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  K'Elafo, Ethiopia (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger as the worst drought in four decades grips the Horn of Africa. In the afflicted areas, inhabitants - who eke out a living mainly from herding and subsistence farming - are experiencing their fifth consecutive poor rainy season since the end of 2020. The United Nations says 12 million people in Ethiopia, 5.6 million in Somalia and 4.3 million in Kenya are "acutely food insecure". The overall ... read more |
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Kiribati confirms return to strategic Pacific blocSuva, Fiji (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Kiribati confirmed on Monday it would rejoin the Pacific Islands Forum, returning to the strategic bloc of nations as they grapple with China's push for regional influence. ... more  
New tiger goes on the prowl in JohannesburgJohannesburg (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 A tiger escaped from a private property in Johannesburg on Monday, just weeks after another had gone on the loose near the city, reigniting calls for stricter regulations on keeping wild animals. ... more  
China's Sichuan to scrap three-child limit as birth rates dropBeijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Southwest China's Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis. ... more  
'Drought' has New Yorkers asking: 'Where's the snow'New York (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan's Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year. ... more |
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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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Dutch flood memories unleash new climate fearsHeijningen, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Seventy years after the worst natural disaster to strike the Netherlands, Chiem de Vos, seven at the time, still hears his neighbour's desperate cries of "My children are drowning!" ringing in his ears. ... more  
In drought-stricken Ethiopia, the herders' heartacheK'Elafo, Ethiopia (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Mohammed Hassan Gureh has made up his mind: he's going to sell the last of his goats and leave his village to find a new life. ... more  
Tens of thousands homeless after Madagascar tropical stormAntananarivo (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 Two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands been left homeless since a severe tropical storm made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island's western coast, official records showed Sunday. ... more 
West Antarctica ice sheet collapse may stabilise northern ocean currentsCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Jan 31, 2023 It has been hypothesised, that the tipping of one element of the Earth's system can catalyse the tipping of others in a cascade. A study gives an example of an alternative option, in which the colla ... more |
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Russian polar research vessel docks in Cape Town amid protestsCape Town (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 A Russian polar research vessel docked in South Africa's Cape Town harbour at the weekend as climate protesters raised fears it could be used to help Moscow explore for minerals in protected Antarctica. ... more  
Israel green groups slam scrapping of tax on disposable tablewareJerusalem (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 Israeli environmental groups slammed a government move Sunday to scrap a tax on single-use tableware that aimed to reduce pollution from disposable plastic products. ... more 
Parasites, pesticides, climate change linked to loss of honey bee coloniesWashington DC (UPI) Jan 30, 2023 About 43% of honey bee colonies were lost in the span of one year, according to a new study that considered multiple factors that put a crucial part of the ecosystem at risk. ... more  
China resumes issuing visas for Japanese citizensTokyo (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 The Chinese embassy in Tokyo announced Sunday that it would resume issuing visas to Japanese citizens. ... more |
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Four dead after record flooding in New ZealandWellington (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 New Zealand police said Sunday a fourth body was found after deadly record torrential rain and flooding devastated Auckland. ... more 
5.9-magnitude quake in Iran kills three, injures hundredsTehran (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Iran near the border with Turkey late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 816, state media said. ... more  
The Covid-19 pandemic in 10 figuresParis (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Here are 10 key numbers in the Covid-19 pandemic. ... more 
Two dead after Japan avalancheTokyo (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Two men have been confirmed dead after their bodies were recovered following an avalanche in Japan, police said Monday, a day after the off-piste accident in the central region of Nagano. ... more  
Ai Weiwei launches new exhibit, says still trying to understand studio demolitionsLondon (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 Dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Monday said the Chinese state's razing of his studios still fails to make "any sense" to him, as he launched his first design-focused exhibition, due to open in London in April. ... more |
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 Heijningen, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Seventy years after the worst natural disaster to strike the Netherlands, Chiem de Vos, seven at the time, still hears his neighbour's desperate cries of "My children are drowning!" ringing in his ears.
