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  Athens (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 A fresh series of quakes hit the Aegean island of Santorini early on Thursday, part of an unprecedented seismic wave that has baffled scientists and led to a mass exodus of residents. Seven successive tremors measuring over 4.0 magnitude were recorded in the early morning by the Athens Geodynamic Institute, Greece's leading authority on earthquake analysis. This was after a 5.2 quake, the strongest so far since the weekend, was recorded on Wednesday evening. Experts have so far been unable t ... read more |
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Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disasterAntakya, Turkey (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Thousands of survivors held torchlit vigils across southern Turkey at 4:17 am Thursday, expressing pain and anger as they marked the exact moment two years ago when a devastating earthquake struck that led to the deaths of over 53,000 people in Turkey and some 6,000 in Syria. ... more  
January sets 'surprising' heat record: EU monitorParis (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Last month was the hottest January on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, despite expectations that cooler La Nina conditions might quell a streak of record-breaking global temperatures. ... more  
Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'Washington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius - the fallback target of the Paris climate accord - is now "impossible," according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by leading scientists. ... more  
Green light for AI-driven mapping of New Zealand's forestsSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 06, 2025 Researchers from Flinders University and New Zealand have successfully integrated artificial intelligence and 3D laser scanning to map radiata pine plantations across much of New Zealand's North Isl ... more |
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Australian team claims first IVF kangaroo embryoSydney (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Australian-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilisation, hailing it as a key step towards saving marsupials that are endangered. ... more |
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German tourist killed by wild elephant in IndiaNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 A German tourist died in India after he was attacked by a wild elephant in a forest reserve, police said Wednesday. ... more  
New Zealand chides Cook Islands for 'lack of transparency'Sydney (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 New Zealand criticised its close Pacific partner the Cook Islands on Wednesday for showing a "lack of transparency", following reports that it is about to sign a cooperation deal with China. ... more  
AstraZeneca annual profit jumps despite China woesLondon (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Thursday said net profit jumped 18 percent in 2024, boosted by a strong performance from its cancer medicine sales and despite the group's troubles in China. ... more  
El Salvador offers to jail violent U.S. criminals in 'unprecedented' dealWashington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025 El Salvador has agreed to take deportees from the United States and violent criminals from U.S. prisons in an "extraordinary migratory agreement." Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the deal Monday following a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in Central America. ... more |
For quake survivors, art brings healing in Turkey's AntiochAntakya, Turkey (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 At first glance, it's a happy image - hundreds of smiling faces torn from newspapers and pasted into a frame. But these are ghosts, victims of the 2023 earthquake in Turkey that claimed more than 53,000 lives. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Pentagon says 10 'high-threat' migrants being held at GuantanamoWashington (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Ten "high-threat" migrants have arrived at Guantanamo and are being held at the notorious American base in Cuba, the Pentagon said Wednesday, with the White House later identifying them as members of a powerful gang. ... more 
Weapons found at Swedish school after massacre: police�rebro, Sweden (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Several long-barrelled weapons have been found at an adult education centre in Sweden where a gunman killed 10 people, a police spokesman told AFP on Thursday. ... more 
'We're not afraid': Santorini residents brave tremors to stay putSantorini, Greece (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 From her balcony overlooking one of the world's most stunning sea views, Santorini resident Chantal Metakides insisted she would not join the scores fleeing the earthquakes shaking the popular Greek tourist island. ... more  
Niger orders Red Cross to leave countryAbidjan (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Niger's ruling military junta has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately, a source told AFP Wednesday. ... more |
 
What Elon Musk's Twitter tactics may bode for US governmentSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 As Elon Musk and his aides take control of the US Treasury's payments system, the drastic job cuts and other shake-ups he instituted on buying Twitter may offer a preview of what government workers can expect. ... more  
Australia expresses 'serious concerns' for writer jailed in ChinaSydney (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Australia said Wednesday it is concerned for the health of jailed Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, who was handed a suspended death sentence a year ago by a Beijing court. ... more 
Small temperature rise could triple Earth heat hazardLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 An international research team, led by King's College London, has discovered that as global temperatures keep climbing, increasingly large regions of the planet will surpass safe heat thresholds for ... more  
Smart carbon dioxide removal yields economic and environmental benefitsBoston MA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 Last year the Earth exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial times, a threshold beyond which wildfires, droughts, floods, and other climate impacts are expected to escalate in fre ... more |
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Study identifies leading continuous methane emitters worldwideParis, France (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 A newly published scientific study has pinpointed 10 regions across the globe where methane is emitted continuously over an extended period. These emissions come from both natural landscapes and hum ... more  
Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: US dataParis (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 The sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a US analysis released Tuesday, with areas around Greenland seeing temperatures well above average. ... more 
Greenland ice crevasses escalate fueling further rise in sea levelsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Over a five-year span, the Greenland ice sheet gained 930 million cubic meters of new crevasses, an amount comparable to inserting a Great Pyramid of Giza-sized fracture into the planet's second lar ... more 
Trump taps 'Sharpiegate' meteorologist to lead top science agencyWashington (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 A meteorologist who caved to political pressure during Donald Trump's first administration to mislead the public about a hurricane forecast was nominated by the president Tuesday to once more lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). ... more |
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Study examines how African farmers are adapting to mountain climate changeFort Collins, CO (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 A new international study highlights the severity of climate change impacts across African mountains, how farmers are adapting, and the barriers they face - findings relevant to people living in mou ... more |
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French cognac exports to China slump as tariffs bite; Scottish whisky makers fear return of Trump tariffsBordeaux (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Cognac sales to China dropped 24 percent in value last year after Beijing imposed tariffs on EU brandy imports amid trade tensions with the European Union, an industry body said Tuesday. ... more
Thousands leave as fresh tremors shake Greece's SantoriniSantorini, Greece (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Thousands of people fled the Greek island of Santorini by sea and air for a third day on Tuesday, as more earthquakes shook the top travel destination. ... more 
Green energy projects adding to Sami people's climate woes: AmnestyOslo (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said Friday. ... more 
NASA radar imagery highlights expanding landslide activity in Los AngelesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 Recent analysis using NASA radar technology has revealed that a long-active landslide zone on the Palos Verdes Peninsula has expanded, raising concerns about infrastructure and safety. Scienti ... more |
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