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  Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 Beyond the reach of bloody conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rescued apes swing from one branch to another under the leafy canopy at a wildlife sanctuary. On the edge of a national park that is home to endangered gorillas, the Lwiro Ape Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) has for two decades nursed wounded and traumatised animals to recovery and taken in orphans. The centre houses scores of chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos among its wards, often saved from poachers in a region where i ... read more |
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Brazil storm toll rises to 176, search continuesRio De Janeiro (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 The death toll from violent floods and landslides that hit the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis last week rose to 176 Monday, including 29 children, officials said. ... more  
Four children among six dead in DR Congo delugeBukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 Six people including four children died after heavy rainfall triggered flooding and damaged buildings in the city of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said on Monday. ... more  
Nigeria 'investigating' deadly air strike in NigerAbuja (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 Nigeria's military said Monday that it was probing reports from neighbouring Niger that it accidentally killed children in an air strike targeting an armed group at the border. ... more  
Hong Kong to launch vaccine pass as Omicron outbreak ragesHong Kong (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 Hong Kong will launch a vaccine pass scheme this week, officials said Monday, as hospitals struggle under an Omicron-fuelled outbreak and the finance hub sees record-high departures. ... more |
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Japan warns of tsunami waves up to 1m after quake off Russian coast
Pacific tsunami alert after magnitude 8.7 quake off Russia coast: USGS Nigeria flash floods kill 23: UN Heavy rains kill 15 in Guinea since late June Heavy rain, landslides kill more than 30 in northern China LA wildfires push insurance losses to highest since 2011: Munich Re Over 30 dead as northern China hit by heavy rain, landslides Fukushima radioactive debris removal delayed until 2037 'Once in a hundred years': villagers clean up after deadly China floods Vietnam flash flood kills five, dozens evacuated |
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Sri Lanka completes return of illegal waste to BritainColombo (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 Sri Lanka shipped out to Britain on Monday the last of several hundred containers filled with thousands of tonnes of illegally imported waste, officials said. ... more  
US climate envoy Kerry in Egypt to discuss COP27 summitCairo (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 The United States and Egypt on Monday launched a working group to prepare for the COP27 climate summit this year, with US envoy John Kerry urging more countries to come on board. ... more  
Morocco creates new military zone along Algeria borderRabat (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 Morocco has established a new military zone bordering Algeria, a Moroccan military publication said Monday, amid mounting tensions between the two North African countries. ... more  
Deforestation slows in cocoa king Ivory CoastAbidjan (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 Ivory Coast on Friday hailed a major reduction in the loss of forest cover as a "real success" after the massive spread of cocoa plantations over the last 50 years. ... more 
Hong Kong foreign domestic workers 'abandoned' in virus crisisHong Kong (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 Hong Kong's foreign domestic workers are being "abandoned" in the current coronavirus wave sweeping the city, with some forced to sleep rough or being denied treatment after testing positive, charities warned Friday. ... more |
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Stray Nigeria air strike kills seven children in Niger: governor Niamey (AFP) Feb 20, 2022 An air strike by the Nigerian army targeting 'bandits' has left seven children dead and five others wounded "by mistake" in the Maradi region of southern Niger, a local governor told AFP on Sunday. ... more 
US-led anti-jihadist military drills begin in I.CoastAbidjan (AFP) Feb 20, 2022 US-led anti-jihadist military drills began in Ivory Coast on Sunday, maintaining the West's counter-terror commitment in West Africa after France this week announced its withdrawal from Mali. ... more  
The online activists helping Myanmar troops desertBangkok (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 A team of Myanmar activists working in the shadows is using social media and messaging apps to persuade disillusioned junta soldiers to desert their posts and topple the powerful military. ... more  
Hong Kong to postpone picking new leader amid outbreakHong Kong (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 Hong Kong on Friday said it would postpone plans to pick the city's new leader, in a fresh blow for the government as it struggles to tackle a wave of coronavirus cases. ... more 
Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet's safe limit: studyStockholm (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have concluded for the first time. ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 
Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world.
Tonga's telecommunications system has been severely restricted since January 15 when a violent volcanic eruption and tsunami severed its underwater fibre-optic cable.
Musk's Space X corporation is providing 50 very-small-apertu ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Feb 21, 2022 
Recent advancements in 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) for metallic structures make it possible to print all-metal electromagnetic devices-like antennas and waveguides-on demand. A new partnership between the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Optisys, LLC, headquartered in West Valley City, Utah, will explore the potential fo ... more |
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 Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
Earth's supply of water is incredibly important for its ability to sustain life, but where did that water come from? Was it present when Earth formed or was it delivered later by meteorites or comets from outer space?
