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  Geneva (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 Switzerland recorded its highest-ever January temperatures north of the Alps Sunday, thermometers hitting 20.2 degrees Celsius (68.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the town of Delemont. MeteoSwiss, Switzerland's national weather and climate service, said January heat records fell at several monitoring stations on the north side of the Alps mountain range, due to warm winds from the southwest. "For the first time, 20 C in January on the north side of the Alps!" it tweeted. The 20.2 C temperature reco ... read more |
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Death toll from Philippine floods, landslides rises to 51Manila (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 The death toll from recent floods and landslides across the disaster-prone Philippines has risen to 51, officials said Monday, as authorities distribute food packs to the hardest hit communities. ... more  
France starts testing Chinese arrivals to track variantsRoissy-Charles De Gaulle Airport, France (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 France on Sunday began testing passengers arriving from China in order to track potential Covid variants, Health Minister Francois Braun said. ... more  
Cruise passengers stranded by 'marine growth' on hullSydney (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 Passengers on a luxury New Year's cruise around New Zealand and Australia have reportedly been stranded on board for a week because of a "marine growth" on the ship's hull. ... more 
Cambodian leader orders Mekong safe zones to save rare dolphinsPhnom Penh (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins, after three were killed by fishing nets and lines last month. ... more |
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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 Landslide kills nine in DR Congo Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK are Storms bring chaos to Ireland, France, UK Storm Bert wreaks havoc across UK and Ireland |
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Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more undernourishedEdinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 High fertiliser prices could put an additional 100 million people at risk of undernourishment, a study suggests. The war in Ukraine has led to the blockade of millions of tonnes of wheat, barl ... more  
What drives decline of East Asian dust activity in the past two decades?Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 Dust storms can be miles long and thousands of feet high. It may cause various environmental consequences including severe air pollution, land degradation, and damage to crop and livestock. Du ... more 
More countries roll out China traveller checks amid Covid surgeBeijing (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 Travellers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases, with Australia the latest to demand a negative test before arrival. ... more 
Taiwan's Tsai offers assistance to China over virus surgeTaipei (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus cases surge in China after its abrupt lifting of pandemic restrictions. ... more |
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China's Xi says 'light of hope in front of us' on CovidBeijing (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 President Xi Jinping said Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions. ... more 
France, Britain impose Covid tests on travelers from ChinaBeijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 France and Britain on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travelers from China, and the World Health Organization pressed Beijing to be more forthcoming on real-time data amid an explosion of cases there. ... more 
Share the data, WHO urges China at Covid surge talksGeneva (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 The World Health Organization met Chinese officials for talks on Friday about the surge in Covid-19 cases, urging them to share real-time data so other countries can respond effectively. ... more 
China insists official Covid data is transparent: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 China has insisted the data it publishes on Covid-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, despite the official figures being tiny compared with other countries and its hospitals overwhelmed with infections. ... more |
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US winter storm death toll rises to 61Washington (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61 on Thursday, officials said. ... more 
Mudslides kill at least 10 miners in eastern DR CongoBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 31, 2022 Mudslides killed at least 10 people at two makeshift mines in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rain, local officials said Saturday. ... more  
Death toll from Philippine floods, landslides climbs to 39Manila (AFP) Dec 29, 2022 Four people died in the southern Philippines after being hit by a landslide, authorities said Thursday, taking the nationwide death toll from recent rains to at least 39. ... more  
Swiss Guard saddened by death of pope BenedictGeneva (AFP) Dec 31, 2022 The Pontifical Swiss Guard said it was deeply saddened by the death on Saturday of former pope Benedict XVI, saying it was a great honour to have served him throughout his papacy. ... more  
Burkina army officer held in 'destabilisation' plot: prosecutorOuagadougou (AFP) Dec 29, 2022 Authorities were probing a new attempt to "destabilise" Burkina Faso involving a decorated senior officer, according to the military prosecutor. ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 
The risk of firearm death in the U.S. is on the rise: in 2020, firearms became the leading cause of death for children, adolescents and young adults. Yet the risk is far from even - young men in some U.S. zip codes face disproportionately higher risks of firearm-related injuries and deaths.
To better understand the magnitude of the gun violence crisis and put it in perspective, researchers ... more |
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 
A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Tuesday with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid to learn about its interior.
