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Scientists using nationwide data collected since 1970 have produced a map depicting natural hazard mortality across the United States. Susan Cutter and Kevin Borden from the University of South Carolina said their map presents a county-level representation of the likelihood of dying as the result of natural events such as floods, earthquakes or extreme weather. "This work will ... read more 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Angry protests erupted in Australia on Tuesday as environmentalists accused the government of "surrendering" by pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by only five percent by 2020. As senior scientists called for deeper cuts, hundreds of people attended a wave of rallies around the country to urge stronger action on climate change or risk the loss of natural treasures such as the Great ... more |
'Significant' acceleration of global warming since 2015: study
Eight dead as tornados surge across central US In Finland, kids take hovercraft to school over frozen Baltic Sea Four dead, at least 12 injured after tornados hit Michigan: US media Italy challenges EU over key climate tool Press Release from Business Wire: Onego Bio Swiss to vote on creating giant 'climate fund' After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan minerals US interior secretary visits Caracas in quest for minerals Denmark inaugurates first flight with sustainable fuel 
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Champaign, Ill. (UPI) Dec 16, 2008 U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of "fooling" a bacterium's evolutionary machinery into programming its own death. Researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst said their achievement shows a synthetic "hole punching" anti-microbial depends upon the presence of phosphoethanolamine -- a cone-shaped lipid found within ... more  
Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2008Hurricanes and earthquakes win more headlines but heatwaves claim most lives, according to a survey of mortality from natural threats in the United States, published on Wednesday. The "death map" says hazard mortality is highest in the US South, where a variety of threats are to blame, followed by the northern Great Plains, where heat and drought are the greatest natural risks, then the ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008China entered 2008 with high hopes of basking in an Olympic glow, but the past 12 months were a rocky and traumatic ride that showed its path to global superpower status would not always be smooth. Even as the world's most populous nation continued its seemingly inexorable economic rise, violence in Tibet and a devastating earthquake in the southwest were just some of the crises that left it ... more  
Harare (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Zimbabwe's government claimed Tuesday to be the victim of a terror campaign after an assassination bid against the air force chief, as the diplomatic heat was turned up on President Robert Mugabe. With the death toll from a cholera epidemic now nearing 1,000, UN chief Ban Ki-moon delivered an apocalyptic assessment of the political and health crises afflicting a nation which was once seen as ... more |
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Launching the idea of data centers in spaceSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. ... more  
Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats upSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race. ... more
Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as he seeks to raise billions of dollars for his science fiction-worthy outer space projects. ... more
  
Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical properties and the ... more 
OpenClaw's AI agent does everything, even social mediaWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Meet OpenClaw: the AI assistant that promised to be your dream intern, terrified cybersecurity experts, and now thrives on chatbot-only social media - all in just a few weeks. ... more 
Human taught tactile control lets robots grasp diverse objectsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 When humans pick up everyday items such as fragile eggs or slippery metal cups, they instinctively adjust their grip using tactile feedback to avoid breaking or dropping them. In contrast, enabling ... more
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Washington (AFP) Dec 16, 2008The Pentagon cautioned Tuesday that there were "practical challenges" to taking action against pirates inside Somalia despite having the authority to do so under a new US Security Council resolution. The resolution, passed earlier Tuesday, gives states a one year mandate to take "all necessary measures that are appropriate in Somalia" to suppress "acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea." ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Chinese authorities have begun destroying and vaccinating poultry after an outbreak of bird flu was discovered in the east of the country, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was discovered on a chicken farm in Dongtai city and in another farm in Haian county both in eastern Jiangsu province, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008China has published a list of 17 acids, chemicals and other substances that have been banned as food additives, amid a four-month safety campaign following a scandal over tainted milk. Illegal items posted on the Chinese health ministry's list include boric acid, a chemical used as an insecticide or flame retardant that is known to be added to noodles or the skin of dumplings to increase the ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2008Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos arrived in Beijing Tuesday on a trip to drum up funds for his oil rich African state. Dos Santos starts the four-day tour with talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said. The trip, the president's second in five months to one of Angola's top economic partners, comes as the west African nation is being forced ... more |
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China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapsesBeijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 China rejected calls to enter talks on a new nuclear treaty after a US-Russian agreement expired on Thursday, ending decades of restrictions on how many warheads the two powers can deploy. ... more 
Trump urges new nuclear treaty after Russia agreement endsWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a brand new nuclear treaty after the last agreement with Russia expired, prompting fears of a new global arms race. ... more 
Iran, US prepare for Oman talks after deadly protest crackdownMuscat, Oman (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Iran and the United States were preparing for talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington looking to see if there was any prospect of diplomatic progress on the Iranian nuclear programme and other issues while refusing to rule out military action. ... more
  
Why did Xi hold back-to-back calls with Putin, Trump?Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 China's leader Xi Jinping held back-to-back calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump this week, timing analysts said on Thursday was rare and significant as Beijing positions itself as a stable global power. ... more 
Russia, US agree to resume military contacts at Ukraine talksAbu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Russia and the United States agreed to resume high-level military contacts, in a major step of rapprochement between the world's top nuclear powers at Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. ... more 
China's Xi calls for 'orderly' world in talks with Uruguay leaderBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 China's leader Xi Jinping called Tuesday for an "equal and orderly multipolar world" in the face of "unilateral bullying", in an apparent jab at the United States. ... more
  
Iraq starts investigations into IS detainees moved from SyriaBaghdad (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Iraq's judiciary announced on Monday it has begun its investigations into more than 1,300 Islamic State group detainees who were transferred from Syria as part of a US operation. ... more 
Where does Iraq stand as US turns up heat on Iran?Baghdad (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Faced with political deadlock, open American meddling and the threat of war across its borders, is Iraq being dragged back to darker times after achieving hard-won stability? ... more 
Rubio warns Iraq on Iran ties as Maliki sets returnWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iraq on Sunday against a pro-Iranian government as the expected return of Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister stirs Washington's concern. ... more
  
Pakistan seeks out perpetrators after deadly separatist attacksQuetta, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 Pakistan forces hunted on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 190 people were killed in two days. ... more 
US judge grants asylum to Chinese man who filmed alleged Uyghur campsWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 A US immigration judge on Wednesday granted asylum to a Chinese man who fled his country after documenting sites of alleged human rights abuses against Uyghurs, his mother and lawyer told AFP. ... more 
Kurdish women braid their hair in show of solidarity with Syria KurdsErbil, Iraq (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 Women in Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond have taken to the streets and social media to braid their hair in a show of solidarity after a Syrian soldier bragged in a video about cutting off a Kurdish fighter's braid in Raqa. ... more |
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