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  Sydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China. But in a sign of the competition it faces from Beijing, the Solomons police announced the same day it had received a modest donation from China for its police support fund. The Australian deal - valued at Aus$190 million (US$118 million) over four years - will include the construction of a new ... read more |
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Vanuatu reopening to commercial flights, quake toll hits 12Port Vila, Vanuatu (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 Vanuatu said on Saturday it will lift a suspension on commercial flights to restart its vital tourism industry following an earthquake that killed at least 12 people. ... more  
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in FranceParis (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on Friday arrived in France after five months in detention in the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland due to an extradition demand from Japan. ... more  
Virginia Tech research unveils a new timeline of life stretching back 1.5 billion yearsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 A groundbreaking Virginia Tech study has expanded our understanding of the evolution of life, extending the chart of species diversity to nearly 2 billion years ago, deep into the Proterozoic Eon. T ... more  
Digital Earth Africa launches coastal monitoring tool for informed decision makingSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Africa's coastlines are undergoing significant transformations due to rising sea levels, climate-induced extreme weather, urbanization, and growing coastal populations. These changes pose major chal ... more |
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Cyclone Chido death toll in Mozambique rises to 73Maputo (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Cyclone Chido has killed at least 73 people in Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management said Thursday, raising the death toll from the figure of 45 it announced the day before. ... more |
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UK's biggest water supplier wins lifeline as customer bills hikedLondon (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Britain's largest water supplier Thames Water, which is drowning in debt, won a financial lifeline Thursday as regulators allowed it to massively hike customers' bills, though by less than the company demanded. ... more  
Myanmar junta FM briefs neighbours on election plans: Thai FMBangkok (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Myanmar's junta-appointed foreign minister briefed officials from five neighbouring countries on the military's repeatedly delayed plans to hold elections, Thailand's foreign minister said on Thursday. ... more  
Warmer winter melts incomes of China's ice cuttersHarbin, China (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Gruff men shout over an angry motor as they float huge blocks of ice towards a rusty conveyor belt on the bank of a frozen river in northeastern China. ... more  
Mexico encourages citizens to drop off firearms at churchesMexico City (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 The Mexican government announced Tuesday a new citizen disarmament program whereby people with guns can drop them off at churches for a reimbursement fee. ... more |
Spain central bank raises 2024 growth forecast despite floodsMadrid (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 Spain's central bank raised its 2024 growth forecast by 0.3 percentage points on Tuesday despite the impact of the devastating October 29 floods, the country's worst such disaster in decades. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Tackling climate, nature separately risks worsening crises: UNParis (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 Overconsumption and unsustainable farming are fuelling overlapping crises in nature and the climate, putting crucial ecosystems such as coral reefs at imminent risk of destruction, a landmark UN report said Tuesday. ... more 
One in 5 properties in England now at risk of floodingLondon (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 Around one in five properties in England are at risk of flooding, a 15 percent increase from 2018, the Environment Agency warned Tuesday using models incorporating new localised data and climate change projections. ... more  
Japan inspects US air base over chemical spillTokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Japanese authorities on Friday carried out an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak. ... more
Japan inspects US air base over chemical spillTokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military base in Tokyo, a government spokesman said, after being informed by the American side of a chemical leak. ... more |
 
13 dead after Indian navy speedboat rams ferry off MumbaiMumbai (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 An Indian navy speedboat undergoing tests in the busy seas off the financial capital Mumbai lost control and slammed into a ferry, killing 13 people, the navy and government said Wednesday. ... more 
Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolutionBoston MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible was about an hour-and-a-half into its two-hour descent to the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean when it lost contact with its support ship. ... more  
Early warning system aims to curb locust swarmsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Desert locusts, known for their devastating impact on crops, typically live solitary lives until environmental triggers like intense rainfall prompt them to form massive swarms. A single swarm spann ... more 
Sri Lanka navy rescues boat of 100 Rohingya refugeesColombo (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Sri Lanka's navy said Friday it had rescued 102 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar adrift in a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, bringing them safely to port. ... more |
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Critically endangered elephant found dead in Bali riverBadung, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 A critically endangered elephant living at a zoo on the Indonesian resort island of Bali was found dead in a river Tuesday after being swept away by strong currents following days of torrential rain, officials said. ... more 
Mali junta renames colonial French street namesBamako (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Mali followed fellow junta-ruled Burkina Faso and Niger on Wednesday in renaming streets and squares in its capital to get rid of their French colonial names. ... more 
Russian oil spill contaminates 50km of Black Sea beachesMoscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to clean up thousands of tonnes of oil that spilt into the sea and contaminated 50 kilometres of beaches after tanker ships were wrecked in a storm. ... more 
France withdraws first contingent of soldiers from Chad: N'DjamenaN'Djamena (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad on Friday, the country's defence ministry said, after N'Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power. ... more |
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DR Congo president makes changes at top of armed forcesKinshasa (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the army chief as part of a reshuffle within the armed forces who are battling a rebel advance in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more |
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Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollutionFreetown (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone's polluting public transport system. ... more 
Somalia struggles to rid itself of plastic despite banMogadishu (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. ... more 
Official says Liberia to begin war crimes trials in next five yearsMonrovia (AFP) Dec 21, 2024 The lawyer responsible for setting up Liberia's long-awaited war crimes court told AFP that the first trials will take place in the next five years, more than two decades after the brutal civil wars that left around 250,000 people dead. ... more  
Climate change made Cyclone Chido stronger: scientistsParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 Climate change intensified Cyclone Chido as it barrelled toward the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, said a preliminary study by scientists studying the link between global warming and tropical storms. ... more |
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