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  Paris (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 Cases of respiratory illnesses have been surging in northern China, particularly among children, sparking speculation online of a new pandemic threat four years after Covid-19 first emerged in the country. However Chinese health authorities have said the rising infections are a mix of already known viruses and are linked to the country's first full cold season after strict Covid restrictions were lifted last December. And while emphasising that the full situation remains unclear, experts say th ... read more |
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Kentucky train derailment spills molten sulfur, prompts evacuationsWashington (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 More than 15 train cars have derailed in the southern US state of Kentucky, spilling molten sulfur, sparking a fire, and prompting authorities to encourage nearby communities to evacuate on the eve of a major national holiday. ... more  
Texas Republicans take aim at climate change in textbooksHouston (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 The scorching summer in Texas this year was the second hottest on record - but students in the southwestern US state might have a hard time understanding why. ... more  
Kenya's Ruto pledges action to tackle deadly flood emergencyNairobi (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 Kenya is drawing up measures to tackle a flood disaster that has killed 70 people and driven tens of thousands from their homes, President William Ruto said on Saturday, describing it as an "emergency situation". ... more  
Arctic Weather Satellite in shapeParis (ESA) Nov 21, 2023 Embracing the New Space approach, it has taken just 36 months to develop and build ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite. Now complete, this remarkable microsatellite has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to ... more |
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NASA's PACE arrives in Florida for final processing for 2024 launchKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 22, 2023 NASA's PACE spacecraft completed its journey Tuesday, Nov. 14, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to the Astrotech Spacecraft Operations facility near the agency's Kenne ... more |
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Topographic changes on Earth measuredBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 The German Aerospace Center has established another milestone in 3D Earth mapping with the 'TanDEM-X 30-metre DEM Change Map', which provides a global overview of changes to Earth's surface. Change ... more 
Swedish court lets activist off, citing climate emergencyStockholm (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 A Swedish court has found an activist guilty of disobeying police but let him off without a fine, citing the "climate emergency." ... more  
India tunnel collapse 'wake-up call' for Modi's infrastructure driveNew Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 India's aggressive infrastructure push into the ecologically fragile Himalayan mountains has been given a "wake-up call" by the collapse of a road tunnel that trapped 41 men, environmental experts say. ... more  
Mozambique's parliament backs increasing years of military serviceMaputo (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 Mozambique's parliament on Thursday passed draft legislation to up the minimum period of compulsory military service from two to five years, a move the government said aimed to increase professionalism in the armed forces. ... more |
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  Dissident who fled China by jet ski convicted of illegal entry in S Korea  
Madagascar heatwave rooted in human-caused climate change: studyJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 A prolonged heatwave that hit Madagascar in October would not have occurred without human-caused climate change, a scientific study said on Thursday. ... more |
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WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illnessBeijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on a respiratory illness spreading in the north of the country, urging people to take steps to reduce the risk of infection. ... more  
Indigenous Brazilians gain political power, even as prejudice remainsBrasilia (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 Indigenous lawmaker Celia Xakriaba made history when she was elected to Brazil's Congress. But she says she sometimes gets called "Indian," and asked if she is in the legislature selling handcrafts, showing how deep prejudice still runs. ... more  
EU lawmakers reject proposal to halve pesticide useStrasbourg, France (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 EU lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a proposal to cut pesticide use by half by the end of the decade, dealing a blow to the bloc's push towards more environmentally-friendly farming. ... more 
Load of rubbish: litter-hunters vie for unusual world title in TokyoTokyo (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 Tokyo's well-kept streets may not be the most obvious place to do it, but competitive litter-hunters on Wednesday sifted through the Japanese capital in their first world championship. ... more |
 Disco, dogs help Hong Kong's elderly out of post-Covid isolation  
Climate conspiracy theories flourish ahead of COP28Paris (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 Climate conspiracy theories are flourishing with lifestyle influencers joining in the misinformation war and scientists hounded on social media, researchers say, as pressure rises on leaders at the COP28 summit. ... more |
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Mali militants claim to seize military base, army deniesBamako (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 An Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda claimed to have seized a military base in the north of Mali, inflicting heavy losses on the country's military. ... more  
