shipments to pass through the Black Sea.
Twelve ships were due to leave Ukrainian ports on Monday and four wer ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 
The United States said Thursday it would provide another $30 million in flood aid to Pakistan, hoping to reach nearly two million additional people after the historic disaster.
The US Agency for International Development said the new aid would include emergency food and nutrition, screening for malnutrition, shelter assistance and kits to help families prepare for winter.
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 Pretoria (AFP) Oct 26, 2022 
The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region went into a second day in South Africa on Wednesday.
Led by the African Union (AU), the negotiations in Pretoria follow a surge in fierce fighting in recent weeks that has alarmed the international community and triggered fears for civilians caught in the crossfire.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 25, 2021 
Scientists have sequenced the oldest human DNA discovered in Britain and discovered two unique population groups that lived in Britain after the last ice age.
A sample discovered in Gough's Cave in Somerset, England, from approximately 14,000 years ago, was compared to a sample from approximately 1,000 years later, which was discovered in Kendrick's Cave, Wales.
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 London (AFP) Oct 27, 2022  New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced condemnation after his spokesman announced Thursday he will not attend next month's COP27 UN climate summit in Egypt due to "pressing domestic commitments".
Britain hosted the last such summit, COP26, when it stressed the importance of global leaders convening to discuss climate change amid growing criticism of their failure to meet vital carbon reduct ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Mission Space for a partnership for space weather intelligence data collection.
With this partnership, Sidus Space will integrate sets of Missi ... 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 26, 2022 
The world's current climate pledges are far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius and will steer a world already wracked by increasing floods, heatwaves and storms towards "catastrophic" warming, the UN said Wednesday.
In a report released just over a week before high-stakes climate negotiations, the United Nation's climate change organisation, said combined commitmen ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 28, 2021 
Using superhot rocks buried deep below the surface to generate steam for power generation could be far more efficient than similar technology already in use, a U.S.-based climate task force found.
A new report from the non-profit Clean Air Task Force finds that "superhot rock energy" could be on the cusp of a breakthrough that would see it put to commercial use as early as the 2030s. ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) Oct 28, 2022 
Chinese veterinary experts have been invited to Taiwan, zoo officials said Friday, for a rare visit between the two sides after a male panda that symbolised an era of warmer ties was moved into end of life care.
Relations between China and Taiwan have been on ice since 2016 with Beijing severing official communications and government visits between the two sides scrapped.
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 Ottawa (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 
Canadian federal police said Thursday they are investigating reports that China has set up illegal police stations in the North American nation and harassed Chinese expatriates.
Several local media, citing Spain-based human rights group Safeguard Defenders, reported this week that the police posts in a residential home, a single-storey commercial building and a convenience store in the Toron ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 28, 2022 
Felipe Guimaraes leaps on and off a surfboard on the sand as he shows tourists the basics of surfing. Here, on Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, the stricken Amazon could not feel further away.
In Western capitals, the plight of the world's largest rainforest is seen as a key issue in Brazil's election, with much at stake for a world scrambling to curb the climate emergency.
However, fires ... more |
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