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  Strasbourg, France (AFP) April 18, 2023 The European Parliament adopted sweeping climate measures on Tuesday aimed at massively cutting EU greenhouse emissions, including the introduction of a carbon border tax on imports. The legislative step crystallises an ambitious EU plan to reform Europe's carbon market by broadening an emissions trading scheme to more industries and lowering quotas of allowable polluting gases. "With today's votes, we reach another milestone," European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen tweeted. She urg ... read more |
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Will the Earth last foreverKnoxville TN (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 Everything that has a beginning has an end. But the Earth will last for a very long time, and its end will come billions of years after anyone who is alive here now is gone. Before we talk abo ... more  
Bangladeshis pray for rain as temperatures soarDhaka (AFP) April 17, 2023 Hundreds of Bangladeshi Muslims gathered on an open field in Dhaka on Monday to pray for rain after the metropolis of 20 million people recorded its hottest day in almost 60 years. ... more  
Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to meltSan Diego CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 To get a sense of the enormous amount of water atmospheric rivers dumped on the Western U.S. this year and the magnitude of the flood risk ahead, take a look at California's Central Valley, where ab ... more  
China's latest EO satellite offers high-precision rainfall monitoringBeijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2023 How much rainfall will typhoons bring this year? Chinese scientists will be able to answer such questions more accurately in future thanks to the launch on Sunday of the Fengyun 3G (FY 3G), a satell ... more |
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Coastal shellfish 'colonise' ocean plastic: studyParis (AFP) April 17, 2023 Scientists found coastal species of shellfish and anemones living and breeding on floating islands of garbage in the Pacific thousands of miles from home, a study revealed Monday. ... more  
China and Brazil to expand cooperation in space developmentBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Sup ... more  
Two dead after landslide at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossingLandi Kotal, Pakistan (AFP) April 18, 2023 At least two people were killed and eight injured in a massive pre-dawn landslide that buried dozens of trucks waiting to cross from Pakistan to Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. ... more  
Tracing Earth's past in prehistoric rock depositsBangalore, India (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 What did the Earth look like about two billion years ago, when the planet's atmosphere was being oxygenated? By analysing ancient dolomite (carbonate) deposits found in Vempalle, in the Cuddap ... more |
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A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer's treatmentBoston MA (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 MIT neuroscientists have found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer's disease by interfering with an enzyme that is typically overactive in the brains of Alzheimer's pa ... more 
El Nino and +IOD expected to severely impact global weather in coming monthsSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 18, 2023 Recent climate forecasts predict a strong El Nino and positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events to occur in the near future, potentially leading to significant impacts on global weather patterns, at ... more 
Water, water everywhere: Wet winter boosts California's reservoirsLos Angeles (AFP) April 18, 2023 A very wet winter has left California's reservoirs looking healthier than they have for years, as near-record rainfall put a big dent in a lengthy drought. ... more 
Can music festivals actually go green?Indio, United States (AFP) April 18, 2023 Coachella brings adrenaline-fueled sets to hundreds of thousands of festival-goers who gather in the California desert - and it also leaves behind a lot of trash. ... more |
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Spain vows to block farming near threatened wetlandsMadrid (AFP) April 17, 2023 Spain has vowed to block a regional plan to legalise farming near one of Europe's largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have plunged due to climate change and agriculture. ... more  
Nicaragua breaks ground on housing construction with aid from ChinaManagua (AFP) April 17, 2023 Nicaragua on Sunday began building thousands of subsidized housing units with Chinese aid in the first such major project since the countries established diplomatic relations in 2021. ... more  
Heatstroke kills 11 at India awards eventNew Delhi (AFP) April 17, 2023 Eleven people died of heatstroke in India after an estimated one million spectators waited for hours in the sun at a government-sponsored awards ceremony, officials said on Monday. ... more  
'Living gallery': fighting to save Hong Kong's fading neon signsHong Kong (AFP) April 18, 2023 Neon signs once transformed Hong Kong's oldest neighbourhoods into a kaleidoscope of luminous colour after dark, but most have been removed with a few lucky ones now piled up in a ramshackle yard. ... more |
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BTS' J-Hope becomes second band member to enlist for military serviceSeoul (AFP) April 18, 2023 BTS star J-Hope was set to start his mandatory South Korean military service on Tuesday, local media reported, becoming the K-pop juggernaut's second member to enlist, prompting an outpouring of well-wishes from fans. ... more  
US arrests two over Chinese 'police station' in New YorkNew York (AFP) April 17, 2023 US authorities arrested two men Monday for allegedly setting up a Chinese "police station" in New York and charged dozens of Chinese security officials over a campaign to monitor and harass US-based dissidents. ... more 
Canada public broadcaster CBC quits Twitter over 'government-funded' labelOttawa (AFP) April 17, 2023 Canada's public broadcaster CBC and its French-language version Radio-Canada said Monday they were effectively quitting Twitter over a new "government-funded" label it says questions its editorial independence. ... more 
Discord, a prime ground for online 'rebels'... and leaks?San Francisco (AFP) April 13, 2023 It is perhaps no accident that a trove of sensitive US documents reportedly ended up in a chat room on Discord, one of a small group of platforms that are widely seen by experts as natural haunts for online renegades. ... more |
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