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Slashing roadkill numbers for small and medium-sized mammals
Feb 18, 2019 (SPX)
Jochen Jaeger is an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia. He recently oversaw a study that measured the eff...
How the US military could build Trump's border wall
Feb 15, 2019 (AFP)
The declaration means Trump would be able to sidestep Congress to access federal funds from elsewhere to help pay for construction of a border wall. With the Pe...
Robot lifts bits of melted fuel at Japan's Fukushima plant
Feb 14, 2019 (AFP)
Operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) on Wednesday sent down a remote-controlled probe to the melted fuel at the bottom of the plant's reactor 2, one of three t...
Robot probes radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima plant
Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)
The operation is intended to better assess the status of the melted fuel, including whether it is stable enough to be picked up for removal, or may crumble upon...
Amid border wall debate, 'smart' tech raises questions too
Feb 12, 2019 (AFP)
Last month, the Democratic lawmakers endorsed what they described as "a strong, but smart, border security posture," without "costly physical barriers." Some te...
Drought, Deluge Turned Stable Landslide into Disaster
Feb 08, 2019 (JPL)
The Mud Creek landslide near Big Sur, California, dumped about 6 million cubic yards (5 million cubic meters) of rock and debris across California Highway 1 on ...
Five dead, three rescued in Kashmir avalanche
Feb 08, 2019 (AFP)
The avalanche hit a fire emergency facility late Thursday in the Banihal area of the Kashmir valley. Six police, two prisoners and two other personnel had taken...
14 dead, seven missing in Bolivian landslides
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
Torrential rain caused the landslides on Saturday and Sunday on the road linking the capital La Paz to the northern town of Caranavi, the gateway to the Amazon ...
US sends 3,750 more troops to Mexico border: Pentagon
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
Soldiers were originally deployed to the border under an order President Donald Trump gave before midterm elections in November as "caravans" of migrants made t...
Chinese chemical firm 'misled' investigators over deadly blast
Feb 03, 2019 (AFP)
A gas leak caused the explosion last November at a PVC production plant in Zhangjiakou, a northern Chinese city in Hebei province that will host part of the 202...
Refugees struggle for work amid Greek jobs drought
Feb 02, 2019 (AFP)
"I feel more confident now that I am working, I feel my future will be better," the Pakistani, who is in his twenties, says in the poor Athens neighbourhood of ...
Study reveals wildlife is abundant in Chernobyl
Feb 01, 2019 (SPX)
A one-month camera study prompted the sighting of 10 mammal and five bird species, according to James Beasley, associate professor at the Savannah River Ecology...
Brazilian indigenous community threatened in aftermath of dam burst
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
Until a few days ago, she had never seen an entire river die right before her eyes. This is the unthinkable ecological nightmare her people are facing, however,...
Mexican president declares 'drug war' over
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
However, critics questioned the announcement, pointing out that the leftist president has not taken the army off the streets as he pledged during his campaign, ...
Probe over Brazil dam disaster puts heat on mining company Vale
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
Five engineers involved in the operating licenses and the last inspection of the dam were arrested on prosecutors' orders in the state of Minas Gerais, where th...
'Several thousand' more US troops to go to southern border: Pentagon
Jan 29, 2019 (AFP)
Currently, about 2,350 active-duty troops are working along the border, where they are helping border patrol agents by providing logistical support and installi...
Search resumes at Brazil mine disaster site
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
Loudspeakers rang out at 5:30 am (0730 GMT) among homes surrounding the Corrego do Feijao mining complex in southeastern Brazil, warning of dangerously high wat...
UN urges Nepal to focus on war crimes victims as probes languish
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
Nepal established two commissions in 2015 to probe abuses by government forces and Maoist rebels during the civil war that left 17,000 dead and others missing w...
Tourist killed by falling window from Hong Kong hotel
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
Police said a 24-year-old female tourist from the Chinese mainland was struck by the window which fell from the 16th floor of the Mira Hotel in the busy Tsim Sh...
Three migrants dead, 15 missing off Libya: Italian navy
Jan 19, 2019 (AFP)
The navy intervened on Friday and a helicopter rescued three people suffering from hypothermia who were flown to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, Admir...
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