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  Geneva (AFP) April 6, 2023 The World Health Organization said Thursday it was sure China had far more data that could shed light on the origins of Covid, demanding Beijing immediately share all relevant information. "Without full access to the information that China has... all hypotheses are on the table," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva. "That's why we have been asking China to be cooperative on this," he said, insisting that if Beijing does provide the missing data "we will know what happened or ho ... read more |
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Space-based NASA instrument to track pollution over North AmericaWashington (AFP) April 7, 2023 A Falcon 9 rocket successfully blasted off from Florida into space on Friday carrying a new NASA device that can track air pollution over North America down to the neighborhood level. ... more  
Amazon forests save $2bn in pollution healthcare: studyParis (AFP) April 6, 2023 Rainforests on Indigenous lands in Brazil's Amazon protect millions of people from heart and lung diseases by absorbing pollution and save $2 billion a year in healthcare costs, researchers said in a study published Thursday, urging increased protection against deforestation. ... more 
Plastic pollution is scourge of English coastal regionMillbrook, United Kingdom (AFP) April 9, 2023 On an early spring afternoon, Tregantle Beach is bathed in a dazzling light reminiscent of a painting by British landscape artist JMW Turner as sea, sky and sun merge. ... more  
IMF chief encouraged by China's 'assurances' on Zambia debtWashington (AFP) April 6, 2023 The IMF's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, told AFP Thursday that she was given fresh assurances during a recent high-level trip to Beijing that China supports a debt restructuring program for Zambia. ... more |
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Magnitude 6.1 offshore quake hits near Indonesian island: USGS Stuck in eternal drought, UAE turns to AI to make it rain Latin American classics get the streaming treatment Santorini seismic activity down but schools stay shuttered: Greece Fishermen, sailing champions clean up trash-covered Rio island CORRECTED: Two jailed for 18 years over tower block collapse in Turkey quake Two jailed for 18 years over tower block collapse in Turkey quake Islanders keen to return to Santorini even as quakes continue UN watchdog chief visits Fukushima as Japan returns to nuclear power |
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French govt says 'no health risk' from pesticide in waterParis (AFP) April 7, 2023 The French government said Friday there was "no health risk" from traces of a banned pesticide which were revealed in drinking water by a study from the country's consumer safety watchdog. ... more  
Amazon Indigenous lands prevent disease, save billions: studyRio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023 Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published Thursday. ... more  
Ice sheets could retreat faster than expected: studyParis (AFP) April 6, 2023 Antarctic ice-sheets risk breaking into the sea faster than previously thought in stretches of up to 600 metres a day, speeding up the rise in sea levels, new research indicates. ... more 
Forest plundering threatens Aka pygmies of Central AfricaMbata, Central African Republic (AFP) April 6, 2023 "We are just living with the last remaining trees," Eugene Omokomi said sadly, scanning a broad sweep of his tropical forest home that has been devastated by industrial logging and illegal woodcutters. ... more |
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Why are animal-to-human diseases on the rise?Paris (AFP) April 7, 2023 From Covid-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals to humans have multiplied in recent years, raising fears of new pandemics. ... more  
Stress and trauma: Mental toll of Turkey's deadly quakeAntakya, Turkey (AFP) April 7, 2023 Some barely sleep. Others fear spending time indoors. And many more have developed a profound fear of the mountains that had been their source of solace and wellbeing. ... more 
In Mexican jungle, scientists prepare for future pandemicsTzucacab, Mexico (AFP) April 7, 2023 As night fell in Mexico's Yucatan jungle, veterinarian Omar Garcia extracted blood and fluids from a bat as part of an investigation aimed at preventing the next potential pandemic. ... more 
Honduras shrimp industry worried by diplomatic break with TaiwanCholuteca, Honduras (AFP) April 7, 2023 On the Pacific coast of Honduras, thousands of people working in the shrimp farming industry are worried about their futures following the government's decision to break diplomatic ties with their largest export market: Taiwan. ... more |
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Work-from-home order issued as Thai city tops world pollution tableChiang Mai, Thailand (AFP) April 7, 2023 Thailand's Chiang Mai was ranked the world's most polluted city on Friday, with authorities urging people to work from home to avoid the hazardous air. ... more  
Buffaloes kill two in BotswanaGaborone, Botswana (AFP) April 6, 2023 A 13-year-old student and a man have died after being attacked by buffaloes near Botswana's Chobe National Park game reserve, the government announced on Thursday. ... more  
UK eco-activists rail against judge's ban on using climate defenceLondon (AFP) April 7, 2023 "We had no defence," said environmental campaigner David Nixon referring to a British judge's recent surprise ruling that barred him from using climate change as a defence for a road-blocking protest. ... more  
Analysis of dinosaur eggshells: bird-like Troodon laid 4 to 6 eggs in a communal nestFrankfurt, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of dinosaurs, the theropods, into the birds we watch fly around the planet today. In fact, bir ... more 
The ice in Antarctica has melted beforeTrondheim, Norway (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 Sixty per cent of the world's fresh water is bound up in Antarctic ice sheets. Thirty million cubic kilometres of ice is perhaps a difficult number to grasp. But if absolutely all Antarctica's ice m ... more |
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 Antakya, Turkey (AFP) April 7, 2023 
Some barely sleep. Others fear spending time indoors. And many more have developed a profound fear of the mountains that had been their source of solace and wellbeing.
