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  Paris (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 Even modest temperature rises agreed under an international plan to limit climate disaster could see the ice caps melt enough this century for their loss to be "irreversible", experts warned Monday. The 2015 Paris Agreement limits nations to temperature rises "well below" two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels and to less than 1.5C if at all possible. That ballpark of getting 1.5-2C hotter by 2100 is scientists' best-case-scenario based on our consumption of na ... read more |
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OpenForests launches the forest project platform explorer.landKrefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 OpenForests (https://openforests.com), an innovative German forest consulting and tech company, just released the explorer.land platform. The interactive map-based platform is designed to present fo ... more  
Experts find that stone tools connected communitiesJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 The tools - mainly blades and backed knives from the Howiesons Poort - were found in various layers in the Klipdrift Shelter, in the southern Cape in South Africa. They were examined by a group of l ... more  
Delhi homeless to be given masks as smog worsens: officialNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 New Delhi's homeless will be given cotton masks to help them survive in the world's most polluted major city, officials said Monday, although experts said the basic coverings would be useless against deadly smog particles. ... more  
Firefighters dig battle lines as body count mounts in CaliforniaParadise, United States (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 Thousands of firefighters spent a fifth day Monday digging battle lines to contain California's worst ever wildfire as the wind-whipped flames cleaved a merciless path through the state's northern hills, leaving death and devastation in their wake. ... more |
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China postpones lifting rhino, tiger parts banBeijing (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 China appeared to backtrack on a controversial decision to lift a ban on trading tiger bones and rhinoceros horns, saying it has been postponed, state media reported Monday. ... more 
Planned flying fox cull will harm endangered species, scientists warnWashington (UPI) Nov 12, 2018 Officials in Mauritius are planning to cull flying foxes, the large bat species native to the small African island nation. Farmers blame the bat for commercial fruit losses, but scientists argue a cull is unnecessary and could spell the end for the endangered species. ... more 
Pressure on girls for perfect body 'worse than ever', says OrbachHong Kong (AFP) Nov 11, 2018 Girls and young women are under more pressure than ever to achieve the perfect body in an oppressive social media-driven world that could never have been imagined by 1970s feminists, says psychoanalyst and bestselling author Susie Orbach. ... more  
Marshall Islands leader survives no-confidence motionMajuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine narrowly survived a vote of no confidence Monday, seeing off a challenge she alleges was orchestrated by Chinese-backed business interests intent on undermining the Pacific nation's sovereignty. ... more  
China mulls $720,000 fine for faking vaccine tests after scandalBeijing (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 Chinese vaccine manufacturers who falsify test results or break other rules could be fined up to $720,000 under a new law proposed after a scandal that fulled public fears over domestically made medicine. ... more |
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French, German defence ministers in Mali amid concern over G5 Sahel forceBamako (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 The French and German defence ministers met in Bamako on Monday to discuss Mali's troubled peace accord, as the head of a beleaguered five-nation anti-terror force for the Sahel raised concerns over a lack of equipment. ... more  |
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Zambia blames opposition for anti-China attacks; Mozambique opens $785 mn Chinese bridgeLusaka (AFP) Nov 9, 2018 Zambia's government accused the opposition on Friday of fuelling "xenophobic" attacks on Chinese nationals after a spate of violent incidents targeting the community and its businesses. ... more 
Nigeria appoints new commander against Boko HaramAbuja (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 The Nigerian Army has appointed a new commander to lead the fight against Boko Haram jihadists in the country's restive northeast, where attacks on military targets have spiked in recent months. ... more
Hundreds flee after Boko Haram raid in northeast NigeriaKano, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 11, 2018 Hundreds of villagers fled their homes in Nigeria's northeast late on Saturday after an attack by Islamist militants from the Boko Haram group, militia officials and witnesses said. ... more  
In China's Himalayas, a wine 'flying above the clouds'Adong, China (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 A $300 bottle of wine sold in the United States and Europe is made in the unlikeliest of places: at the foot of the Himalayas in China, where farmers sing traditional songs while picking grapes. ... more  
Ma Jian on the need to tell the 'ruthless, bloody truth'Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 10, 2018 Ma Jian walks into his interview at a Hong Kong hotel carrying a local newspaper under his arm after finding himself at the centre of a media storm in recent days. ... more |
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 Port Moresby (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
Papua New Guinea has deployed a multi-national force of warships, fighter jets and elite counter-terrorism troops to protect world leaders attending a major summit in its crime-plagued capital this week.
