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NASA Data Helps Builds Resilience as Disasters Grow More Intense
Apr 24, 2021 (SPX)
In the satellite era, a fleet of Earth-observing satellites have gathered data on world-wide rain and snowfall, air and ocean temperatures, air quality, land us...
Wild horses flourish in Chernobyl 35 years after explosion
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
Thirty-five years after the world's worst nuclear disaster -- an anniversary commemorated in the ex-Soviet country on Monday -- surging flora and fauna have tak...
Mexico's president says migration can't be 'solved by force'
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
Lopez Obrador said people moving north to the United States in search of better lives at a time of climate change are "exceptional" and that new policies are ne...
Earth Day summit a chance for Biden to show US serious about climate: Trudeau
Apr 18, 2021 (AFP)
Highlighting Washington's return to the front lines of the fight against man-made climate change, the two-day summit starting Thursday will be the first big eve...
Five dead in protest at Chinese-financed plant in Bangladesh
Apr 17, 2021 (AFP)
Police started shooting after workers became violent, said Saiduzzman Chowdhury, government administrator in the southern coastal town of Banshkhali. They were ...
Older adults are more likely to help others than younger adults
Apr 16, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study published Friday in the journal Psychological Science, effortful prosocial behavior -- a willingness to exert physical effort on behalf...
The Nanjing 'angel' helping China's desperate back from the brink
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
Every weekend for 18 years, Chen has volunteered to scout the three-kilometre (two-mile) length of the metal expanse, talking to hundreds of people thinking of ...
Egyptian architects win Mosul mosque competition
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
The complex was severely damaged by conflict in 2017, and the rebuilding of the mosque is part of the organisation's project for the rehabilitation of the ancie...
China summons Japanese ambassador over Fukushima water plan
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
Assistant foreign minister Wu Jianghao "lodged solemn representations" with ambassador Hideo Tarumi and accused Japan of "suspected violation of international l...
Human screams can convey at least six different emotions
Apr 14, 2021 (UPI)
After testing the different ways humans can use and perceive screaming as a communication tool, researchers determined screams can convey at least six different...
Japan to release treated Fukushima water into the sea
Apr 13, 2021 (AFP)
The process is not likely to begin for several years and could take decades to complete, but it has already stirred significant controversy. Within hours of Jap...
Iran reports 'power failure' accident at Natanz nuclear site
Apr 11, 2021 (AFP)
No-one was injured and there was no radioactive release, the official Fars news agency reported, citing the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ...
Brazilian pilot survives 38 days in Amazon after crash
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
He survived with no injuries, but was stranded in the middle of the world's largest rainforest -- the start of a 38-day trek he says taught him one of the bigge...
Japan to release treated Fukushima water into sea: reports
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's cabinet plans to announce the decision as early as Tuesday next week, according to Jiji Press and public broadcaster NHK. The mo...
Biden attempts to tackle US gun violence 'epidemic'
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
"This is an epidemic, for God's sake, and it has to stop," he said, calling shootings "a public health crisis." "It's an international embarrassment," the Democ...
Biden to announce anti-gun violence measures
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
Biden has come under pressure from his Democratic party to tackle the bloodshed, most recently highlighted by mass killings in Colorado, Georgia and California....
Celebrating Galileo saving lives at 406 Day
Apr 07, 2021 (ESA)
Such detections can happen anytime, but one recent high-profile incident happened in the midst of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race. Skipper Kevi...
Seeing through walls to help locate firefighters
Apr 07, 2021 (JPL)
When mounting a rescue inside a building, firefighters are often confronted with a fast-changing environment obscured by smoke and flames. Navigating the struct...
Second breach ruled out in Florida wastewater emergency
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said experts were "on-site today evaluating conditions and determined the site was safe to continue work....
Venezuela to request UN aid to clear mines from Colombia border
Apr 05, 2021 (AFP)
Clashes between Venezuela's military and armed groups have occurred near the border with Colombia since March 21. Venezuela is preparing "to ask for immediate e...
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