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  Woodside, United States (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands and pledged to reduce soaring tensions between the superpowers Wednesday as they met for the first time in a year at a high-stakes summit in California. "We have to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict," Biden told Xi across a long wooden table as their delegations sat down for talks at the scenic Filoli country estate near San Francisco. Xi responded by saying that "Planet Earth is big enough for the two countri ... read more |
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Rice researcher scans tropical forest with mixed-reality deviceHouston TX (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 Rice University scientists used a commercially available mixed-reality headset with custom-designed software to measure and analyze forest floor vegetation, demonstrating a correlation between anima ... more  
Threat from sand and dust storms spreading: UNTashkent (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 The UN warned Wednesday that the number of sand and dust storms are increasing "dramatically" with Central Asia the most hit by the dangerous phenomenon. ... more 
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk". ... more  
Greenhouse gases hit record high in 2022: UNGeneva (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere hit new record highs in 2022, with no end in sight to the rising trend, the United Nations warned Wednesday. ... more |
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Israel army withdraws from inside Gaza hospital, journalist tells AFPJerusalem (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 A journalist trapped inside Gaza's largest hospital told AFP on Wednesday that Israeli troops had withdrawn from the building after entering it overnight and have redeployed around its outskirts. ... more |
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PepsiCo sued by New York state over plastic pollutionNew York (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment. ... more  
Frozen library of ancient ice tells tales of climate's pastCopenhagen (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 How was the air breathed by Caesar, the Prophet Mohammed or Christopher Columbus? A giant freezer in Copenhagen holds the answers, storing blocks of ice with atmospheric tales thousands of years old. ... more  
Uganda charges militia chief over tourist murdersKampala (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 Ugandan prosecutors on Monday charged the commander of a feared militia with terrorism and murder over the killing of two foreign tourists and their driver last month. ... more 
Six killed in east DR Congo after soldiers, pro-state militants clashGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) Nov 12, 2023 At least six people have been killed after a dispute between soldiers and pro-government militants in volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, several sources said on Sunday. ... more |
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 UN fears escalation of interethnic violence in Sudan 
U.N.: Israel allows fuel shipment into Gaza, but nothing for hospitalsWashington DC (UPI) Nov 15, 2021 Gaza received its first shipment of fuel Wednesday since the start of the Israel-Hamas war more than five weeks ago, the United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday. ... more |
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From biodiversity to political crises: five things about MadagascarAntananarivo (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 Madagascar will hold the first round of its presidential elections on Thursday, with the run-up to the vote marred by near daily opposition demonstrations. ... more  
'Out of control' fires endanger wildlife in Brazilian wetlandsPocon�, Brazil (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 The Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil are famed as a paradise of biodiversity, but these days they have enormous clouds of smoke billowing over them, as raging wildfires reduce vast expanses to scorched earth. ... more  
Endangered sea turtles get second life at Tunisian centreSfax, Tunisia (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 A crowd has gathered to see off Rose, a loggerhead sea turtle, who labours across the Tunisian sand to rejoin the waters of the Mediterranean. ... more 
26 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state mediaBeijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 Twenty-six people have died and dozens were sent to hospital after a fire tore through a building in northern China's Shanxi province on Thursday, state media reported. ... more |
  Two dead, three missing in central Vietnam floods 
'King of Lake Ohrid': the fight to save a Balkan troutPogradec, Albania (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 Along the picturesque shores of Lake Ohrid, things have taken on a frantic pace at the Lin Hatchery in Albania's Pogradec, as a team of specialists races to release the final batch of newly spawned trout this season. ... more |
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The mystery of phosphite - a scientific detective storyKonstanz, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2023 Our story begins at the end of the 1980s, with a sheet of paper. On this sheet, a scientist calculated that the conversion of the chemical compound phosphite to phosphate would release enough energy ... more 
Scientists caution against a reliance on mechanical devices to clear water bodies of plasticPlymouth UK (SPX) Nov 10, 2023 An international group of scientists has cautioned against reliance on mechanical cleanup devices as a means of addressing the plastic pollution crisis. The researchers - comprising a number o ... more  
