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  Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2022 Two years into the pandemic, China's resurgent Covid-19 outbreak has revived questions about how the country counts deaths from the virus, with persistently low fatalities despite rising cases. Shanghai, China's largest city, has logged 190 deaths among more than 520,000 infections in nearly two months - a fraction of the rate in outbreaks fuelled by the Omicron variant in other parts of the world. The figures have been trumpeted by the ruling Communist Party as proof its strict zero-Covid pand ... read more |
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How to compete with robotsLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 When it comes to the future of intelligent robots, the first question people ask is often: how many jobs will they make disappear? Whatever the answer, the second question is likely to be: how can I ... more  
Humanity stuck in 'spiral of self-destruction': UNGeneva (AFP) April 25, 2022 Humanity is suffering from a "broken perception of risk", spurring us into activities and behaviours that cause climate change and a surging number of disasters around the globe, the UN warned Tuesday. ... more  
Overuse and climate change kill off Iraq's Sawa LakeSawa Lake, Irak (AFP) April 26, 2022 A "No Fishing" sign on the edge of Iraq's western desert is one of the few clues that this was once Sawa Lake, a biodiverse wetland and recreational landmark. ... more  
Meet the forest microbes that can survive megafiresRiverside CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 New UC Riverside research shows fungi and bacteria able to survive redwood tanoak forest megafires are microbial "cousins" that often increase in abundance after feeling the flames. Fires of u ... more |
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Death toll from Sri Lanka floods, landslides rises to 334: disaster agency
Indonesia, Thailand race to find missing as flooding toll tops 600 Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths top 200 Indonesia, Thailand race to find missing as flooding toll rises to 480 Indonesians pick up the pieces after floods ravage island Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths near 200 Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone death toll rises to 159 Iran halts power generation at key dam over drought Sri Lanka declares emergency as toll from floods, mudslides hits 153 Thailand, Indonesia begin clean-up after massive floods kill hundreds |
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Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buyingBeijing (AFP) April 25, 2022 Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital. ... more  
Clever monkeys plan their food trips to avoid stronger rivalsToronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 Vervet monkeys are quick and clever planners of the best route to follow on foraging trips, shows a new study. When dominant group mates are too far away to interfere, vervets tend to choose the sho ... more  
Hydrothermal cateringBremen, Germany (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 Hydrothermal vents in the deep sea are well-known oases of life. Many living creatures thrive there, benefiting from the nutrient-rich fluids that are commonly the only source of energy. The occurre ... more  
Satellite data improves model's interpretation of snowfall albedo simulations for TibetBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 Albedo is a term that represents the ability of Earth's surface to reflect solar radiation. This is the primary factor of the energy balance between the surface and the atmosphere. When snow falls, ... more |
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Discovery sheds light on why the Pacific islands were colonizedCanberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how Papua New Guinea served as a launching pad for the colon ... more 
Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in AmericasLaramie WY (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived before the migration of people from Asia across ... more  
Volcanoes at fault if the Earth slipsKyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes shocked inhabitants of the western island of Kyushu, causing hundreds of casualties and serious damage to vital infrastructure. The epicenter of the quake was traced to ... more  
No 'significant' harm from Galapagos diesel spill: reservePuerto Ayora, Ecuador (AFP) April 24, 2022 A diesel spill off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos islands caused no "significant" damage, the protected nature reserve said Sunday. ... more |
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'Fresh wound': S.Africa flood survivors bury loved onesDurban, South Africa (AFP) April 24, 2022 Betraying no sign of emotion, Ayanda Jileka emerges from the ruins of his family home in South Africa with some wood that he drops into two small holes at the gate. ... more 
Indonesia raises alert level for Krakatoa's offspring volcanoJakarta (AFP) April 25, 2022 Indonesia raised the alert status for the offspring of the infamous Krakatoa volcano to its second highest level on Monday, a day after it erupted and spewed a towering ash cloud 3,000 metres (9,800 feet) into the sky. ... more  
Six soldiers killed, 20 injured in Mali 'terror' attacksBamako (AFP) April 24, 2022 Six soldiers were killed and 20 injured in simultaneous attacks targeting three army bases in central Mali Sunday, the Malian army said. ... more  
Myanmar junta chief calls for peace talks with ethnic rebelsYangon (AFP) April 22, 2022 Myanmar's junta chief on Friday called for face-to-face peace talks with the country's established ethnic rebel groups, as the military struggles to crush newer anti-junta militias that have sprung up to fight the coup. ... more 
Marine Le Pen, a fighter suffering another big defeatParis (AFP) April 24, 2022 Marine Le Pen, who on Sunday lost the second round of France's presidential election to Emmanuel Macron, had fought hard to make her far-right party electable but in the end failed by a wide margin to win over a majority of voters. ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) April 22, 2022 
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Chernobyl next week as the organisation ramps up efforts to "prevent the danger of a nuclear accident", a statement said Friday.