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from airDurham NC (SPX) Nov 21, 2023 Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these and other prehistoric animals during the Mesozoic Era, starting 252 million years ago, by be ... more 
Shear bliss for New Zealand's pampered sheepWanaka, New Zealand (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 Classical music, soft mattresses and the gentlest touch of a wool clipper: welcome to the New Zealand farm indulging what may be the world's most pampered sheep. ... more  
Putting humans at the centre of high-tech workplaces of the futureTonsley, Australia (SPX) Nov 21, 2023 Complex automation, robotics and digital technologies including augmented reality (AR) are giving modern manufacturing and service delivery a much-needed productivity boost and relieving workforce d ... more |
 
'Dolomite Problem': 200-year-old geology mystery resolvedAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 27, 2023 For 200 years, scientists have failed to grow a common mineral in the laboratory under the conditions believed to have formed it naturally. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan ... more 
Half of Peru's Andes glacier ice has melted: governmentLima (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 The Peruvian Andes' mountaintop ice, which represents most of the world's tropical glaciers, has lost more than half of its area due to climate change, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. ... more 
NASA maps minerals and ecosystem function across US southwestWashington DC (SPX) Nov 16, 2023 In September 2023, NASA aircraft began supporting an effort to find and map critical mineral deposits in Western regions of the U.S. Identifying these minerals - often used in everyday products like ... more 
UN chief to observe 'impact of climate crisis' in AntarcticaSantiago (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday in Santiago that he would visit Antarctica alongside Chile's President Gabriel Boric, to witness firsthand "the deadly impact of the climate crisis." ... more |
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Ay Karumba: 'Smelly' rats plague Australian fishing townsSydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 Plagues of "bold as hell" rats have overrun tropical fishing towns in northern Australia, where residents are clearing piles of "smelly" dead rodents off the beach every morning. ... more 
Rare elephant twins born in KenyaNairobi (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a set of twins, a conservation group said on Friday, a rare event for the planet's largest land mammals. ... more 
Air pollution behind over 250,000 deaths in Europe in 2021: agencyStockholm (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 Fine particle pollution caused the deaths of over 250,000 people in the European Union in 2021, according to a report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) published Friday. ... more 
'Repressive state': climate activists fear COP28 clampdown in UAEParis (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 Rights groups are preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates with trepidation, fearing surveillance and detention under the oil-rich monarchy's strict criminal justice system. ... more |
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Four key people to watch at COP28 Dubai (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 King Charles III, Pope Francis and COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber might grab headlines at next week's COP28 in Dubai, but they are not the only people who will play an important role at the crunch UN climate conference. ... more 
Top producer Ivory Coast fears for cocoa output after rainsHermankono, Ivory Coast (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 "Thirty years I've been in cocoa - and this is the worst season yet," said Siaka Sylla as he contemplated an almost empty warehouse at his cooperative in Ivory Coast, the world's top producer of the bean. ... more 
Massive 2022 eruption reduced ozone levelsBoston, MA (SPX) Nov 21, 2023 When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022 in the South Pacific, it produced a shock wave felt around the world and triggered tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, ... more 
China reports no 'unusual or novel pathogens' in respiratory illnesses upsurgeBeijing (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 China has reported no 'unusual or novel pathogens' in respiratory illnesses spreading in the north of the country, the World Health Organization said Thursday. ... more |
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Brazil to unveil plan to increase farmland by 60%Sao Paulo (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will unveil a plan at the UN's upcoming COP28 climate summit to increase Brazil's available agricultural lands by 60 percent without contributing to deforestation, his government announced Thursday. ... more 
Death toll from Somalia floods nears 100Mogadishu (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 The death toll from devastating floods in Somalia is close to 100, with almost two million people affected, the country's cabinet said Thursday. ... more 
One dead, over 43,000 displaced in Philippine floodsManila (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 At least one person was killed and tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes after heavy downpours triggered flooding across the central Philippines, authorities said Wednesday. ... more
From drought to deluge: Kenyan villagers reel from floodsGarissa, Kenya (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 Days after floodwaters swallowed her home in eastern Kenya, Fatuma Hassan Gumo waded through thigh-deep murky water to collect her only remaining possessions - floating utensils. ... more |
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