The asteroid, 2010 XC15, is estimated to be about 500 feet across and is passing by Earth at two lunar distances, which is twice the distance between the Earth and the moon.
Results of Tuesday's experiment at the ... more |
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 Phnom Penh (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 
Cambodian premier Hun Sen on Monday ordered the creation of conservation zones on the Mekong river to protect critically endangered dolphins, after three were killed by fishing nets and lines last month.
The Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their bulging foreheads and short beaks, once swam through much of the mighty Mekong but in recent decades have been limited to a 190-km (118-mile) stretch ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent ice shelves play a role in causing instability in others downstream.
The study, led by the University of East Anglia in the UK, also identified that a small ocean gyre - a system of circulating ocean currents - next to the Thwaite ... more |
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 Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 
High fertiliser prices could put an additional 100 million people at risk of undernourishment, a study suggests.
The war in Ukraine has led to the blockade of millions of tonnes of wheat, barley and corn, but reduced food exports from the region are less of a driver of food price rises than feared, researchers say.
Instead, a modelling study led by University of Edinburgh researchers ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) Dec 28, 2022 
The death toll from floods in the Philippines has risen to 25, officials said Wednesday, with storms expected to dump more rain over the hardest-hit southern and central regions.
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as heavy rain submerged rural villages, towns and highways on Christmas Day, dampening festivities on the most important holiday in the mainly Catholic na ... more |
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 Yaounde (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 
A soldier has been killed and another wounded in an ambush by jihadists in Cameroon's Far North, military and local sources said Friday.
The attack happened on Thursday in the town of Ldaoussaf in a region troubled by jihadist insurgents, the two sources told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"An army patrol was ambushed," a senior army officer said, adding that a soldier had been ... more |
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 Comanesti, Romania (AFP) Dec 31, 2022 
Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums, flutes and whistles to welcome the New Year.
The parade Cosmin stars in has ancient roots and is increasingly a tourist attraction in Romania, especially for youngsters looking to reconnect with national traditions.
Performing in a costume made of real bearskin an ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Dec 28, 2022 
Catastrophic floods, crop-wilting droughts and record heatwaves this year have shown that climate change warnings are increasingly becoming reality and this is "just the beginning", experts say, as international efforts to cut planet-heating emissions founder.
The year did see some important progress, with major new legislation particularly in the United States and Europe as well as a deal a ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced plans to launch 36 of its SuperDove satellites, Flock 4y, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 9:56 a.m. ET (14:56 UTC). Flock 4y is planned to launch on SpaceX's Transporter-6 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 22, 2022 
An international team of researchers has uncovered an extremely rare piece of evidence that dinosaurs ate mammals. The foot of a small mammal about the size of a mouse was found preserved inside the gut contents of a Microraptor zhaoianus, a small feathered dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. There is a lone ear ... more |
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 Bras�lia (AFP) Jan 1, 2023 
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil's president, vowing to fight for the poor and the environment and "rebuild the country" after far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro's divisive administration.
The 77-year-old veteran leftist, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, capping a remarkable political comeback for the me ... more |
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 Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Jan 01, 2023 
Professor Lee Jong-won's team of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST (President: Kuk Yang), together with Professor Moon Jang-hyeok's team from the Chung-Ang University, announced the development of solid electrolytes with enhanced atmospheric stability on Wednesday, December 7.
Lithium ion batteries are widely used as energy storage systems for electronic products an ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 29, 2022 
An elephant fatally gored its handler in a nature reserve on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo, on Christmas Day, park officials said Thursday.
The handler was tending to an injured elephant calf when another captured elephant suddenly gored him "very severely" in the chest, Augustine Tuuga, the director of the park in Sabah state, told AFP.
He added that Fred Lanson, 49, "died ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 30, 2022 
China's top lawmaking body gave Hong Kong leader John Lee the power on Friday to bar foreign lawyers from national security trials, removing the decision from the city's courts.
Critics said the decision created a "dual state" in Hong Kong's justice system and turned its national security committee, controlled by top Hong Kong and Beijing officials, into an "omnipotent authority" that could ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 27, 2022 
As the first country, Rwanda can now present a national inventory based on a mapping of the carbon stock of each individual tree. Researchers at University of Copenhagen have developed a method to achieve this task in collaboration with Rwandan authorities and researchers.
"Large uncertainties exist for the current forest assessments internationally. By mapping the carbon stock of all indi ... more |
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