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How deforestation turbocharged Indonesia's deadly floodsJakarta (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation. ... more  
Landslides turn Sri Lanka village into burial ground; Tea mountains become death valleyKandy, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Electrician V. K. Muthukrishnan ran to help when a lightning-fast mudslide flattened his neighbour's home in rural Sri Lanka - only to see his own house swept away minutes later. ... more  
Indonesia bucks pressure to label floods national disasterJakarta (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Indonesia's government is resisting growing pressure to declare a national disaster over devastating floods that killed hundreds of people and laid waste to parts of Sumatra island. ... more 
'No food': Indonesians scrounge for supplies after flood disasterSibolga, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Under a scorching sun, Nur Apsyah waited in line with hundreds of others, hoping to secure some of the food aid in short supply in Indonesia's flood-hit Sumatra. ... more |
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Hong Kong arrests suspects as fire death toll tops 150Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Hong Kong has arrested 14 suspects in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, finding "substandard" netting on building exteriors that failed to halt flames from spreading, authorities said Monday. ... more 
Survivors, families seek answers to deadly Hong Kong ferry disasterHong Kong (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Survivors of one of Hong Kong's deadliest maritime disasters and victims' families who spent 13 years in a legal and bureaucratic maze seeking answers will have to wait a little longer for a coroner's ruling to shed light on the tragedy. ... more  
Aechelon links Vantor 3D terrain with Orbion SkyBeam to boost ICEYE SAR AILos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 Aechelon Technology has completed a proof-of-concept integration of Vantor's 3D Operational Terrain into its Project Orbion SkyBeam AI exploitation system, using ICEYE's space-based synthetic apertu ... more  
Auroral radio signal offers new insight into intense magnetic stormsSouthampton, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 A University of Southampton team has identified a distinct low frequency radio signature that appears when small-scale auroral structures known as auroral beads emerge, providing a new clue to how i ... more |
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EarthCARE mission tightens cloud and aerosol impacts in next-generation climate modelsParis (ESA) Dec 04, 2025 True to its promise, the European Space Agency's EarthCARE satellite is now being used to directly quantify how clouds and airborne particles reshape the balance between incoming sunlight and outgoi ... more |
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Farms show potential as large-scale tool for climate mitigation in QUT led researchSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A recent international study led by Queensland University of Technology presents a quantitative framework for evaluating how plant agriculture and synthetic biology might help mitigate climate chang ... more  
Ozone catalysts mapped for safer water disinfectionPittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 University of Pittsburgh researchers and collaborators have identified how to design catalysts that generate ozone on demand as a potential alternative to chlorine-based disinfection in hospitals an ... more  
Solar-powered gel delivers freshwater and recovers boron from seawaterTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 A study published in Science Bulletin describes a solar-driven system that produces freshwater while capturing boron from seawater and brine using a composite gel identified as (MXene-MgO)@sodium al ... more  
The bacteria that wont wake up found in spacecraft cleanroomsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 Researchers have characterized a bacterium from spacecraft assembly cleanrooms that can enter an extreme dormant state, allowing it to persist where contamination controls are designed to remove nea ... more |
Japan oysters dying 'en masse', likely due to warmer sea: officialsTokyo (AFP) Dec 1, 2025 Oysters in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country's top production area, likely due to warmer sea temperatures, officials said Monday. ... more  |
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Delhi records over 200,000 respiratory illness cases due to toxic airNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 New Delhi recorded more than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses at six state-run hospitals between 2022 and 2024, government numbers showed, highlighting the adverse effects of toxic air on health. ... more 
Cyclone turns Sri Lanka's tea mountains into death valleyNuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 In the mist-draped mountains of Sri Lanka's tea country, rescuers were still plucking bodies from the reddish-brown mud on Tuesday after last week's cyclone, the island's worst natural disaster in decades. ... more  
Amnesty urges war crimes probe into Sudan refugee camp attackPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday that a large-scale attack by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on a refugee camp earlier this year "must be investigated for war crimes". ... more  
Family of Colombian killed in boat strike takes US to rights bodyBogot� (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 The family of a Colombian man killed in a US military strike on his boat in the Caribbean has lodged a complaint against the United States with a Washington-based rights panel. ... more |
To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be 'clear' about human role: IPCC chiefSaint-Denis, France (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 With US President Donald Trump and other sceptics calling climate change a hoax, the UN's climate science body must tell the world in a "very clear way" that humans are heating the planet, its chairman told AFP. ... more 
Reservoirs half as full as last year in drought-hit TehranTehran (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Reservoirs in and around the drought-hit Iranian capital Tehran are holding 55 percent less water compared to the same date last year, state media reported Tuesday. ... more 
Study says African penguins starved en masse off South AfricaJohannesburg (AFP) Dec 5, 2025 Endangered penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said Friday, with some populations dropping by 95 percent in just eight years. ... more 
Denmark targets farm nitrogen emissions to boost water qualityCopenhagen (AFP) Dec 3, 2025 Denmark, which last year introduced a pioneering carbon tax on livestock farming, on Wednesday announced an agreement to cut nitrogen emissions from agriculture and curb water pollution. ... more |
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EU reaches accord on new generation of genetically modified cropsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 European lawmakers and EU member states announced late Wednesday they had reached an agreement on developing plants obtained by so-called new genomic techniques. ... more  
Indian authorities deploy drones to track killer wolvesLucknow, India (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 Forest rangers in India have deployed drones to track man-eater wolves after nine people, mostly children, were killed by the animals in recent weeks, officials said Sunday. ... more 
Hong Kong leader says 'independent committee' to probe fireHong Kong (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday that an independent committee will investigate the causes of the city's deadliest fire in decades, as some residents expressed doubt about getting clear answers and people demanding accountability were questioned by police. ... more 
G.Bissau junta claims 'ethnic civil war' risk justifies coupBissau (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 Guinea-Bissau's military authorities on Thursday justified taking power in the small west African nation by arguing the country faced the "risk of ethnic civil war" after last month's elections. ... more |
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Court allows National Guard deployment in US capital to continue for nowWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily put on hold a lower court's order directing National Guard troops to leave the US capital next week. ... more |
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Swiss reject compulsory civic duty, climate tax for super-richGeneva (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 Swiss voters on Sunday resoundingly rejected a proposal to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for all and another on taxing the super-rich to fund the climate fight. ... more 
New York Times sues Pentagon over restrictive media policyNew York (AFP) Dec 4, 2025 The New York Times on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the Pentagon's new restrictive media policy, saying it was unconstitutional and asking a court to block its implementation. ... more 
Race to get aid to Asia flood survivors as death toll tops 1,300Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 2, 2025 Governments and aid groups in Indonesia and Sri Lanka worked Tuesday to rush aid to hundreds of thousands stranded by deadly flooding that has killed more than 1,300 people in four countries. ... more  
Australia overhauls decades-old environmental lawsSydney (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 Large carbon-emitting projects in Australia will be required to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions as well as pollution reduction goals under new legislation overhauling decades-old environmental laws. ... more |
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