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  Jakarta (AFP) Dec 23, 2018 The volcano that triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia late Saturday emerged from the sea around the legendary Krakatoa 90 years ago and has been on a high-level eruption watchlist for the past decade. Anak Krakatoa (the "Child of Krakatoa") has been particularly active since June, occasionally sending massive plumes of ash high into the sky and in October a tour boat was nearly hit by lava bombs from the erupting volcano. Experts say Anak Krakatoa emerged around 1928 in the caldera of Krakato ... read more |
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Hunt for survivors as Indonesian tsunami death toll tops 280Carita, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 24, 2018 Indonesian rescuers raced to find survivors Monday after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed at least 281 people, with experts warning the devastated region could be slammed by more deadly waves. ... more  
Gatekeeper at Japan's 'Suicide Forest' hopes music can save livesNarusawa , Japan (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 From his hut on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest", Kyochi Watanabe blasts John Lennon's "Imagine" into the night - hoping that music can lift people from their despair before it's too late. ... more 
Nigeria flood victims a 'major emergency': Red CrossLagos (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 Nigeria is facing a "major emergency," with tens of thousands of people displaced by recent flooding at risk of hunger and disease if help cannot be got to them, the Nigerian Red Cross said Thursday. ... more  
2018 hottest year for a century in FranceParis (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 2018 was the hottest year in France since modern records began in 1900, the French meteorological service said Friday. ... more |
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SLSCO awarded $166.8M contract for border construction workWashington (UPI) Dec 21, 2018 As Congress spars with President Donald Trump over financing his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, the Defense Department on Thursday awarded a contract to SLSCO Ltd. for its design-build construction project on the border. ... more  
Sydney pummelled by hail the size of tennis ballsSydney (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 Australia's largest city was picking up the pieces Friday after a series of lightning and hailstorms pummelled cars with ice blocks the size of tennis balls. ... more  
Dust threatens Utah's 'greatest snow on earth'Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Dec 24, 2018 Utah's Wasatch Mountains are famous for having "The Greatest Snow on Earth." Snow-seekers in pursuit of world-class skiing and snowboarding contribute over a billion dollars annually to the economy. ... more  
Japan 'mulling IWC withdrawal' to resume commercial whalingTokyo (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 Japan is considering pulling out of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), officials told AFP on Thursday, as Tokyo reportedly gears up to resume commercial whaling activity next year. ... more  
Macron takes champagne and fois gras to French soldiers in ChadN'Djamena (AFP) Dec 22, 2018 French President Emmanuel Macron paid a pre-Christmas visit to French soldiers in Chad on Saturday, bringing enough champagne, fois gras and chocolate for 1,300 troops along with him. ... more |
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Germany backs Canada over citizens held in ChinaBerlin (AFP) Dec 23, 2018 Germany expressed serious concern Sunday about the detention of Canadian nationals in China, a day after Ottawa called on allies for support in securing their release. ... more  |
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China's death penalty in 'decline': top judgeBeijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 The use of capital punishment is "declining" in China but abolition is still far away because of popular support for the death penalty, said a judge from the China's highest court. ... more 
'Under the table': Cambodia's surrogate mothers risk jail for Chinese couplesPhnom Penh (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 Pregnant and scared, Yin hides in a house on the outskirts of Phnom Penh - one of an untold number of Cambodian surrogate mothers risking jail time for lucrative payouts from Chinese clients. ... more 
Arrests fuel anxieties among China Canadian expatsBeijing (AFP) Dec 22, 2018 The arrest of a third Canadian in China has heightened anxiety even in an expatriate community accustomed to some level of fear and uncertainty. ... more  
New management strategies may help Los Angeles avoid future water crisesWashington (UPI) Dec 19, 2018 Los Angeles' population continues to grow, putting added pressure on the city's water supply. ... more 
NGOs launch legal action against France over climateParis (AFP) Dec 18, 2018 A group of NGOs including Greenpeace and Oxfam have launched a lawsuit against the French state accusing it of taking insufficient action to tackle climate change. ... more |
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 Narusawa , Japan (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
From his hut on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest", Kyochi Watanabe blasts John Lennon's "Imagine" into the night - hoping that music can lift people from their despair before it's too late.
The 60-year-old musician has been waging an eight-year battle to banish the vast forest's morbid reputation by reaching out to those who come to end their lives.
But now he fears his work is being ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 
In the near future, crews will embark on multi-month missions to the Moon, and eventually Mars and beyond. All incredible adventures, however, have their hazards, and a major one for crews on long-duration spaceflights is the space radiation they will be exposed to during their missions.
