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  Montreal (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 The world's environment ministers began the final phase of crunch talks at a UN summit in Montreal on Thursday aimed at sealing a historic "peace pact with nature." New international funding commitments from some wealthy donor countries could help lift the mood after negotiations appeared to be in trouble, though significant work is still needed to drag the deal across the finish line. At stake is the future of the planet and whether humanity can roll back habitat destruction, pollution and the ... read more |
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After three years, Covid 'here to stay'Paris (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 While the World Health Organization hopes Covid-19 will soon no longer be considered a public health emergency, it has warned the virus itself is here to stay. ... more  
Red Cross fears "enormous suffering" in 2023Geneva (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Wednesday "an enormous level of suffering" awaits the world in 2023 with famine spreading. ... more  
UN says funds for flood-hit Pakistan to run out in weeksIslamabad (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 The United Nations on Thursday said emergency food aid for devastated flood-hit communities in Pakistan would run out in January after a funding appeal received only a third of its target. ... more  
Nineteen killed, 14 missing in Malaysia landslideBatang Kali, Malaysia (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Nearly 20 people, including four children, were killed when a landslide struck a campsite at a Malaysian farm on Friday, officials said, with rescuers scouring the muddy terrain for those still missing. ... more |
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Magnitude 6.0 quake hits off southern Philippines: USGS
Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes Eight killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines Six killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines Southern Philippines jolted with magnitude-6.9 aftershock: seismology office Six killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines Three killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines Two killed as major quake strikes southern Philippines Girl's remains identifed 14 years after Japan tsunami |
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Indonesia quake death toll jumps to 602 after new countJakarta (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's main island Java last month has jumped by hundreds to 602, a local administration official said Friday, after authorities verified unreported casualties across the worst-hit town. ... more 
China Covid 'explosion' began before restrictions eased: WHOGeneva (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 The flare-up in Covid-19 cases in China was well underway before the government began easing restrictions, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. ... more 
Developing nations demand more money at crunch UN biodiversity talksMontreal (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature." ... more 
Endangered African tortoises make trek home from MonacoNoflaye, Senegal (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 After a gruelling trip by air and road, several dozen endangered African tortoises groggily poked their heads out of their shells to take a look at their ancestral homeland. ... more |
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Key figures in UN nature summitMontreal (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 Representatives from countries around the world have gathered at a United Nations summit in Montreal this week to hammer out a "peace pact for nature." ... more 
COP15's key aim: protect 30% of the planetMontreal (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 Headlining the COP15 biodiversity talks is a drive to secure 30 percent of Earth's land and oceans as protected zones by 2030 - the most disputed item on the agenda. ... more 
Beijing crematoriums strain under China Covid waveBeijing (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays. ... more 
Fourth boy dies after UK frozen lake tragedy: policeLondon (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 Four young boys have now died after they fell into an icy lake near Birmingham, central England, police said on Wednesday. ... more |
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Satellogic signs letter of intent with Mexico for dedicated EO programNew York NY (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, has signed a letter of intent (the "LOI") with Agencia Espacial Mexicana ("AEM") to develop ... more  
Rwanda leader says DR Congo bloodshed not his problemWashington (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday shrugged off a soaring death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, distancing his nation from mounting bloodshed on Rwanda's doorstep. ... more  
UAE and AWS sign agreement to support long-term growth in the region's space ecosystemWashington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2022 The United Arab Emirates Space Agency and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a Statement of Strategic Intent and Cooperation that is designed to support the creation of a vibrant, sustainable, co ... more  
Denmark's new govt defends rare left-right allianceCopenhagen (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 Denmark's Social Democratic prime minister and the leader of the main right-wing party on Wednesday defended their new left-right coalition government, a rare alliance last seen 45 years ago. ... more 
Fiji military refuses opposition plea to intervene in vote: RabukaSuva, Fiji (AFP) Dec 16, 2022 Fiji's opposition leader said the military had rebuffed his pleas to intervene in the country's contested election Friday, as his efforts to halt the vote count faltered. ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 08, 2022 
ICEYE, the global leader in satellite persistent monitoring of the planet and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support their efforts in managing various aspects of maritime operations with SAR data.
