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  Geneva (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 Pakistan received over $9 billion in pledges Monday to help it recover from last year's catastrophic floods, vowing to become a model for how countries can build climate change resilience. Pakistan is still reeling from the unprecedented deluge that submerged huge swathes and killed more than 1,700 people, while over 33 million others suffered its impacts. "We are perhaps the first country ever that has seen a third of its landmass underwater," Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to ... read more |
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Pakistan flood recovery needs 'massive' investment: UNGeneva (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 The United Nations called Monday for more than $8 billion to help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and improve its ability to resist the ravages of climate change, as financial pledges stacked up. ... more  
Strong 7.6-magnitude quake hits off Indonesia: USGSJakarta (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported. ... more  
California town home to British royals ordered evacuated over mudslide fearsMontecito, United States (AFP) Jan 10, 2023 A California town that is home to Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle was ordered evacuated on Monday, with firefighters warning mudslides could engulf homes. ... more  
China suspends short-term visas for S. Koreans over Covid travel curbsSeoul (AFP) Jan 10, 2023 China has suspended the issuing of short-term visas to South Koreans in response to Seoul's imposition of restrictions on Chinese travellers over Covid concerns, Beijing's embassy said Tuesday. ... more |
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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 IMF sees 'limited' impact of floods on Spain GDP growth |
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Appeals trial for Liberia war crimes opens in FinlandTurku, Finland (AFP) Jan 10, 2023 Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia's civil war following his acquittal last year in a lower court. ... more  
Mother says China protester released after 30 days' detentionBeijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 An LGBT activist who was detained last month after some of China's biggest protests in years was released on bail this week, their mother said, but 11 more demonstrators remain in custody. ... more  
China's space exploration spurred by helping humanityBeijing (XNA) Jan 04, 2023 All of China's activities in outer space are intended for the country's social, economic and technological development rather than for the "space race" with other nations, said insiders in China's s ... more  
Half of world's glaciers will vanish by year 2100 due to global warmingWashington DC (UPI) Jan 6, 2023 Half of the world's glaciers will melt and disappear before the turn of the next century, according to alarming new research that predicts greater fallout from global warming despite meaningful efforts in recent years to address environmental concerns. ... more |
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Half of world's glaciers expected to vanish by 2100: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 5, 2023 Half of the Earth's glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, but limiting global warming could save others, according to a new study. ... more  
Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last monthRio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous year, according to government figures released Friday, a final bleak report for far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in his last month in office. ... more  
US proposes stricter air quality standards for sootWashington (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed stricter standards on Friday for microscopic particles responsible for harmful air pollution. ... more 
Indians evacuated from 'sinking' holy townDehradun, India (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks and sinking, officials said. ... more |
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New Indonesia capital imperils ancient Eden with 'ecological disaster'Balikpapan, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 The twisting road that leads to Indonesia's future capital is lined with dense rainforest and pockets of plantations, punctuated every so often with monkeys enjoying a laze out on the tarmac. ... more  
France suffered record heat, rain shortfall in 2022: weather officeParis (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 France experienced its hottest average temperature and lowest levels of rainfall on record in 2022, the national weather office said on Friday. ... more  
Judges drop probe into French Antilles pesticide scandalParis (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 Paris judges have dropped a criminal investigation into the use of a pesticide which sent cancer rates soaring in the French Antilles, saying too much time had passed to secure convictions. ... more 
Hawaii volcano erupts again after a month of quietLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 One of the world's most active volcanoes has burst into life again in Hawaii, a month after it stopped erupting. ... more  
Ozone layer healing but imperiled by schemes to curb Sun's heatParis (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but controversial geoengineering schemes to blunt global warming could reverse that progress, a major scientific assessment warned Monday. ... more |
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 Bras�lia (AFP) Jan 9, 2023  Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Monday, a day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of power in riots that triggered an international outcry.
In stunning scenes reminiscent of the January 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol building by supporters of then-president Donald Trump, backers of ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 6, 2023 
A retired NASA satellite is expected to fall to Earth on Sunday after spending nearly 40 years in space, space officials said Friday.
The U.S. Defense Department has predicted that the 5,400-pound Earth Radiation Budget Satellite will reenter the atmosphere sometime within a 17-hour window of 6:40 p.m. EST on Sunday, NASA said in a statement.
