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  Sydney (AFP) May 3, 2025 Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese triumphed Saturday in national elections, crushing his conservative rival in a contest swayed by economic upheaval and US President Donald Trump. Albanese's slow-but-steady leadership resonated at a time of global tumult, analysts said, with voters deserting hard-nosed opposition leader Peter Dutton in droves. Not only was Albanese's Labor Party on track for an unexpectedly large parliamentary majority, but former police officer Dutton en ... read more |
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US researchers seek to legitimize AI mental health careNew York (AFP) May 4, 2025 Researchers at Dartmouth College believe artificial intelligence can deliver reliable psychotherapy, distinguishing their work from the unproven and sometimes dubious mental health apps flooding today's market. ... more  
'No dumping ground': Tunisia activist wins award over waste scandalTunis (AFP) May 2, 2025 Tunisian environmentalist Semia Labidi Gharbi, awarded a global prize for her role exposing a major waste scandal, has a message for wealthy nations: developing countries are "no dumping ground". ... more  
Scientists team up to publish climate assessment gutted by TrumpWashington DC (UPI) May 3, 2025 Two private nonprofit organizations announced that they would team up to publish climate-related research to further a congressionally mandated assessment that had been gutted by the Trump administration. ... more 
Hawaii passes 'green fee' hotel tax hike to fund climate reliefWashington (AFP) May 3, 2025 Hawaii lawmakers have passed a "first of its kind" bill that increases the US state's hotel tax to fund climate change relief efforts, the governor's office said. ... more |
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Understanding Nigeria's new wave of jihadist attacksLagos (AFP) May 2, 2025 Nigeria's northeast is facing a brutal resurgence of jihadist attacks, which have killed at least 100 people in April. ... more |
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MSF hospital bombed in South SudanJuba (AFP) May 3, 2025 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said one of its hospitals in South Sudan had been bombed early on Saturday, with at least seven people killed by airstrikes in the area. ... more 
Singapore ruling party wins election in landslideSingapore (AFP) May 4, 2025 Voters have handed Singapore's long-time ruling party a landslide election victory, offering Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate to navigate the trade-orientated Southeast Asian nation through economic upheaval sparked by looming US tariffs. ... more 
Maldives president holds record 15-hour press conferenceColombo (AFP) May 4, 2025 Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu addressed a press conference for nearly 15 hours, his office said on Sunday, claiming it broke a previous record held by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. ... more 
Trump asks Congress to cut billions in nondefense spending; up funds for military, borderWashington DC (UPI) May 2, 2025 President Donald Trump revealed the White House budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 Friday, which requests cuts to foreign aid, education and health care but boosts to the military and border control. ... more |
 
Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter trials showcase future of aerial firefightingLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025 Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and firetech firm Rain recently completed autonomous wildfire suppression tests using an optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter in Southern California. The tri ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Exploring new frontiers in mineral extractionBoston MA (SPX) May 01, 2025 The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules." Elsewhere, along active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the deep oc ... more  
Moss method revives Canadian oil well sites into carbon-storing peatlandsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025 In a breakthrough for ecological restoration, researchers have developed a scalable technique to transform former oil and gas exploration sites in western Canada back into carbon-rich peatlands. The ... more  
NASA Balloon Mission Prepares for Second Launch in Southern HemisphereLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2025 The second scientific balloon slated for NASA's 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign is prepared for launch, pending suitable weather at the Wanaka Airport mid-latitude facility. This mi ... more  
Politecnico di Milano explores global potential of agrivoltaics for land use harmonyParis, France (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 A research team from the Politecnico di Milano has presented new insights into how agrivoltaic systems could resolve growing tensions over land use between agricultural production and solar energy d ... more |
Should farms grow crops or harvest solar power MSU research supports bothLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2025 Farmers facing the tough decision of whether to dedicate land to agriculture or solar energy may not have to choose at all, according to new findings from Michigan State University. Research led by ... more  
Solar flare pulses trigger rapid echoes in Earth's atmosphereLondon, UK (SPX) Apr 30, 2025 Earth's upper atmosphere reacts more quickly and strongly to solar flare activity than previously understood, according to new findings from Queen's University Belfast. Researchers studying a ... more  
Warming temperatures accelerate spring leaf flush in JapanTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 02, 2025 Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have confirmed that elevated spring temperatures in 2023 and 2024 caused earlier leaf emergence across Japan. Using satellite data from JAXA's GCOM-C satel ... more 
Hong Kong ex-lawmaker calls prison experience 'surreal'Hong Kong (AFP) May 2, 2025 A former Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker on Friday recounted her "surreal" experience being jailed for more than four years under the city's national security law. ... more |
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Climate change takes spice from Indonesia clove farmsTernate, Indonesia (AFP) May 2, 2025 Colonial powers once sought to wipe out cloves grown by locals on the eastern Indonesian island of Ternate to safeguard their monopoly over the prized crop. Today farmers say the gravest threat to their plants is climate change. ... more  
UK records hottest ever May DayLondon (AFP) May 1, 2025 The UK recorded its hottest ever May Day on Thursday, having just experienced its sunniest April since records began, according to the Met Office. ... more
Nigeria governors urge army to rethink anti-jihadist strategyDamaturu, Nigeria (AFP) May 1, 2025 State governors in northeast Nigeria on Thursday called on government security forces to rethink their counter-insurgency strategy, after more than 100 people were killed last month in jihadist attacks. ... more  
Animal rights activists denounce Icelandic whaling plansReykjavik (AFP) May 1, 2025 An Icelandic whaling company plans to hunt minke whales this summer in a first for the country since 2021, a decision denounced Thursday by animal rights activists. ... more |
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Paramilitary shelling hits Sudan's presidential palace: army sourceKhartoum (AFP) May 1, 2025 Sudan's presidential palace in central Khartoum was shelled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Thursday, a military source said, the second such attack on the capital in a week. ... more |
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Millions of children to suffer from Trump aid cutsAmman (AFP) May 1, 2025 When he grows up, five-year-old Ahmad wants to be "stronger than Spider-Man". ... more 
Evacuation of DR Congo troops from M23 zone beginsGoma, Dr Congo (AFP) April 30, 2025 An evacuation of hundreds of Democratic Republic of Congo troops and police trapped for months in UN bases in Goma after the city was taken by M23 rebels began on Wednesday, the ICRC said. ... more  
Will Trump strike drug cartels he says 'run' Mexico?Mexico City (AFP) April 30, 2025 President Donald Trump has boosted the US military presence along the border with Mexico and left open the possibility of drone strikes against drug trafficking groups that he designated terrorist organizations. ... more  
Ancient bone discovery suggests aquatic origins for echidnasSydney, Australia (SPX) May 01, 2025 A fossilized bone unearthed three decades ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia may rewrite the evolutionary history of monotremes, the group of egg-laying mammals that includes echidnas an ... more |
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