Turkish earthquake survivors clinging to the foot of soaring cliffs ringing ancient Antakya are quietly suffering the lingering toll of a disaster that killed more than 50,000 people two months ago.
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 04, 2023 
In 2020, the thrusters on ESA's Integral spacecraft failed. To keep the scientific mission alive, the Integral team at ESA's ESOC mission control centre quickly set to work developing a new series of specialised manoeuvres that would enable them to continue flying the spacecraft using only its reaction wheels - the rotating wheels inside a satellite that allow it to store and use angular momentu ... more |
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 Choluteca, Honduras (AFP) April 7, 2023  On the Pacific coast of Honduras, thousands of people working in the shrimp farming industry are worried about their futures following the government's decision to break diplomatic ties with their largest export market: Taiwan.
"We don't want them to stop business with Taiwan," Lorena de Jesus Zelaya, 51, who works in a shrimp packing plant, said to AFP.
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 Cincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 
At least five ice ages have befallen Earth, including one 635 million years ago that created glaciers from pole to pole.
Called the Marinoan Ice Age, it's named for the part of Australia where geologic evidence was first collected in the 1970s.
Scientists say the Marinoan Ice Age was one of the most extreme in the planet's history, creating glacial ice that persisted for 15 million y ... more |
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 Lima, Argentina (AFP) April 6, 2023  Argentina's already fragile economy is now taking a beating from nature, as the worst drought in almost 100 years decimates critical soy, wheat and corn production.
Soy and wheat crops were halved this year, while corn yield was cut by more than a third, according to official projections, slashing Argentina's exports in a sector crucial for the public purse.
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 Sheffield UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 
Gas emissions are the manifestation of activity occurring beneath the surface of a volcano. Measuring them lets researchers see what can't be seen from the surface. This knowledge is vital for hazard monitoring and the prediction of future eruptions. Since the mid-2000s, ultraviolet SO2 cameras have become important tools to measure emissions. The measurement campaigns, however, must be accompan ... more |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) April 7, 2023 
Ethiopia has begun dismantling regional forces established by some states, aiming to integrate them into the federal army, police or civilian life, a government spokeswoman said Friday, in a move expected to arouse opposition.
Forces set up unilaterally by some states have sparked controversy, particularly during the brutal Tigray war, with security officials operating in Amhara region accus ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023  Protected Indigenous reservations in the Amazon rainforest absorb thousands of tonnes of airborne pollution each year, saving around $2 billion annually in healthcare costs for treating respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, according to a study published Thursday.
The decade-long study analyzed the health impacts of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, which release huge amounts of parti ... more |
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 Dadaab, Kenya (AFP) April 6, 2023  Ugash Adan Abdulahi shook a jerry can. Inside rattled a few grains of sorghum - the only food to last his family another 10 days in Kenya's overwhelmed Dadaab refugee camp.
Every day hundreds of desperate people arrive at Dadaab seeking food and shelter, most from across the border in Somalia, where violent instability and a record-bad drought has made life impossible for many.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 04, 2023 
With the advancement of global civilization, monitoring and managing dumpsites have become essential parts of environmental governance worldwide. However, dumpsite locations are difficult to pinpoint in a timely manner by local government agencies and environmental groups.
A study published in Nature Communications describes an efficient and intelligent dumpsite detection technique and ana ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Apr 10, 2023 
In millions of years and with a long sequence of small changes, evolution has shaped a particular group of dinosaurs, the theropods, into the birds we watch fly around the planet today. In fact, birds are the only descendants of dinosaurs which survived the catastrophic extinction 66 million years ago that ended the Cretaceous period.
Troodon was such a theropod. The carnivorous dinosaur w ... more |
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 London (AFP) April 3, 2023 
Just five percent of Britain's top firms have issued net-zero plans that would be "credible" under government guidelines, according to a study published on Monday.
Consultancy EY revealed the key finding after examining net-zero ambitions of companies listed on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index.
Britain is targeting carbon neutrality by 2050 and wants businesses to outline how they will ... more |
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 Bangalore, India (SPX) Apr 02, 2023 
Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have designed a novel ultramicro supercapacitor, a tiny device capable of storing an enormous amount of electric charge. It is also much smaller and more compact than existing supercapacitors and can potentially be used in many devices ranging from streetlights to consumer electronics, ... more |
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 Gaborone, Botswana (AFP) April 6, 2023 
A 13-year-old student and a man have died after being attacked by buffaloes near Botswana's Chobe National Park game reserve, the government announced on Thursday.
The Ministry of Environment said wildlife authorities launched a hunt after a buffalo injured on Tuesday a 37-year-old in Kasane, a town on the Chobe river, which marks the vast reserve's northern border.
Park officials tra ... more |
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 Taipei (AFP) April 8, 2023  Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said on Saturday that Taipei will continue working with the United States and other democracies as the island faces "continued authoritarian expansionism" from China.
Beijing announced three-days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday, calling them a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government after Tsai met with US House Speaker Kevin McCar ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 6, 2023 
When it comes to what some call his most important job - saving the Amazon rainforest - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been talking the talk, vowing "Brazil is back" in the fight against climate change.
Now, environmentalists say it is time for him to walk the walk - and for the international community to put its money where its mouth is by ramping up funding to protect the Amazo ... more |
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