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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008 
Thirty-two people died in two separate accidents in China Saturday, as explosives went off in a rural area while a lift crashed on an urban building site, highlighting the nation's poor work safety record. In the first of the incidents, a blast erupted at 1:12 am (1712 GMT Friday) in the village of Donggancheng, in central China's Henan province, the Xinhua news agency reported. "Fifteen ... read more 
Amman, Jordan (UPI) Dec 26, 2008 A $4.4 billion canal that would stretch from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea would provide an abundance of power and fresh water, Jordanian officials say. The proposed canal also would keep the Dead Sea from drying up and disappearing within 50 years, said Adnan Zoubi, a spokesman for the Jordanian water ministry. The plan calls for a 110-mile long canal to channel several million to ... 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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Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 27, 2008Militant environmentalists said they had pelted stink bombs at a Japanese whaling ship in Australian waters in their latest bid to disrupt hunting of the protected creatures. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said it "pursued and delivered 10 bottles of rotten butter and 15 bottles of a methyl cellulose and indelible dye mixture" to the Kaiko Maru vessel Friday evening. A Japanese go ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008China marked the 115th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary Mao Zedong Friday, with "long-life" noodles and a foot race in the iconic leader's hometown, state press said. Thousands of people gathered in Mao's birthplace of Shaoshan village to commemorate the "Great Helmsman," who founded the People's Republic in 1949 and served as China's leader until his death in 1976, Xinhua news agen ... more  
Lubumbashi, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 26, 2008A Chinese man and two Lebanese nationals were shot dead in a crime wave in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo that also left 10 Congolese dead this week, witnesses and officials said Friday. The Chinese man was shot dead in broad daylight in the town of Likasi late Friday, witnesses told AFP. In the city of Lubumbashi, near the border with Zambia, a Lebanese man was shot dead in h ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008Chinese dairy firms whose products contained the toxic chemical melamine have agreed to pay compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill from tainted milk, state media said Saturday. The 22 companies will pay a lump sum to victims of the melamine scandal, which has shocked China since it erupted in September and has left six babies dead while sickening nearly 300,000, the Xin ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Dec 26, 2008Heavy snow blanketed northern Japan Friday, stranding holiday travellers, as the weather agency warned of further severe winter storms and high waves over the weekend. Japanese airlines cancelled at least 159 domestic flights as snow closed all the runways at New Chitose Airport, the biggest air hub on the northern island of Hokkaido, transport companies said. Several train services in H ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008The former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, who will stand trial next week, could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said Friday. The trial of Tian Wenhua, previously the chairwoman of Sanlu Group, will open Wednesday at a court in Sanlu's home city, Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei province, an official with a provincial court told AFP. H ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008An anti-piracy task force of the Chinese navy set sail Friday for Africa, state media said, in the nation's first potential combat mission beyond its territorial waters in centuries. The three vessels, decorated with coloured ribbons and flowers, weighed anchor at the Yalong Bay naval base on south China's tropical Hainan island at 1:50 pm (0550 GMT), heading for Somalia, the Xinhua news age ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008Nine people were injured, two of them seriously, when an earthquake struck southwest China near the border with Myanmar early Friday, state media reported. The 4.9-magnitude quake struck at about 2020 GMT Thursday near the city of Ruili in Yunnan province, the Xinhua news agency said. The city's Party chief Yang Yueguo told Xinhua two villagers were seriously injured while the other seve ... 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 
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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 
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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 
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