About 4,000 military personnel, around half of them foreign, will work with hundreds of police to patrol Port Moresby for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum from Saturday, which wil ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties of single atoms on a surface. The scientists used the magnetism of single atoms, known as spin, as a basic building block for quantum information processing. The researchers could show that by packing two atoms closely together the ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life.
In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, researcher ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2018 
It was five years ago this month that ESA's GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure - giving a new view of the remnants of lost continents hidden deep under the ice sheet of Antarctica.
A research team from Germany's Kiel University and the British Antarctic Survey published their latest GOCE-based findings this week in ... more |
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 Burlington VT (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 
Around the world, over 13,000 plant species have embedded themselves in new environments - some of them integrate with the native plants, but others spread aggressively. Understanding why some plants become invasive, while others do not is critical to preserving the world's biodiversity.
New research from the University of Vermont provides insight to help predict which plants are likely to ... more |
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 Amman (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
Jordanian rescuers on Monday found the body of a five-year-old girl killed in flash floods that have left a total of 13 people dead in the kingdom, the civil defence said.
On Friday torrential rains swept the south of the country, forcing nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed desert city of Petra and causing damage to roads, homes and vehicles.
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 Douala (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
A Cameroon military tribunal has dropped a lawsuit against a TV presenter from the country's restive anglophone region who was detained for several days last week accused of "attacking state security", her lawyer said Monday.
Mimi Mefo, who heads English news for privately-owned Equinoxe broadcasting, was released from detention on Saturday after being charged by a military in the commercia ... more |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 
The tools - mainly blades and backed knives from the Howiesons Poort - were found in various layers in the Klipdrift Shelter, in the southern Cape in South Africa. They were examined by a group of lithic experts, who found distinct similarities to tools from sites in South Africa's Western Cape, over 300km away, in particular with the Diepkloof Rock Shelter site.
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
New Mexico Democrat Deb Haaland, who became one of the first Native American women elected to the US Congress this week, says she plans to make the fight for renewable energy a top priority.
A 57-year-old member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, Haaland insists that indigenous rights are inextricably linked to climate change - and vows to fight for "tribal nations ... battling the fossil fuel ind ... more |
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 Guildford, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2018 
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) for two high precision reference mirrors to accelerate the precise alignment and testing of their Earth Observation Satellite Telescopes.
Based in Guildford, UK, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) manufacture and operate small to medium sized satellites, covering a range of use cases, from tele ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2018 
Under the right conditions, a dinosaur's soft tissue can be transformed and preserved, enabling fossilization. The process features chemical transformations similar to those that characterize browned or burnt toast.
Scientists have long debated whether soft tissue can be preserved within dinosaur bones. While hard tissue - bones, eggs, teeth, scales - can survive for more than 100 mil ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 8, 2018 
An EU court ruled Thursday that Brussels regulators are wrong to test the energy efficiency of vacuum cleaners using empty dust bags, in a victory for British manufacturer Dyson.
Household vacuums sold in Europe must carry energy labelling to allow consumers to judge which models are more efficient and thus cheaper to run and less damaging to the environment.
But Dyson, which makes clean ... more |
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 Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Nov 08, 2018 
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have taken a huge step towards making smart devices that do not use batteries or require charging.
These battery-free objects, which feature an IP address for internet connectivity, are known as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. If an IoT device can operate without a battery it lowers maintenance costs and allows the device to be placed in areas th ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
China appeared to backtrack on a controversial decision to lift a ban on trading tiger bones and rhinoceros horns, saying it has been postponed, state media reported Monday.
The State Council, China's cabinet, unexpectedly announced last month that it would allow the sale of rhino and tiger products under "special circumstances", a move conservationists likened to signing a death warrant fo ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 12, 2018 
Every Sunday in Hong Kong the city's army of domestic helpers packs into parks or onto pavements, bridges and walkways on their one mandatory day off.
With a marginalised position in society and low income, the force of more than 300,000 maids, mainly women from Indonesia and the Philippines, can find it hard to access public facilities like libraries and leisure centres.
Some NGOs say a ... more |
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 Baltimore, Brazil (SPX) Nov 12, 2018 
Many countries have made commitments to restore huge areas of forest as part of the Bonn Challenge, organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. For example, Costa Rica has promised to preserve 1 million hectares (3,861 square miles) of forest by 2020--about 20 percent of the nation's total area.
However, a new paper in Conservation Letters suggests that quickly refores ... more |
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