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  Niamey (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 States in western Africa's Lake Chad region and international donors have pledged more than $500 million to help civilians threatened by jihadist insurgents and climate change, the organisers said on Friday. The money pledged by the Lake Chad Basin High Level Conference will "support a coordinated, complementary and overall regional response to the crisis," they said in a statement. The conference - the third in the series - was held with UN support in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Monday a ... read more |
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Fiji suspends national police chiefSydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 Fiji suspended its police chief "effective immediately" on Friday, shunting aside an ally of the former prime minister who was defeated in general elections last month. ... more  
France to probe microplastic pellet pollution on Atlantic beachesBrest, France (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 French prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the appearance of vast quantities of tiny toxic plastic pellets along the Atlantic coast that endanger marine life and the human food chain. ... more  
Death toll from Madagascar storm rises to 22Antananarivo (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 The death toll from a tropical storm that lashed parts of northeastern Madagascar last week has climbed to 22, the government's disaster management office announced Friday, revising its earlier tally. ... more  
Litany of woes plague Swedish PM's first 100 daysStockholm (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 For Sweden's new prime minister, the honeymoon never really began. Ulf Kristersson's woes have piled up since taking office three months ago, from stalled NATO accession talks to an aide's illegal eel fishing. ... more |
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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 Libya's Derna hosts theatre festival year after flash flood |
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"Dark" side of air pollution across China poses potential health threatBirmingham UK (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 China is a night-time 'hot-spot' for the production of nitrate radicals (PNO3) that could have a major impact on health-threatening ozone and fine particulates (PM2.5) in the atmosphere, a new study ... more 
Elevated design keeps solar stills salt-freeThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 A solar distillation device can purify brine from reverse osmosis plants with over 10 percent salinity, as well as water taken directly from the Red Sea. The technology offers double the freshwater ... more  
Two studies of volatile elements discovered in meteorites constrain the assembly of EarthWashington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 In two separate studies, researchers identify nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in the volatile elements potassium (K) and zinc (Zn) in meteorites, which constrain the origins of the material that f ... more  
Endangered tree kangaroo born at UK zooLondon (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Conservationists at a UK zoo have captured the moment a rare tree kangaroo popped out of its mother's pouch for the first time, part of research aimed at helping the endangered species survive in the wild. ... more |
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Indigenous land rights help protect Brazil's forestsParis (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Territories in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation than similar areas in which land tenure is weak or non-existent, researchers reported Thursday. ... more 
One third of Amazon 'degraded' by human activity, drought: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers said Thursday, and action is needed to protect the critically important ecosystem. ... more  
Climate tipping points in Amazon, Tibet 'linked': scientistsParis (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Climate extremes in the Amazon rainforest are directly affecting those in the Tibetan Plateau, scientists said Thursday, warning that the Himalayan region crucial for the water security of millions was close to a potentially disastrous "tipping point". ... more  
Natural disaster costs hit 23-year high in France: insurersParis (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Natural disasters cost French insurers 10 billion euros ($10.9 billion) last year, a two-decade high as such events become more frequent and intense, the head of the sector's federation said Thursday. ... more |
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New vessel deployed in fight to save near-extinct Mexico porpoiseGulf Of California, Mexico (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Conservationists have deployed a new vessel in the fight to save the world's rarest marine mammal from extinction due to illegal fishing in Mexico's Gulf of California. ... more  
France recalls envoy in latest spiral in row with BurkinaParis (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso "for consultations," a day after agreeing to demands to pull its troops from the country. ... more  
US extends deportation protection for Hong Kongers fleeing ChinaWashington (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered a two-year extension of a program allowing Hong Kong residents in the United States - many of whom fled repressive Chinese rule - to stay beyond the expiry of their visas. ... more 
Pope Francis heads to war-torn DR Congo and South SudanVatican City (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan next week, delivering a message of peace and reconciliation to two sub-Saharan African nations plagued by conflict. ... more  
Dozens of Covid protesters still behind bars in China: HRWBeijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 Dozens of demonstrators are still detained in China after taking part in widespread protests against the government last year, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, adding that the whereabouts of some remain unknown. ... more |
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 Hereford, United States (AFP) Jan 21, 2023 
A wall of shipping containers installed just a few months ago by the then-governor of Arizona at a $100 million cost to US taxpayers was being dismantled Friday.
Republican Doug Ducey ordered the huge line of shipping containers to be placed at the frontier between the United States and Mexico, during the final months of his administration, in what he said was a bid to stem illegal immigrati ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
At first glance, mica is something quite ordinary: it is a common mineral, found in granite for example, and has been extensively studied from geological, chemical and technical perspectives.
