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  Paris (AFP) March 2, 2023 Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles - a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics. While experts agree we should use less plastic in any form, some say as long as plastics are here to stay, we should be using degradable materials - and also pushing governments to help us dispose of them. But amid confusion about what is or isn't biodegradable, and in the absence of proper di ... read more |
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World View names Ian Thomas as Chief Revenue OfficerTucson AZ (SPX) Feb 28, 2023 World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, has appointmented Ian Thomas as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Thomas brings more than 30 years of experience scaling global busine ... more  
Maxar awarded Phase 3b of One World Terrain Contract for US ArmyWestminster CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2023 Maxar Technologies (TSX:MAXR) has been awarded Phase 3b of the U.S. Army's One World Terrain (OWT) prototype Other Transaction Agreement contract. The OWT program delivers 3D global terrain ca ... more  
Vast cemetery in Iraq echoes 14 centuries of life and deathNajaf, Iraq (AFP) March 1, 2023 Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries. ... more  
US, EU pledge billions in ocean aid at int'l conferencePanama City (AFP) March 3, 2023 A global conference to save the world's oceans kicked off Thursday in Panama with urgent calls to adopt an international protection treaty, along with billions of dollars in US and EU pledges for research, monitoring and conservation. ... 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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Vanuatu quest for ICJ climate ruling backed by 100 nationsPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) March 2, 2023 More than 100 countries have backed a plan by Vanuatu to enlist the UN's top court in tackling climate change, after what the nation's officials on Thursday described as a "herculean" diplomatic effort. ... more 
Leaders gather in Panama to halt threats against oceansPanama City (AFP) March 2, 2023 Leaders were set to gather in Panama on Thursday to discuss the world's oceans and the multiple threats they face, from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining. ... more  
Boreal forest fires a 'time bomb" of carbon emissionsWashington (AFP) March 2, 2023 Summer wildfires in the Northern Hemisphere's boreal forests have been expanding over the past two decades and produced record high carbon dioxide emissions in 2021, according to a study published on Thursday. ... more  
Britain's fresh produce shortages serve up blame gameLondon (AFP) March 3, 2023 Shortages of fruit and vegetables - from broccoli, cucumbers and lettuce, to tomatoes, peppers and raspberries - have served up a blame game in Britain. ... more |
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Earthquakes, back-to-back cyclones batter VanuatuPort Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) March 3, 2023 The Pacific nation of Vanuatu was under a state of emergency Friday, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days. ... more  
Children in quake-hit Syria face 'catastrophic threats': UNDamascus (AFP) March 2, 2023 The United Nations warned Thursday of grave risks to 3.7 million children in parts of war-wracked Syria affected by last month's earthquake, as the UN children's agency chief visited the country. ... more 
Turkish rescuers save trapped dog three weeks after quakeIstanbul (AFP) March 2, 2023 Rescuers pulled a dog alive from a collapsed building in southern Turkey three weeks after last month's 7.8-magnitude deadly earthquake, local media reported on Thursday. ... more 
World not adequately prepared for disasters, report saysUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 28, 2023 Earthquakes, floods, storms - the world is not adequately prepared to face increasing disasters, said a report published Tuesday calling for a rethink on global risk management. ... more |
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Macron says era of French interference in Africa is 'over'Libreville (AFP) March 2, 2023 President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era of French interference in Africa was "well over" as he began a four-nation tour of the continent to renew frayed ties. ... more  
China's Xi to secure third term as president, brush off crisesBeijing (AFP) March 3, 2023 Xi Jinping will secure a third term as China's president at a rubber-stamp parliament that starts this weekend, enjoying unchallengeable status despite criticism over his handling of Covid and the economy. ... more 
UN head says high seas treaty must be 'ambitious'United Nations, United States (AFP) March 1, 2023 United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged countries Wednesday to agree a "robust and ambitious" treaty to protect the high seas, as time starts to run out for negotiators. ... more  
Foreign journalists in China restricted and tracked in 2022Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2023 Foreign media in China endured strict Covid controls, widespread harassment and constant surveillance in 2022, a press group said Wednesday. ... more  
Tropical deforestation significantly reduces rainfall: studyParis (AFP) March 2, 2023 From the Amazon to the evergreen forests of Africa and Southeast Asia, large-scale deforestation threatens reductions in rainfall across the tropics, according to new research. ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) March 1, 2023 
Haydar Karar spends eight hours a day tidying a carpentry shop and lugging wooden beams, forced like many other Iraqi children into work by poverty and conflict.
Now 13, Karar has been working with his carpenter uncle in the capital Baghdad since the age of eight, his childhood marred by the troubles that have ravaged his country.