Chernobyl, the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history, fell into Russian hands on the first day of the country's invasion of Ukraine, and suffered a power and communications outage. ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate is developing a new "green energy" fuel cell technology, that will allow thruster equipped spacecraft to convert chemical energy in its bipropellant into electrical power.
This technology, called BEEPS for Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, is being developed by a three-year Seedlings for Disruptive Capabilit ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) April 26, 2022 
US officials who visited the Solomon Islands are convinced "only a handful of people in a very small circle" have seen the final version of its controversial new security deal with China.
The high-level delegation arrived in the Pacific nation for talks with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare last Friday, three days after Beijing announced the deal had been signed.
A draft version of the p ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
Albedo is a term that represents the ability of Earth's surface to reflect solar radiation. This is the primary factor of the energy balance between the surface and the atmosphere. When snow falls, albedo changes quickly, as snow is able to reflect most wavelengths of light back into the atmosphere. Naturally, albedo fluctuates often during winter and spring in the Tibetan Plateau, which has a g ... more |
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 Seattle (AFP) April 22, 2022 
President Joe Biden marked Earth Day on Friday by ordering protections for ancient forests and pondering a future without his beloved gas-guzzling Corvette sports car, but after 14 months in office his more ambitious climate goals look elusive.
The Democrat has campaigned heavily for environmental protections and US leadership in the response to global warming, but regularly run up against l ... more |
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 Durban, South Africa (AFP) April 23, 2022 
Thulisile Ntobela, once lived in an apartment, but when her rent went up 25 percent, the unemployed mother of five could no longer afford and moved out.
She found a piece of vacant land in Durban and put up a shack.
That was five years ago and much cheaper than paying rent, which had gone up to 200 rand ($12.80).
"That's why we moved here, we don't pay the rent. You just build your h ... more |
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 Abuja (AFP) April 20, 2022 
Nigeria's air force said on Wednesday it had ordered an inquiry after a military training aircraft crashed in the restive northern state of Kaduna, claiming two lives.
At least four Nigerian military aircraft have been involved in deadly crashes since last year, including one that killed the nation's army chief and 10 other soldiers on board.
A Super Mushshak trainer went down on a milit ... more |
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 York UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2022 
Our early ancestors probably created intricate artwork by firelight, an examination of 50 engraved stones unearthed in France has revealed.
The stones were incised with artistic designs around 15,000 years ago and have patterns of heat damage which suggests they were carved close to the flickering light of a fire, the new study has found.
The study, by researchers at the Universities ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Humanity is suffering from a "broken perception of risk", spurring us into activities and behaviours that cause climate change and a surging number of disasters around the globe, the UN warned Tuesday.
In a fresh report, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, or UNDRR, found that between 350 and 500 medium- to large-scale disasters took place globally every year over the past two decades ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 25, 2022 
BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY) upgraded its site monitoring capabilities with new analytics and imaging features to meet customers' varied needs for information gathering and intelligence across geographically diverse environments.
"BlackSky released new imaging and analysis upgrades that, when combined with our high-revisit satellite imaging capabilities, will make monitoring the world's most crit ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 5, 2021 
The Tyrannosaurus rex's arms may have evolved to become extremely short to lower the risk of bites while feeding in packs, a new study says.
A 45-foot-long T. rex may have 3-feet long arms--the equivalent of a 6-foot human with 5-inch arms, study author Kevin Padian, emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a curator of the UC Museum of Paleontology, noted in a ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Europe must act fast to secure supplies of crucial metals required for a green energy transition and its best bet is to recycle, a report said Monday.
The 27-nation EU aims to be "carbon neutral" by 2050 - reducing greenhouse gases to a level where the amount produced is balanced out by the amount removed from the atmosphere.
The bloc also wants to wean itself off dependence on Russian ... more |
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 Hunan, China (SPX) Apr 22, 2022 
Proton batteries are an innovative and environmentally friendly type of battery in which charge is carried by protons, which are positively charged hydrogen ions. A team of researchers has now developed organic sulfonamides as a robust and flexible material for cathodes in these batteries. As the team explain in the journal Angewandte Chemie, sulfonamide cathodes also achieve a higher output vol ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 21, 2021 
Diet and body mass are inextricably linked in vertebrates, but a 66-million-year-old relationship linked to animal evolution and survival is being interrupted by humans, according to new research.
Animals that are exclusively herbivores or carnivores are generally much larger in size than omnivores or invertivores - animals that only eat invertebrates - according to the study, publish ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 25, 2022 
Hong Kong's foreign press club scrapped its annual human rights awards on Monday citing fears it could be prosecuted for crossing "new red lines" as Beijing stamps out dissent in the international business hub.
The decision has triggered a row within the Foreign Correspondents' Club Hong Kong (FCCHK) and sparked resignations from within its press freedom committee, four people with knowledge ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2022  Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced a new partnership with a group of interconnected research programs at the University of Alberta, Yukon University, Universite Laval, and the University of Calgary, researching biodiversity, regeneration, and human impact in the Canadian Boreal Forest.
Leveraging Planet's satellite data, the ... more |
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