One might think that nothing new can be discovered from such an everyday material. But now a team from the Vienna University of Technology has presented a study in the journal Nature Communications, i ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Jan 27, 2023 
Fiji suspended its police chief "effective immediately" on Friday, shunting aside an ally of the former prime minister who was defeated in general elections last month.
The sidelined police chief, Sitiveni Qiliho, is regarded as a close supporter of former prime minister Frank Bainimarama, who ruled the Pacific nation for 16 years after leading a 2006 military coup.
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 Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2023 
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around 150 m thick, calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
This crack was first revealed to be extending in early 2012 after having be ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Jan 24, 2023  The EU on Tuesday announced proposals to try to reverse an "alarming decline" in the number of bees - and other insects that pollinate the bloc's crops - including by rewarding organic farming.
The European Commission said a review of a 2018 EU Pollinators Initiative showed there were gaps, and "significant challenges" needed to be addressed with revised measures.
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 Venice (AFP) Jan 25, 2023 
As rising waters fuel fears that Venice may one day be entirely submerged, local children are being educated on how to protect the lagoon, a fragile ecosystem threatened by climate change.
On Torcello, an island located in the northern part of the lagoon, around 40 five-year-olds this week attended an outdoor lesson on the shores damaged by the waves from motorboats speeding to and from Veni ... more |
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 Dakar (AFP) Jan 20, 2023 
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday touted the fruits of a new "mutually beneficial" economic strategy towards Africa, contrasting the damage caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's practices.
"The United States is all in on Africa, and all in with Africa," she said during a visit to Senegal, part of a push by President Joe Biden's administration to boost relations with a ... more |
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 Brasilia (AFP) Jan 24, 2023 
Brazilian federal police are investigating a "genocide" against the Yanomami people after it emerged that nearly a hundred children from the Indigenous group had died, the Justice Ministry said Tuesday.
The announcement came after a government report revealed Saturday that 99 Yanomami children living on Brazil's largest Indigenous reservation - all under the age of five - died last year fr ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Climate extremes in the Amazon rainforest are directly affecting those in the Tibetan Plateau, scientists said Thursday, warning that the Himalayan region crucial for the water security of millions was close to a potentially disastrous "tipping point".
Planet-heating pollution from human activities is raising global temperatures and scientists have said this is pushing crucial ecosystems ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
Remote sensing data reveals the state of our planet and allows us to look into Earth's past: it is an indispensable tool to help us better understand and protect our planet. How can we secure this tool long term while providing continuous access? The European Copernicus Earth observation programme seeks to answer this question.
On 24 January 2023, the 'Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem' was ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
In two separate studies, researchers identify nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in the volatile elements potassium (K) and zinc (Zn) in meteorites, which constrain the origins of the material that formed Earth. According to both studies, roughly 90% of Earth's mass was contributed by non-carbonaceous (NC) material from the inner Solar System and about 10% by carbonaceous chondrite (CC) material ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Consumption patterns in wealthy European Union countries are having detrimental environmental impacts in poorer EU nations, a study Thursday found, exposing harmful inequalities on the continent.
The study looked at 10 key environmental impacts - including greenhouse gas emissions, toxins in water and soil, air pollution and land use - in supply chain countries and stacked them up against ... more |
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 Urbana IL (SPX) Jan 26, 2023 
Researchers have made a significant leap forward in developing insect-sized jumping robots capable of performing tasks in the small spaces often found in mechanical, agricultural and search-and-rescue settings.
A new study led by mechanical sciences and engineering professor Sameh Tawfick demonstrates a series of click beetle-sized robots small enough to fit into tight spaces, powerful eno ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Conservationists at a UK zoo have captured the moment a rare tree kangaroo popped out of its mother's pouch for the first time, part of research aimed at helping the endangered species survive in the wild.
The elusive Goodfellow's tree kangaroo is much smaller than the better known Australian kangaroo species. It is native to the mountainous rainforests of Papua New Guinea, where they are un ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered a two-year extension of a program allowing Hong Kong residents in the United States - many of whom fled repressive Chinese rule - to stay beyond the expiry of their visas.
The extension, just days before the program was due to run out, was likely to add to tensions between Beijing and Washington, already high over Taiwan, trade disputes, and Chinese ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Jan 26, 2023 
Territories in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation than similar areas in which land tenure is weak or non-existent, researchers reported Thursday.
The findings, published in the journal PNAS Nexus, are the first to quantify the benefits of enhanced Indigenous land rights for Brazil's tropical rainforest ... more |
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