And as the Dutch this week commemorate the great flood of 1953, thoughts are inevitably turning to current-day climate change and how the low-lying country remains vulnerable to rising ocean ... more |
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 Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Jan 31, 2023 
A consortium including AAC Clyde Space's subsidiary AAC Hyperion has been selected by European Defence Fund to develop a less than 100 kg satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit (GEO) for space situational awareness. The satellite, named Naucrates, is not to be trackable from ground radar, optical telescope or radio telescope. It is set to be the first European GEO satellite for Space Situ ... more |
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 Cape Town (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 
A Russian polar research vessel docked in South Africa's Cape Town harbour at the weekend as climate protesters raised fears it could be used to help Moscow explore for minerals in protected Antarctica.
The Akademik Aleksandr Karpinskiy icebreaker is on its way to the Antarctic as part of a scientific expedition launched late last year, according to Russian media.
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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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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 30, 2023 
About 43% of honey bee colonies were lost in the span of one year, according to a new study that considered multiple factors that put a crucial part of the ecosystem at risk.
Researchers at Penn State University say climate change, parasitic mites and pesticides are among the variables that are leading to the drastic loss of the honey bee population.
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 Tehran (AFP) Jan 29, 2023 
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck northwest Iran near the border with Turkey late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 816, state media said.
The shallow quake hit the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan province at 9:44 pm (1814 GMT), the Seismological Center of the University of Tehran said.
"This incident has left 816 injured and three dead," West Azerbaijan governor Moham ... more |
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 Niamey (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Government forces from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger have bombarded jihadist bases in the Lake Chad basin with support from a US drone, the armies of the four nations announced Monday.
The vast basin has become the epicentre of violence led by Nigeria's Boko Haram and its rival branch Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
"The aim of this special operation was to neutralise the ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Southwest China's Sichuan province will lift its three-child birth limit and remove restrictions on single parents as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data released this month showed, and the nation of 1.4 billion has seen birth rates plunge to record lows as its work ... more |
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 K'Elafo, Ethiopia (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
From southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, around 22 million people are at risk of hunger as the worst drought in four decades grips the Horn of Africa.
In the afflicted areas, inhabitants - who eke out a living mainly from herding and subsistence farming - are experiencing their fifth consecutive poor rainy season since the end of 2020.
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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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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 27, 2023 
Meteorites have told Imperial researchers the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building blocks of life.
They found that around half the Earth's inventory of the volatile element zinc came from asteroids originating in the outer Solar System - the part beyond the asteroid belt that includes the planets Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus. This material i ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) Jan 30, 2023  Saudi Arabia plans to invest more than $266 billion to produce cleaner electricity and expand its power grid, the kingdom's energy minister said Monday.
Speaking at a forum organised by Saudi oil giant Aramco, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the world's biggest crude exporter was also looking to become a global leader in hydrogen production.
"We are introducing over a trillion riyals ($ ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2023 
New lithium metal batteries with solid electrolytes are lightweight, inflammable, pack a lot of energy, and can be recharged very quickly, but they have been slow to develop due to mysterious short circuiting and failure. Now, researchers at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory say they have solved the mystery.
It comes down to stress - mechanical stress to be more ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
A tiger escaped from a private property in Johannesburg on Monday, just weeks after another had gone on the loose near the city, reigniting calls for stricter regulations on keeping wild animals.
A private security firm in the northeastern outskirts at Edenvale, said the runaway animal was recaptured hours after it was spotted roaming the area.
"It has been taken to a safe sanctuary," G ... more |
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 London (AFP) Jan 30, 2023 
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Monday said the Chinese state's razing of his studios still fails to make "any sense" to him, as he launched his first design-focused exhibition, due to open in London in April.
Ai's love of artefacts and traditional craftsmanship will be at the heart of the show which will feature hundreds of thousands of objects collected by the Chinese artist since the 1990s ... 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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