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  Umm Ajrah, Syria (AFP) June 6, 2022 Moussa Fatimi's wheat field was once part of a thriving Syrian breadbasket. Now, he can't even grow enough to feed his family, and the land has been turned over to animals. Fatimi's crop has withered from a climate crisis, adding to fears of supply shortages sparked by the war in Ukraine as Syria grapples with record-high rates of food insecurity. "For the second year in a row, we face drought," Fatimi, 85, told AFP at his parched plot. "We haven't even harvested enough this year to secure o ... read more |
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Relief in Beijing as city lifts Covid dine-in curbs; college entrance exam beginBeijing (AFP) June 7, 2022 After staying home for more than a month, Chen Chunmei joined a long line of customers at a popular Beijing restaurant where diners tucked into massive bowls of crayfish following an easing of Covid restrictions in the Chinese capital. ... more  
Atmospheric CO2 more than 50 percent higher than pre-industrial eraWashington (AFP) June 3, 2022 Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in May were 50 percent higher than during the pre-industrial era, reaching levels not seen on Earth for about four million years, the main US climate agency said on Friday. ... more  
Global crises must not delay action on climate, UN talks toldParis (AFP) June 6, 2022 A barrage of global crises must not deflect attention from urgent climate action, the UN's climate chief warned Monday, as negotiators from nearly 200 nations began talks in Germany against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ... more  
Chinese blogger goes silent after showing 'tank cake' before Tiananmen anniversaryBeijing (AFP) June 6, 2022 One of China's top bloggers has gone silent after live-streaming footage of a cake apparently shaped like a tank just before the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, prompting debate over the highly sensitive event among tens of millions of young fans. ... more |
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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 Sri Lanka declares emergency as cyclone toll hits 132 |
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Nanostructured fibers can impersonate human musclesAustin TX (SPX) Jun 06, 2022 Mimicking the human body, specifically the actuators that control muscle movement, is of immense interest around the globe. In recent years, it has led to many innovations to improve robotics, prost ... more 
Shanghai residents chafe under fresh Covid lockdownsShanghai (AFP) June 6, 2022 Residents stuck inside a compound nearly a week after Shanghai's much vaunted reopening following a virus outbreak shouted at hazmat-clad officials on Monday, as fears grew that some city neighbourhoods were being locked down again. ... more 
Dakar covered in layer of sandDakar (AFP) June 3, 2022 A layer of sand has covered the Senegalese capital Dakar, an unusual phenomenon that poses a "high" risk for vulnerable people, according to the National Weather Agency. ... more  
Ash covers towns after Philippines volcano eruptionManila (AFP) June 5, 2022 A volcano in the eastern Philippines spewed a huge, dark cloud on Sunday, prompting evacuations from ash-covered towns while authorities warned of possible further eruptions. ... more |
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Two soldiers killed, nine injured in Mali ambush: armyBamako (AFP) June 3, 2022 Two soldiers have been killed and nine injured in an ambush in northern Mali, the Malian army said. ... more 
Four killed as Kenyan police fire on protesting crowdNairobi (AFP) June 3, 2022 Four people were killed and five others injured when Kenyan police opened fire on a crowd protesting against an increase in attacks by wildlife, a senior official said Friday. ... more  
Myanmar villagers accuse junta troops of burning spree; First executions plannedBangkok (AFP) June 4, 2022 Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the military struggles to crush resistance to its rule. ... more 
Myanmar junta slams France over 'illegitimate' snub, threatens tiesYangon (AFP) June 6, 2022 Myanmar's junta on Monday expressed its "utmost indignation" at a French diplomatic snub describing it as an illegitimate government, warning it could threaten bilateral ties. ... more |
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Hong Kong pro-democracy figures set for largest national security trialHong Kong (AFP) June 7, 2022 Hong Kong's largest national security case was sent to trial on Tuesday, after lingering 15 months in pre-trial procedures during which most of the 47 defendants were denied bail. ... more 
Cambodia ruling party scores landslide local poll winPhnom Penh (AFP) June 6, 2022 Cambodia's ruling party won a landslide victory in local polls, preliminary results released by the country's National Election Committee showed Monday. ... more 
Estonian court sentences woman for spying for ChinaTallinn (AFP) June 3, 2022 An Estonian court has sentenced a 42-year-old woman to eight years and six months in prison for spying for China, a spokeswoman told AFP on Friday. ... more  
British pensioner jailed for 15 years in Iraq antiquities caseBaghdad (AFP) June 6, 2022 An Iraqi court on Monday jailed a British retiree for 15 years for trying to smuggle antiquities he found on holiday, a judgement his family called "tantamount to a death sentence". ... more 
Hong Kong detains several people as world marks Tiananmen anniversaryHong Kong (AFP) June 4, 2022 Hong Kong authorities on Saturday detained several people as they pounced on any attempt at public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, while around the world tributes were paid to the victims of the bloody event. ... more |
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 Recife, Brazil (AFP) June 3, 2022 
Emergency workers in Brazil ended their search Friday for victims of deadly floods and landslides that hit the country's northeast, after finding the body of the last person reported missing, bringing the death toll to 128, officials said.