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 Brussels (AFP) Jan 5, 2023 
The EU on Thursday gave a "red card" to Cameroon for failing to cooperate in the international fight against illegal fishing.
The European Commission said in a statement it had identified Cameroon as a "non-cooperating country," earning the "red card" designation, and would ask EU member states to add the country to the bloc's blacklist.
It said that was because Cameroon continues to reg ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 10, 2023 
Scientists have developed a new Artificial Intelligence, or AI, technique using radar images from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite mission, to reveal how the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue in West Antarctica is being damaged by squeezing and stretching as it flows from the middle of the continent to the coast. Being able to track fractures and crevasses in the ice beneath the overlying snow ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 4, 2023 
Better management of nitrogen-rich fertilisers through alternating crops, optimising use and other measures can yield huge environmental and health benefits, but must boost food production at the same time, researchers warned Wednesday.
Reducing nitrogen pollution from global croplands is a "grand challenge," the group of international researchers said in a study in Nature outlining a dozen ... more |
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 Jakarta (AFP) Jan 9, 2023 
A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported.
The epicentre of the quake was 427 kilometres (265 miles) south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95 kilometres, USGS said.
Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported some aftershocks at a magnitude of 5.5. ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) Jan 8, 2023 
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July arrived home late Saturday, according to an AFP reporter at the airport, a day after they were pardoned by the neighbouring country's junta.
The troops, whose detention triggered a bitter diplomatic row between the countries, were arrested on July 10, 2022, after arriving in the Malian capital Bamako.
Mali accused them of being merce ... more |
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 La Jolla CA (SPX) Jan 05, 2023 
Young children sometimes believe that the moon is following them, or that they can reach out and touch it. It appears to be much closer than is proportional to its true distance. As we move about our daily lives, we tend to think that we navigate space in a linear way. But Salk scientists have discovered that time spent exploring an environment causes neural representations to grow in surprising ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 5, 2023  Extinction Rebellion climate campaigners have announced a temporary halt to public disruption in the UK as they seek broader support, even as other activist groups vow to maintain radical tactics.
A loosely linked network that originated in the UK in 2018, Extinction Rebellion has pushed businesses and the government to take action on the climate crisis with eye-catching but non-violent acts ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 9, 2023  Earth's ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades thanks to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, then a landmark multinational environmental agreement, a United Nations-supported panel said on Monday.
The Montreal Protocol regulated the consumption and production of nearly 100 manmade chemicals that researchers complained created ozone depletion. The panel on Monday said that 99% of ... more |
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 Nanjing, China (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
Scientists from China, Germany and the UK led by Prof. LIU Feng from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS) have revealed that pollen preserved in 250-million-year-old rocks contains abundant compounds that function like sunscreen but are produced by plants to protect themselves from harmful ultraviolet (UV-B) radiation.
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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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 Lemont IL (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
With a new design, lithium-sulfur batteries could reach their full potential. Batteries are everywhere in daily life, from cell phones and smart watches to the increasing number of electric vehicles. Most of these devices use well-known lithium-ion battery technology. And while lithium-ion batteries have come a long way since they were first introduced, they have some familiar drawbacks as well, ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 09, 2023 
From the tropics to the poles, from the sea surface to hundreds of feet below, the world's oceans are teeming with one of the tiniest of organisms: a type of bacteria called Prochlorococcus, which despite their minute size are collectively responsible for a sizable portion of the oceans' oxygen production. But the remarkable ability of these diminutive organisms to diversify and adapt to such pr ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 
An LGBT activist who was detained last month after some of China's biggest protests in years was released on bail this week, their mother said, but 11 more demonstrators remain in custody.
Yang Zijing, 25, was released from police detention in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou on Tuesday, mother Gao Xiusheng told AFP, declining to add further details for fear of retribution.
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Jan 6, 2023 
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose 150 percent in December from the previous year, according to government figures released Friday, a final bleak report for far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro in his last month in office.
Satellite monitoring detected 218.4 square kilometers (84.3 square miles) of forest cover destroyed in Brazil's share of the world's biggest rainforest last month ... more |
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