The source of Earth's water has been a longstanding debate and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists think they have the answer - and they found it by look ... more |
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 Sigtuna, Sweden (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 
There is no sign of Nils van der Poel, Sweden's double Olympic speed-skating champion in Beijing, but that does not stop over 500 competitors from gliding elegantly around a vast frozen lake just outside Stockholm.
It is a thrilling sight as they hurtle around the 50-kilometre course at speeds of 30 kilometres per hour (20 miles per hour) and it is a welcome one as the "Sigtunarannet" return ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an automated technique that uses satellite imagery to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed, allowing researchers to determine the extent to which these facilities may have affected environmental quality.
Swine waste lagoons are outdoor basins used to store liquid manure produced by swine farming operations.
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2022 
The astonishing force of the Tonga volcanic eruption shocked the world, but the fact that this underwater volcano actually erupted came as less of a surprise to geoscientists using satellite data to study changes in the temperature deep below Earth's surface.
The cataclysmic explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in January is reported to have been the biggest eruption recorded ... more |
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 Abidjan (AFP) Feb 20, 2022 
US-led anti-jihadist military drills began in Ivory Coast on Sunday, maintaining the West's counter-terror commitment in West Africa after France this week announced its withdrawal from Mali.
Flintlock involves the armies of the United States, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon and Niger and is supported by France, Britain, Canada, Austria and the Netherlands. It will end on February 28.
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 Bukavu, Dr Congo (AFP) Feb 21, 2022  Beyond the reach of bloody conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rescued apes swing from one branch to another under the leafy canopy at a wildlife sanctuary.
On the edge of a national park that is home to endangered gorillas, the Lwiro Ape Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) has for two decades nursed wounded and traumatised animals to recovery and taken in orphans.
The centre hou ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
It's no secret that climate change and global warming are two issues many countries and their citizens are concerned about.
Since humans have existed on this planet for 200,000 years, we've fundamentally changed the physical, biological, and chemical systems that keep the earth spinning.
Consider how much has changed in such a short time. This period of transformation is known as the ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 15, 2022 
A Chinese remote-sensing satellite started to take pictures in its orbit, scientists in charge of the satellite said Friday.
China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place the L-SAR 01A satellite in space on Jan. 26. The satellite, equipped with L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), can monitor the geological environment, landslides, and earthquakes.
The radar is now capable of taki ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 
As ice sheets began melting at the end of the last ice age, a series of cataclysmic floods called the Missoula megafloods scoured the landscape of eastern Washington, carving long, deep channels and towering cliffs through an area now known as the Channeled Scablands. They were among the largest known floods in Earth's history, and geologists struggling to reconstruct them have now identified a ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Feb 21, 2022 
Australia's largest energy firm and biggest carbon emitter AGL on Monday rejected a takeover bid from green-minded tech billionaire Mike Cannon Brookes, who planned to shutter the firm's coal-fired power plants.
Atlassian co-founder Cannon Brookes had teamed up with Brookfield Asset Management to offer US$5.8 billion for the electricity production and distribution firm with a view to shuttin ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 
University of California, Riverside scientists will join a first-of-its-kind effort to map out California's so-called "Lithium Valley," and learn whether it can meet America's urgent demand for lithium in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way.
Lithium is required for making electric vehicle batteries and other devices that store and use electricity. As the world transitions away from ... more |
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 Parque Nacional Patagonia, Chile (AFP) Feb 17, 2022 
Pumalin and Liquine, two juvenile condors rescued from certain death, have been released back into the wild in a much-needed boost for a dwindling species emblematic of the Chilean Andes.
After 14 months of rehabilitation, the pair of scavengers were freed last week in the Patagonian National Park in Chile's extreme south, where every individual counts for a species listed by the Internation ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2022 
Shares of Chinese food delivery giant Meituan slumped Friday as Beijing released new guidelines instructing internet platforms to lower fees for struggling eateries.
The guidelines, published by China's top economic planner, aim to support a service sector hit especially hard by restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Shares in Meituan, which has hundreds of millions of users in Chi ... more |
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 Kinshasa (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 
Environmental group Greenpeace on Tuesday said the Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to respect a multi-million-dollar agreement signed with Britain last year to finance protecting its ecologically vital forests.
The DRC and Britain approved funds worth $500 million as part of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) two months ago in Glasgow, which hosted the COP26 climate change ... more |
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