Days of torrential rain late last month in the region around Recife, the capital of Pernambuco state, triggered flash floods and violent landslides that w ... more |
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 Alexandria VA (SPX) Jun 07, 2022 
SCOUT Inc., a company developing next-generation space safety of flight and autonomous proximity operations services, and LEOcloud Inc., a company offering a scalable space-based, multi-cloud Infrastructure as a Services (IaaS) announced they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to work jointly to enhance space operations safety.
The collaboration is focused on integrating SCOUT's Space Do ... more |
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 Dili, East Timor (AFP) June 3, 2022 
China's foreign minister signed a series of agreements in East Timor on his final stop of a 10-day diplomatic blitz of the South Pacific on Friday, boosting ties between Beijing and Southeast Asia's youngest country.
Wang Yi met with East Timor's top diplomat Adaljiza Magno in the capital Dili for a signing ceremony where they penned agreements on agriculture, media partnerships and economic ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 02, 2022 
Despite its below-freezing temperatures, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. As Arctic sea ice melts, fewer bright surfaces are available to reflect sunlight back into space. When fractures open in the ice cover, the water underneath gets exposed. Dark, ice-free water absorbs the sun's energy, heating the ocean and driving further melting - a vicious cycle. This warmin ... more |
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 Umm Ajrah, Syria (AFP) June 6, 2022 
Moussa Fatimi's wheat field was once part of a thriving Syrian breadbasket. Now, he can't even grow enough to feed his family, and the land has been turned over to animals.
Fatimi's crop has withered from a climate crisis, adding to fears of supply shortages sparked by the war in Ukraine as Syria grapples with record-high rates of food insecurity.
"For the second year in a row, we face d ... more |
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 Manila (AFP) June 5, 2022 
A volcano in the eastern Philippines spewed a huge, dark cloud on Sunday, prompting evacuations from ash-covered towns while authorities warned of possible further eruptions.
The blast from Bulusan volcano in the rural Sorsogon province lasted about 17 minutes, sending a grey plume shooting up at least one kilometre (0.6 miles), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismo ... more |
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 Bamako (AFP) June 3, 2022 
Two soldiers have been killed and nine injured in an ambush in northern Mali, the Malian army said.
Forces had "reacted to a complex ambush" on the road between Gossi town and the city of Gao on Thursday, the army said in a statement released in the night to Friday.
Seven "terrorists" were "neutralised", it said, adding they were among more than 40 jihadists killed in different operation ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2022 
The world's biggest nation is about to shrink. China accounts for more than one sixth of the world's population. Yet after four extraordinary decades in which China's population has swelled from 660 million to 1.4 billion, its population is on track to turn down this year, for the first time since the great famine of 1959-1961.
According to the latest figures from China's National Bureau o ... more |
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 Dakar (AFP) June 3, 2022 
A layer of sand has covered the Senegalese capital Dakar, an unusual phenomenon that poses a "high" risk for vulnerable people, according to the National Weather Agency.
Dakar residents, who had dropped the habit of wearing masks to protect against Covid-19, put them back on Friday, to offer some protection against the dust cloud that has enveloped the capital and hit other regions since Thu ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 03, 2022 
Global warming has a particularly pronounced impact on the Alpine region. Like the Arctic, this European mountain range is becoming greener. Writing in the journal Science, researchers from the University of Lausanne and the University of Basel have now used satellite data to show that vegetation above the tree line has increased in nearly 80% of the Alps. Snow cover is also decreasing, albeit s ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jun 06, 2022 
Plesiosaurs, which lived about 210 million years ago, adapted to life underwater in a unique way: their front and hind legs evolved in the course of evolution to form four uniform, wing-like flippers. In her thesis supervised at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and the University of Bonn, Dr. Anna Krahl investigated how they used these to move through the water.
Partly by using the finite element m ... more |
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 Buenos Aires (AFP) June 6, 2022 
Argentina's president vowed Monday to pursue a special tax on company profits boosted by the war in Ukraine, a phenomenon he described as an "immorality" given the inflationary pressure on poor households.
While millions were feeling the pain of rising food prices, the war also "benefits the few... who are gaining a lot," Alberto Fernandez said in an address.
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 Upton NY (SPX) Jun 02, 2022 
A team of researchers led by chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has learned that an electrolyte additive allows stable high-voltage cycling of nickel-rich layered cathodes. Their work could lead to improvements in the energy density of lithium batteries that power electric vehicles.
The findings, published on May 9 in Nature Energy, offer a rem ... more |
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 Hanoi (AFP) June 3, 2022 
Vietnamese police have arrested a bear owner for the first time after netting a record haul of hundreds of bile bottles in Hanoi, a wildlife protection organisation said Friday.
The communist country is a major hub for the illegal trade in wild animals and bears are kept to drain the bile from their gallbladders for use in traditional medicine.
Authorities outlawed bile extraction in Vie ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 6, 2022 
One of China's top bloggers has gone silent after live-streaming footage of a cake apparently shaped like a tank just before the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, prompting debate over the highly sensitive event among tens of millions of young fans.
Discussion of the crackdown on June 4, 1989, when China set troops and tanks on peaceful protestors, is all but forbidden on the mainland. ... more |
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 Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 26, 2022  Deforestation surged 66 percent last year in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, according to a new report, compounding fears over the rampant destruction of the Amazon rainforest further north.
The "Mata Atlantica," which stretches down Brazil's eastern coast, lost 21,642 hectares (53,479 acres) of forest cover from November 2020 to October 2021, up two-thirds from the year before, according to the r ... more |
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