A new experiment aboard the International Space Station, The Growth of Large, Perfect Protein Crystals ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
A "gold rush" of seabed mining could lead to unprecedented damage to fragile deep-sea ecosystems, researchers have warned.
With major decisions on the future of seabed mining expected in 2019-20, scientists and policy experts from the University of Exeter and Greenpeace have recommended a range of measures to prevent environmental damage.
They say deep-sea ecosystems currently need m ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2018 
Russia will build up its military presence in the Arctic over the next year, the defence minister said Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to assert its influence in the strategic region.
The announcement comes after years of increased activity in the Arctic, which Moscow has declared a top priority due to its mineral riches and military importance.
"We'll finish building infrastructure in 2019 to ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 
China's major state-owned grain stockpiler said it has resumed buying US soybeans, as Beijing upholds a trade war truce with Washington reached earlier this month.
It is the latest signal from China that it is pressing ahead with a December 1 agreement between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at resolving the trade dispute.
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 Lagos (AFP) Dec 20, 2018 
Nigeria is facing a "major emergency," with tens of thousands of people displaced by recent flooding at risk of hunger and disease if help cannot be got to them, the Nigerian Red Cross said Thursday.
"Many of the 200,000 people who fled flood waters are now leaving displacement camps but some of them are finding nothing but destroyed homes and farmland", Abubakar Kende, Secretary General for ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Dec 24, 2018 
312 schools in rural Tanzania have been provided with access to the internet, transforming education for over 34,000 children thanks to pioneering UK satellite technology.
Due to poor internet coverage, teachers in remote schools previously had to travel long distances to access educational material. Some schools have already reported improved confidence in their teachers and better exam r ... more |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
First ever endocast reconstruction of the nearly complete brain of the hominin known as Little Foot reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features.
MicroCT scans of the Australopithecus fossil known as Little Foot shows that the brain of this ancient human relative was small and shows features that are similar to our own brain and others that are closer to our ancestor sh ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
The reality of ongoing climate warming might seem plainly obvious today, after the four warmest years on record and a summer of weather extremes in the whole northern hemisphere. A few years back however, some media and some experts were entangled in debates about an alleged pause in global warming - even though there never has been statistical evidence of any "hiatus", as new research now confi ... more |
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 Tallahassee FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 
The Earth's core is an exceptionally difficult place to study. Its depths descend a staggering 2,900 kilometers - about the distance from New York City to Denver - and its extreme, otherworldly conditions are extraordinarily challenging to simulate in the lab.
For scientists like Florida State University Assistant Professor Mainak Mookherjee and his postdoctoral scholar Suraj Bajgain, whos ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
Scientists have described a fossil plant species that suggests flowers bloomed in the Early Jurassic, more than 174 million years ago, according to new research in the open-access journal eLife.
Before now, angiosperms (flowering plants) were thought to have a history of no more than 130 million years. The discovery of the novel flower species, which the study authors named Nanjinganthus d ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
The US Justice Department announced Friday the arrest of a Chinese national who allegedly stole trade secrets from a US oil company he worked for.
Tan Hongjin, 35, was arrested on Thursday in Oklahoma where he lived as a permanent resident.
The Justice Department said he stole trade secrets "related to a product worth more than $1 billion."
Tan, who lived in the United States for 12 ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
A team of researchers led by Osaka University developed an inexpensive large-scale flexible thermoelectric generator (FlexTEG) module with high mechanical reliability for highly efficient power generation.
Through a change in direction of the top electrodes at the two sides of the module and the use of high density packaging of semiconductor chips, the FlexTEG module has more flexibility i ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2018 
Thanks to photos and films featuring clouds of stunning orange and black monarch butterflies flying across North America, many people today are familiar with how monarchs migrate. The migration patterns of other insects, however, remain more mysterious, for both the public and scientists alike. A new paper in Biology Letters describes a dragonfly's full life cycle for the first time, in compelli ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 21, 2018 
The use of capital punishment is "declining" in China but abolition is still far away because of popular support for the death penalty, said a judge from the China's highest court.
Beijing carries out more executions each year than any other country, according to human rights groups - but the exact number is a state secret.
While China's legal system has tightened regulation of capital ... more |
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 Bras�lia (AFP) Dec 22, 2018 
Brazil's incoming environment minister, Ricardo Salles, has said he will take up his post on January 1 despite being found guilty of "improbity" while heading the environment portfolio in Sao Paulo's state government.
He told Brazilian radio station Jovem Pan late Friday that the next president, Jair Bolsonaro, will keep him on as part of his team.
Bolsonaro easily won October elections ... more |
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