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  Shanghai (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 A senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals has said 70 percent of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases, state media reported Tuesday. The steep rise in infections came after years of hardline restrictions were abruptly loosened last month with little warning or preparation, and quickly overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Chen Erzhen, vice president at Ruijin Hospital and a member of Shanghai's Covid expert advisory panel, e ... read more |
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Elderly patients fill hospitals in Shanghai Covid surgeShanghai (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 Coughing, groaning, and gasping for breath, elderly Covid patients crammed hospital corridors in Shanghai on Tuesday as a wave of Covid-19 cases raged through the Chinese megacity. ... more 
China slams 'unacceptable' Covid curbs on travellers from its territoryBeijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 China called the mounting international restrictions on travellers from its territory "unacceptable" on Tuesday after over a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs on visitors from the world's most populous nation. ... more 
Why China's Covid wave is stirring fearBeijing (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. ... more  
Self-assembling proteins can store cellular "memories"Boston MA (SPX) Jan 03, 2023 As cells perform their everyday functions, they turn on a variety of genes and cellular pathways. MIT engineers have now coaxed cells to inscribe the history of these events in a long protein chain ... 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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Hong Kong court allows cardinal to attend Benedict funeralHong Kong (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 A 90-year-old Hong Kong cardinal arrested last year under the city's national security law received court permission on Tuesday to attend the funeral of former pope Benedict XVI, a source told AFP. ... more  
'Buddhist bin Laden' firebrand monk feted by Myanmar junta chiefYangon (AFP) Jan 3, 2023 A firebrand monk dubbed the "Buddhist bin Laden" for his role in stirring up religious hatred in Myanmar received a national award on Tuesday, with the junta saluting his work in the country. ... more 
German defence minister under fire for New Year's videoBerlin (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 Filmed on the streets of Berlin amid chaotic New Year's celebrations. a video address from the German defence minister posted on social media drew heavy criticism Monday for its tone-deaf message. ... more  
Swiss January heat record broken for north side of AlpsGeneva (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. ... 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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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  
French mayor under fire for fighting Mont Blanc hikersLyon (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 A mayor in the French Alps famous for fighting mass tourism on the Mont Blanc has come under fire for filing a legal complaint against two people camping on the mountain's peak. ... more |
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 Lyon (AFP) Jan 2, 2023 
A mayor in the French Alps famous for fighting mass tourism on the Mont Blanc has come under fire for filing a legal complaint against two people camping on the mountain's peak.
Jean-Marc Peillex, mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, has for years sounded the alarm against overcrowding on western Europe's highest peak, which is climbed each year by up to 20,000 people.
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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.
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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 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.
Rescuers were still searching for more than two dozen other people missing after heavy downpours over the Christmas weekend caused flooding and landslides across central and southern regions.
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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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 Brasilia (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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