Among its many missions, the European Maritime Safety Agency, a European ... more |
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 Changchun, China (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 
As the rapid development of aerospace and nuclear industries, higher requirements are raised for the service life of detectors and the safety of staff. Gamma ray with extremely short wavelength and strong penetration would cause the serious damage to the detectors and staff. Therefore, it is important to develop gamma ray shielding materials with outstanding radiation shielding performance.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2022 
Set for a Thursday, Dec. 15 launch, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite promises to provide an extraordinary accounting of water over much of Earth's surface. Its measurements of fresh water and the ocean will help researchers address some of the most pressing climate questions of our time and help communities prepare for a warming world. Making this possible is a scientific ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
The lakes on the roof of the world show a trend of later freezing-up, earlier breaking-up and thus shorten ice-covered duration since late 1970s, researchers report in the 2nd December Nature Scientific Data. The findings explicitly reflect the changes in thermodynamics of lakes under a warmer climate and implicate substantial associated alteration in biogeochemical processes in the region.
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 Saint-Fort-Sur-Gironde, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2022  At the fish farm near Bordeaux, Christophe Baudon is running an ultrasound device over the belly of a large sturgeon to check its eggs.
"Caviar!" he shouts as the monitor shows the right sparkle around each little round ball.
"Over-mature!" comes the next shout, indicating the fish's pregnancy cycle has gone too far and the eggs have softened - losing the crucial crunch. It will go back ... more |
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 Guatemala City (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 
One of the most active volcanoes in Central America erupted over the weekend, spewing lava and ash and forcing Guatemalan authorities to briefly close the country's largest airport before activity eased on Sunday.
The volcano named Fuego - Spanish for fire - rumbled into activity overnight Saturday into Sunday, with molten rock oozing down its slopes and ash belching two kilometers (more t ... more |
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 Kampala (AFP) Dec 13, 2022 
Ugandan forces killed 11 ADF rebels after they crossed into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Tuesday, in the first known incursion by the group this year.
The Allied Democratic Forces - which the Islamic State group claims as its Central African offshoot - is accused of slaughtering thousands of Congolese civilians and carrying out bombings in Uganda.
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 
The idea that humans are facing a global extinction of experience of nature is popular, but there is poor empirical evidence of its reality. To shed more light on this, the scientists measured how the average distance from an individual's home to the nearest area with low human impact changed in the last decade. They found that humans currently live 9.7 km away from a natural area on average, wh ... more |
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 San Francisco FL (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, have announced a new contract with ZEP-RE, a reinsurance company based in Nairobi, Kenya, to leverage Planet's Basemaps products to enhance drought risk protection in the Horn of Africa (HOA).
ZEP-RE aims to leverage PlanetScope 3-5 meter resolution imagery through Planet's analysis-ready, Surface Reflec ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced it is making geospatial data available through Amazon SageMaker, a fully managed machine learning (ML) service from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now, Planet data can be directly embedded into Amazon SageMaker, allowing data scientists and ML engineers to acquire and analyze global, daily satellite ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
A research project undertaken by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Institute of Geoscience (IGEO, CSIC-UCM) identified various marine worms from the Palaeozoic era (Ordovician period) 455 million years ago at the Tafilalt Biota site in Morocco. They correspond to the new genus and species Anguiscolex africanus, and the new species Wronascolex superstes.
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 Montreal (AFP) Dec 14, 2022  A high-stakes UN summit in Canada seen as vital to saving the world's biodiversity has failed to attract a single world leader beyond the host country's prime minister Justin Trudeau.
It was left therefore to actor James Cromwell, a man who has played a US president four times on screen, to lend the event some star power and try to inject a sense of urgency into talks.
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 Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2022  US researchers announced a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough on Tuesday, hailing a "landmark achievement" in the quest for a source of unlimited, clean power and an end to reliance on fossil fuels.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) said it had used the world's largest laser to create, for the first time, a fusion reaction that replicated the process that powers the sun and ... more |
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 Noflaye, Senegal (AFP) Dec 14, 2022 
After a gruelling trip by air and road, several dozen endangered African tortoises groggily poked their heads out of their shells to take a look at their ancestral homeland.
Forty-six tortoises born and raised in captivity in Monaco have been brought to Senegal as a first step to returning to the wild.
They are African spurred tortoises - a species that inhabits the southern rim of the ... more |
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 London (AFP) Dec 15, 2022  China has removed six diplomats from the UK, including its consul-general in Manchester, after they were accused of assaulting a Hong Kong protester in the northern English city, Britain said Wednesday.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the six envoys had left the country by a Wednesday deadline imposed by London for them to waive their diplomatic immunity and be questioned by police ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Dec 6, 2022 
The European Union reached an agreement Tuesday to ban the import of products including coffee, cocoa and soy in cases where they are deemed to contribute to deforestation.
The draft law, which aims to ensure "deforestation-free supply chains" for the 27-nation EU, was hailed by environmental groups as "groundbreaking".
It requires companies importing into the EU to guarantee products ar ... more |
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