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  New York (AFP) April 9, 2025 A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction practice's first commercial contract - by appealing to US President Donald Trump. It wants to collect so-called polymetallic nodules - mineral deposits made up of multiple metals - on the Pacific Ocean floor. TMC originally planned to apply for a contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) - the organization with jurisdiction over the seabed in international waters ... read more |
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World's 'exceptional' heat streak lengthens into MarchParis (AFP) April 8, 2025 Global temperatures hovered at historic highs in March, the EU agency that monitors climate change said on Tuesday, prolonging an unprecedented heat streak that has pushed the bounds of scientific explanation. ... more  
Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpelYakutsk, Russia (AFP) April 9, 2025 Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem. ... more 
Canadians in Great Lakes city bristle at Trump water threatsSarnia, Canada (AFP) April 9, 2025 Like many Canadian border cities, Sarnia has seen a surge of patriotism in response to President Donald Trump's aggressive behavior, but residents of the community on Lake Huron have focused on one threat in particular: local waters. ... more  
Fire in northern China nursing home kills 20: state mediaBeijing (AFP) April 9, 2025 Twenty people have died in a fire at a nursing home in northern China's Hebei province, Beijing's state news agency Xinhua said Wednesday. ... more |
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Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Africa's oldest nature reserveGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 8, 2025 Anthrax poisoning has killed about 50 hippos in Virunga, Africa's oldest national park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled east, the head of the park told AFP on Tuesday. ... more |
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Illegal mining on Indigenous lands in Brazil dropped under Lula: reportSao Paulo (AFP) April 8, 2025 Illegal gold mining in Indigenous Brazilian territories has declined dramatically since leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, a report by Greenpeace said Tuesday, as the country readies to host UN climate talks later this year. ... more  
China slams 'ignorant and impolite' US VP over 'peasants' commentsBeijing (AFP) April 8, 2025 China on Tuesday condemned US Vice President JD Vance as "ignorant and impolite", after he referred to Washington borrowing money from "Chinese peasants". ... more  
Volcano in Philippines sends ash miles into the airManila (AFP) April 8, 2025 A volcano in the central Philippines erupted early Tuesday morning, sending a plume of ash 4,000 metres (2.5 miles) into the sky and prompting calls for local school cancellations. ... more  
Indigenous leaders want same clout as world leaders at UN climate talksBrasilia (AFP) April 7, 2025 Some 8,000 Indigenous people from the Amazon rainforest and the Pacific converged on Brazil's capital Monday to demand an equal say as politicians when the country hosts this year's UN climate conference. ... more |
DR Congo president meets irate Kinshasa flood victimsKinshasa (AFP) April 7, 2025 Angry residents vented their frustration at DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday after losing their homes in weekend flash floods in the capital Kinshasa that have killed at least 33 people. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Mali separatist rebel commander arrested in NigerAbidjan (AFP) April 7, 2025 A commander of a separatist rebel coalition operating in Mali's volatile north was arrested in Niger last week, local security sources told AFP on Monday. ... more 
'Alarming' microplastic pollution in Europe's great riversParis (AFP) April 7, 2025 "Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies published simultaneously Monday. ... more
Methane gas detected at Osaka Expo siteTokyo (AFP) April 7, 2025 A level of methane high enough to potentially ignite a fire was detected at the World Expo site in Japan, organisers said Monday, less than a week before the event opens. ... more
UK defence minister meets family of murdered Kenyan womanNairobi (AFP) April 7, 2025 Britain's defence minister met on Monday the family of a young Kenyan mother who was found dead in 2012 after last being seen with a British soldier, as he stressed the need to "accelerate progress" in the case. ... more |
'Fear and anxiety': Bangkok residents seek quake-proof homesBangkok (AFP) April 7, 2025 Shaken hours earlier by a massive earthquake, Phatsakon Kaewkla's terror was magnified when he came home to find gaping cracks in the walls of his 22nd-floor Bangkok apartment. ... more
Missing girl found lifting Argentina floods death toll to 17Buenos Aires (AFP) April 6, 2025 Argentine authorities said Sunday they had found the body of a girl missing since last month's deadly floods, lifting the death toll for the deluge to 17. ... more 
US storms, 'devastating' flooding death toll climbs to 17Jeffersontown, United States (AFP) April 6, 2025 Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 17 people, officials said Sunday, with the National Weather Service warning of "devastating" flash flooding. ... more 
Torrential rains kill dozens in DR Congo capitalKinshasa (AFP) April 6, 2025 Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have killed around 30 people while wreaking havoc across the central African megacity, an official told AFP on Sunday. ... more |
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Rain complicates recovery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll risesYangon (AFP) April 6, 2025 Rain is compounding misery and presenting new hurdles for relief efforts on Sunday in Myanmar, where state media reported the death toll from a devastating earthquake has risen to nearly 3,500 people. ... more 
Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern PakistanHussainabad, Pakistan (AFP) April 6, 2025 At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. ... more  
Lula admits 'still a lot to do' for Indigenous BraziliansRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) April 4, 2025 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous communities battling for survival in the Amazon rainforest. ... more 
US ups Myanmar quake aid, says others should bear burdenWashington (AFP) April 4, 2025 The United States said Friday it was raising its assistance to earthquake-hit Myanmar but added it was unfair to expect the nation to keep leading humanitarian relief around the world. ... more |
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Burkina junta critic arrested in growing crackdown: civil groupAbidjan (AFP) April 4, 2025 Burkina Faso authorities arrested a member of a civil society group critical of the country's military rulers, the organisation said Friday, the latest of numerous detentions targeting the junta's critics. ... more |
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'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forestUmphang, Thailand (AFP) April 4, 2025 Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke. ... more
Clamping down on 'forever chemicals'Paris (AFP) April 4, 2025 Contaminating water and soil, human-made "forever chemicals" widely used since the mid-20th century, are facing increasing regulation worldwide. ... more 
Finland's colossal bomb shelters a model for jittery EuropeHelsinki (AFP) April 4, 2025 Swimming pools, playgrounds and amusement parks: Finland's underground facilities, which can double as bomb shelters, have emerged as an inspiring approach as Europe ramps up preparedness after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more 
Microplastics debate ramps up tensions over EU green ambitionsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) April 2, 2025 Tensions between the EU's competing ambitions of going green and unshackling businesses from red tape came to the boil on Wednesday as member states held a heated debate on plans to curb plastic pollution. ... more |
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