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  Dushanbe, Tajikistan (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 More than 1,000 glaciers have disappeared in Tajikistan over the last three decades, the Central Asian nation's energy minister said on the sidelines of the COP29 climate conference in Baku. The thousands of glaciers across mountainous Central Asia are crucial to the region's food and water security, typically draining fresh water into rivers to replenish them during arid periods. "Over the past 30 years, out of 14,000 glaciers in Tajikistan, more than 1,000 glaciers of vital importance to the e ... read more |
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Scientists urge swift action on microbial technologies to address climate crisisLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 In the lead-up to COP29, Applied Microbiology International (AMI), along with key scientific organizations, has issued a significant call to action emphasizing the role of microbial solutions in tac ... more  
EU deforestation ban in chaos as parliament loosens rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 The European Parliament on Thursday approved a one-year delay on implementing the bloc's sweeping anti-deforestation rules but also voted to loosen some requirements - raising fresh uncertainty over the landmark law. ... more  
China battles rare wave of violent crime as economic woes biteBeijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 China's economic malaise is fuelling social tensions that make people more likely to commit violent crimes out of anger or desperation, analysts say, after the country witnessed its deadliest massacre in a decade. ... more  
Half of flood victims in Spain's Valencia 70 and older as epicentre survives fresh alertMadrid (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 Almost half of the people killed in Spain's Valencia region during recent floods were 70 years old or older and 26 were foreigners, authorities said on Thursday. ... more |
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BHP, Vale cleared by Brazil court over 2015 dam disasterRio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 A Brazilian court on Thursday cleared mining giants BHP and Vale, and their Brazilian joint venture Samarco, of responsibility over a 2015 dam collapse that caused the country's worst ever environmental disaster. ... more |
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US State Department, Pentagon promise smooth transition with TrumpWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 President Joe Biden's State Department and Pentagon on Thursday promised a smooth transition to the team of Donald Trump, who has promised major shake-ups. ... more  
Sikorsky and Rain demonstrate autonomous helicopter's wildfire suppression capabilitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and Rain, a leader in autonomous aerial wildfire response, have successfully showcased an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter's ability to locate and su ... more 
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap pollsColombo (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thanked voters Friday for delivering his leftist coalition a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections that repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis. ... more 
Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGSSydney (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 A magnitude 6.6 earthquake rattled Papua New Guinea on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, striking off the country's eastern coast. ... more |
Tropical Storm Sara pounds Honduras with heavy rainTegucigalpa (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 Tropical Storm Sara dumped heavy rains with the potential to cause disastrous flooding Thursday as it churned inland along the northeastern coast of Honduras. ... more  |
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'Monsoon brides': Extreme weather fuels Pakistan child marriagesDadu, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 Before monsoon rains broke over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family survive the threat of floods. ... more  
Pakistan's policies hazy as it fights smogLahore, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 From banning tuk-tuks and barbecues to demolishing old brick kilns, Pakistan's government is pushing a series of measures to fight record-breaking smog. ... more  
Nigeria borrows $134 mn to boost farms as famine loomsLagos (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 Nigeria has secured a 134-million-dollar (127-million-euro) loan to invest in farming, the government said Thursday, as Africa's most populous nation faces a hunger crisis of staggering proportions. ... more  
Myanmar ethnic armed group says 11 killed in airstrike on teashopBangkok (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 Eleven people were killed when a teashop in Myanmar was hit by a military airstrike in the town of Naungcho in the northern Shan state on Tuesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for a local ethnic armed group said. ... more |
New York drought conditions fan flames, spur water savingNew York (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 New York has urged its 8.5 million residents to save water as America's biggest city endures an unprecedented period without significant rainfall, creating potentially dangerous drought conditions and fanning the flames of deadly wildfires. ... more  
Taliban score successes with embassy closures, COP attendanceParis (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 Afghanistan embassies in Britain and Norway loyal to the pro-Western authorities ousted by the Taliban in 2021 discreetly shut down this autumn, as the West seeks a more pragmatic approach to the country's Islamic rulers. ... more  
On the origin of life and the formation of cell membranesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2024 The mystery of how life originated on Earth has fascinated scientists for generations. Central to this question is understanding how the first living cells acquired the membranes that allowed them t ... more  
Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in KenyaVoi, Kenya (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 "We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree. ... more |
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China launches satellite for ocean salinity detectionSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2024 China launched a new satellite designed to detect ocean salinity on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, northern China, as reported by the China National Space Admi ... more 
Nature pays price for war in Israel's northHula Valley, Israel (AFP) Nov 15, 2024 Across northern Israel's lush, green nature reserves, the ecological toll of the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants is laid bare: wild boar hit by shrapnel, trees reduced to ashes and swathes of charred vegetation. ... more  
Stark warning on emissions as leaders divided at COP29Baku (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 Global leaders offered competing visions on how to tackle climate change at UN-led talks on Wednesday as a new report warned that the world must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned. ... more 
UK to beef up its emissions cuts as it bids to be 'climate leader'Baku/London (AFP) Nov 12, 2024 The UK will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 81 percent on 1990 levels by 2035, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, as his government ramps up its ambitions to help curb climate change. ... more |
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Economic woes sour prospects for China's dairy farmersBeijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2024 Farmer Liu Bingyong used to make a tidy profit selling milk but is now leaking cash - the victim of a dairy sector crisis that embodies several of China's economic woes. ... more |
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More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year: reportAbuja (AFP) Nov 8, 2024 More than 33 million Nigerians face hunger next year, the number rising sharply as soaring food prices exacerbate the effects of conflict and climate change, according to a report Friday. ... more 
Indonesians drill for disaster before tsunami anniversaryBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 Hundreds of Indonesians fled for higher ground Wednesday as they ran through disaster drills in the region worst hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of its 20th anniversary next month. ... more  
French weapons in Sudan 'in violation of UN embargo': AmnestyParis (AFP) Nov 14, 2024 Military equipment built in France is being used in Sudan on armoured vehicles supplied by the UAE, in "violation of the UN arms embargo" on the Darfur region, Amnesty International said Thursday. ... more 
Rwandan soldier kills five in bar shootingKigali (AFP) Nov 13, 2024 A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. ... more |
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