Recreation of ancient seawater reveals which nutrients shaped the evolution of early lifeOxford UK (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 Scientists know very little about conditions in the ocean when life first evolved, but new research published in Nature Geoscience has revealed how geological processes controlled which nutrients we ... more 
Some of today's earthquakes may be aftershocks from quakes in the 1800sWashington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 In the 1800s, some of the strongest earthquakes in recorded U.S. history struck North America's continental interior. Almost two centuries later, the central and eastern United States may still be e ... more |
The first dinosaur egg was leatheryBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 The discovery of several exceptionally preserved reproduction-related dinosaur specimens over the last three decades has improved our knowledge of dinosaur reproductive biology. Nevertheless, due to ... more  
Tibet activists and pro-China supporters demonstrate at APEC summitSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 Groups of Tibet activists and pro-China supporters staged opposing demonstrations in San Francisco on Wednesday as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the city for an APEC summit. ... more 
China says resettling people fleeing northern Myanmar clashesBeijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 China said on Thursday it was helping resettle people who have crossed its border fleeing clashes in northern Myanmar, where the UN says over 200,000 people have been displaced by fighting between the junta and an alliance of ethnic minority groups. ... more 
Markets mostly drop as rate-hope rally loses steamHong Kong (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 Most markets fell Thursday as investors took a breather and cashed in on a recent rally, though analysts said the outlook was bright, even as data pointed to a soft landing for the world's top economy. ... more |
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China, US pledge climate cooperation ahead of Xi-Biden meetBeijing (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 China and the United States pledged Wednesday to work more closely together to fight global warming, declaring the climate crisis "one of the greatest challenges of our time". ... more 
EU negotiators reach deal on methane emission curbsBrussels (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 Negotiators for the EU's member states and lawmakers on Wednesday reached a deal on new rules to curb methane emissions which would put new reporting requirements on the coal, gas and oil industry. ... more 
World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: UNParis (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 The world is "failing to get a grip" on climate change, the UN warned Tuesday, as an assessment of climate pledges shows only minor progress on reducing emissions this decade. ... more 
Fight fire with fire: controlled burns stem California blazesSanta Cruz, United States (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 In a forest in northern California, a line of people spread out through the trees, setting fire to shrubs and fallen branches in an act of intentional arson aimed at making the woodland better able to cope with future conflagrations. ... more |
One in four Somalis face 'crisis-level hunger': UNNairobi (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 A quarter of Somalia's population face "crisis-level hunger" by the end of the year, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as the country battles deadly floods. ... more 
Benin struggles in battle to halt coastal erosionCotonou (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 Along its Atlantic coast, Benin's government has spent millions of dollars to protect coastal communities from sea erosion. But Doris Alapini can only watch as waves tirelessly eat away at her land and the large seaside restaurant she built. ... more 
Threat from sand and dust storms spreading: UNTashkent (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 The UN warned Wednesday that the number of sand and dust storms are increasing "dramatically" with Central Asia most hit by the dangerous phenomena. ... more  
AI images of white faces are now 'hyper-real': studyParis (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 Images of faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can now appear more real than pictures of real people - as long as they are white, a study said on Monday. ... more |
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Critically endangered Sumatran elephant born in IndonesiaJakarta (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in western Indonesia over the weekend, according to officials, giving renewed hope to conservation efforts after several other baby elephant and rhino births in recent months. ... more 
Campaigners demand Thailand act on air pollutionBangkok (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 Campaigners on Monday demanded the Thai government urgently pass a "clean air act" as the kingdom braces for its annual peak pollution season. ... more 
'Forever chemicals' blood tests in Belgium over polluted waterBrussels (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 Belgium's southern Wallonia region pledged Tuesday to offer free blood tests for residents to measure their possible exposure to PFAS "forever chemicals" amid a scandal over polluted drinking water. ... more 
Pupils, employees urged to stay home in smog-hit TehranTehran (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 Iranian authorities urged young schoolchildren and many civil servants in the capital Tehran to stay at home Wednesday due to a spike in air pollution levels. ... more |
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