"I was expelled from school because of a fight," he said. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 1, 2021 
The amount of helium in underground geological formations could satisfy thousands of years of global demand, researchers said in an article published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Like other essential commodities, there are supply-side concerns for helium as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. Sanctions and other restrictions mean supplies from Russia's Amur plant, ex ... more |
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 Port Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) March 2, 2023 
More than 100 countries have backed a plan by Vanuatu to enlist the UN's top court in tackling climate change, after what the nation's officials on Thursday described as a "herculean" diplomatic effort.
With rising sea levels threatening its future, Vanuatu has spearheaded a drive for the court to define what legal responsibility countries have for the changing climate and its impacts.
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2023 
Like many places, the Antarctic Peninsula is falling victim to rising temperatures. However, when scientists used radar images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission acquired between 2014 and 2021, they were taken aback to discover just how the fast 105 glaciers on the west coast are flowing in the summer months.
The Antarctic Peninsula is the most northern and warmest region of Antarctica ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) March 2, 2023 
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged government officials to make sure the country meets its grain production goals "without fail", state media said Thursday, amid reports Pyongyang's food shortage is worsening.
The isolated, nuclear-armed nation - which is under multiple sets of sanctions over its weapons programmes - has long struggled to feed itself.
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 Port Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) March 3, 2023 
The Pacific nation of Vanuatu was under a state of emergency Friday, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days.
As the country cleared roads and restored power lines cut by Cyclone Judy, residents were jolted early Friday by twin earthquakes and told to hunker down for a second approaching storm - Cyclone Kevin.
"It's crazy, Vanuatu is used to natural disasters, but I t ... more |
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 Libreville (AFP) March 1, 2023  France's President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a diplomatic drive to test a new "responsible relationship" with the continent as anti-French sentiment runs high in some former colonies.
He landed in Gabon's capital Libreville on Wednesday and will later head to Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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 Najaf, Iraq (AFP) March 1, 2023 
Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries.
Flowers, photographs and religious banners honour many of the millions buried in the ochre desert sands of the "Valley of Peace" - victims of war and disease, accidents and old age.
"Oh my father!" lame ... more |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2023 
People often say things like Phoenix has always been dry; Seattle has always been wet; and San Francisco has always been foggy. But "always" is a strong word.
A study from the University of California, Davis, synthesizes climate trends across the Western U.S. during a relatively young period of Earth's history - the Holocene Era, which stretches from the present day to the past 11,000 yea ... more |
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 Westminster CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2023 
Maxar Technologies (TSX:MAXR) has been awarded Phase 3b of the U.S. Army's One World Terrain (OWT) prototype Other Transaction Agreement contract.
The OWT program delivers 3D global terrain capability and associated information services that support a fully accessible virtual representation of the physical Earth through the Army network. OWT is a key component of the Army's Synthetic Train ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2023  Researchers have used nearly half a million fossils to solve a 200-year-old scientific mystery: why the number of different species is greatest near the equator and decreases steadily towards polar regions. The results - published in the journal Nature - give valuable insight into how biodiversity is generated over long timescales, and how climate change can affect global species richness.
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 Milan (AFP) March 1, 2023 
Italy's deficit on Wednesday was revised up significantly for the past three years to take into account government tax credit schemes, including one to make homes more energy efficient.
The deficit was 8.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 - compared to the government's goal of 5.6 percent - and was revised upwards from 7.2 percent to 9.0 percent in 2021, according to the Ist ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2023 
China has launched an investigation into suspected illegal mining practices in the "lithium capital of Asia" Yichun, authorities said, an area reportedly responsible for around one tenth of the element's global supply.
A key component of batteries used in electric cars, the price of lithium reached new heights last year as demand for cleaner sources of energy surges.
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 Paris (AFP) March 1, 2023  Conservationists were celebrating Wednesday the first sightings in 24 years of the dusky tetraka, a yellow-throated songbird native to Madagascar for which ornithologists had feared the worst.
A expedition to remote regions of the island nation confirmed two recent sightings of the bird.
Scientists also learned something about the petite bird's behaviour that could help explain how it es ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2023  Xi Jinping will secure a third term as China's president at a rubber-stamp parliament that starts this weekend, enjoying unchallengeable status despite criticism over his handling of Covid and the economy.
Xi is certain to be reappointed as president after he locked in another five years as head of the Communist Party (CCP) and the military - the two more significant leadership positions in ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 1, 2023 
A first count of trees in Africa's drylands has enabled scientists to calculate how much carbon they store and could help devise better conservation strategies for the region and beyond, a study said Wednesday.
The number of trees in the vast region - the count came to nearly 10 billion - has not been known up to now, and the new data could prove crucial for slowing or preventing desertifi ... more |
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