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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 27, 2024 The large-scale application of a Chinese commercial radar remote sensing constellation composed of 12 satellites began on Monday, according to PIESAT, a Beijing-based satellite firm. The announcement came after four PIESAT-2 satellites, which were launched into a 528-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit last week, were calibrated and successfully transmitted high-resolution images and data back to Earth. The latest satellites joined another eight satellites that were previously deployed to space, ... read more |
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Changes in store for atmospheric riversBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect the potent storms known as atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see muc ... more  
New study uncovers variety in Arctic Ocean hydrothermal vent systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 A recent investigation into Earth's northernmost hydrothermal system reveals a greater diversity of vent styles than previously known, offering critical insights into their origins and potential glo ... more  
Early warning system aims to curb locust swarmsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Desert locusts, known for their devastating impact on crops, typically live solitary lives until environmental triggers like intense rainfall prompt them to form massive swarms. A single swarm spann ... more  
ESA and NASA collaborate to track Greenland ice sheet meltingParis, France (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 As global warming accelerates the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, its contribution to rising sea levels and disruptions in global weather patterns underscores the need for precise monitoring. Fo ... more |
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US calls Hong Kong bounties 'transnational repression'Washington (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 Hong Kong's announcement of bounties on six democracy campaigners based overseas "is a form of transnational repression," the US State Department said on Thursday. ... more |
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'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024Paris (AFP) Dec 27, 2024 From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. ... more  
Russian scientists criticise oil spill cleanup; Oil leak in Peru tourist zone triggers 'environmental emergency'Moscow (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 Russian scientists criticised Wednesday the effort to clean up oil that has washed ashore from two oil tankers, saying it lacks sufficient equipment. ... more  
Felipe VI urges Spain to learn from floods in Christmas messageMadrid (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 King Felipe VI urged Spain to draw lessons from this year's catastrophic floods to "strengthen society and make us grow" in his Christmas message broadcast on Tuesday. ... more  
10 civilians killed in 'accidential' Nigerian army strikeKano, Nigeria (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 Airstrikes by Nigerian military forces targeting suspected jihadists in the northwest Sokoto state killed 10 civilians and injured six others, local officials said Thursday. ... more |
 
Catholics hold muted Christmas mass in Indonesia's Sharia strongholdBanda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh province, the only one under ultraconservative Islamic law in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation. ... more  |
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France hands over first base in Chad amid withdrawalN'Djamena (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 France has handed over its first military base as part of the withdrawal of its military forces from Chad, the French and Chadian militaries said Thursday. ... more 
Gaza hospital says three babies die of 'severe temperature drop'Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 The chief paediatric doctor at a southern Gaza hospital told AFP that three babies had died of "severe temperature drop" this week, as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory grapples with winter cold. ... more  
Key public service makes quiet return in GazaGaza Strip, Palestinian Territories (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 The quiet resumption of operations at a desalination plant in the Gaza Strip last month marked a small but significant step toward restoring public services in the Palestinian territory ravaged by more than 14 months of war. ... more 
US says kills two Al-Shabaab fighters in airstrike; Gabon jails eight officers over tortureWashington (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 The US military said Thursday it had killed two members of the jihadist Al-Shabaab group in southern Somalia in an airstrike. ... more |
What we know about disappearance of four Ecuadoran minorsQuito (AFP) Dec 26, 2024 The discovery of several charred bodies during a search in Ecuador for four adolescent boys who disappeared during a military operation has deepened shock and anger at the case. ... more  
Space Flight Laboratory confirms launch and deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 11Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 27, 2024 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced the successful launch and deployment of HawkEye 360's Cluster 11, marking a significant milestone in its collaboration with the Virginia-based company. Th ... more 
China launches four Earth-observation radar satellites into orbitSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 China successfully launched four Earth-observation radar satellites into space early Tuesday morning aboard a Long March 2D rocket, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (C ... more  
Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subcultureBaghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024 The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more |
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Turkey court jails hotel owner, architect in quake trialIstanbul (AFP) Dec 25, 2024 A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel where 72 people died after it collapsed following an earthquake last year to over 18 years in prison. ... more
Ecuador's leader orders stepped-up search for missing adolescentsQuito (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has ordered an intensified search for four adolescent boys who disappeared during a military operation, with public anger over the incident flaring weeks ahead of elections. ... more 
Australia agrees deal to strengthen Solomons policeSydney (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 Australia said Friday it had agreed to boost Solomon Islands' police force with a multi-year funding, training and infrastructure package for the Pacific nation, which has fostered close ties with China. ... more  
Massive eruptions did not trigger dinosaur extinctionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 Massive volcanic eruptions in India, once theorized as a potential cause of dinosaur extinction, likely played a minimal role in their demise, according to new research by climate scientists at Utre ... more |
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Russia-Ukraine War's unexpected casualties: Hungry people in distant nationsEast Lansing MI (SPX) Dec 23, 2024 The war in Ukraine is causing hunger thousands of miles from the battlefields, according to a new study. Nearly three years of war in the "breadbasket of the world" has left croplands destroyed and ... more |
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Surface-based sonar system could rapidly map the ocean floor at high resolutionBoston MA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible was about an hour-and-a-half into its two-hour descent to the Titanic wreckage at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean when it lost contact with its support ship. ... more 
France's Macron announces fourth government of the yearParis (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis. ... more 
Mayotte cyclone likely to have killed 'dozens' not '1000s'; Mozambique death toll rises to 120Paris (AFP) Dec 23, 2024 French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday hit out at "alarmist" claims about a significant death toll from Cyclone Chido, which hit the country's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. ... more 
Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspotDizangue, Cameroon (AFP) Dec 24, 2024 Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at risk aquatic mammals. ... more |
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