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'Very inconvenient': Chinese migrants torn over staying put for Lunar New Year
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
Normally, the festival period starts with the world's biggest annual human migration as hundreds of millions of China's workers undertake a pilgrimage back home...
Anger as hopes fade for Indian workers after glacier disaster
Feb 10, 2021 (AFP)
More than 170 people were still missing after a barrage of water and debris hurtled with terrifying speed and power down a valley on Sunday morning, sweeping aw...
'Run!': India glacier disaster survivors recount tunnel escape
Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)
Twenty-six people were confirmed dead but at least 170 others remained missing Monday after the glacier broke off a mountainside, triggering a flash flood throu...
S.African women turn to guns to fight assault, murder scourge
Feb 07, 2021 (AFP)
For the first time in her life, Ntando Mthembu holds a revolver in her hands. Without hesitating she fires 10 bullets towards a cardboard target. Last November ...
Augmented reality assists helicopter pilots with demanding flight manoeuvres at sea
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
Helicopters play an important role in rapidly expanding offshore industry. Their ability to take off and land vertically, hover in one spot and reach high fligh...
A Steady DRIP with NASA Satellites
Feb 05, 2021 (SPX)
"By forecasting water demand, we can support water system operations to ensure that water access is secure during drought periods and costly emergencies are pre...
Digital platform helps rescue services during natural disasters
Feb 04, 2021 (SPX)
At the virtual final presentation of the project, the benefits that it can offer were demonstrated, for example in the event of a forest fire. The German Aerosp...
Brazil's Vale to pay $7 bn in damages for deadly 2019 dam collapse
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
It is the largest ever damages agreement in Latin America, according to the government of Minas Gerais, the southeastern state where the disaster sent millions ...
With Amazon billions, MacKenzie Scott shakes up philanthropy
Jan 31, 2021 (AFP)
Scott unlocked a staggering sum of nearly $6 billion in charitable gifts last year, and unlike many other large donors did not attach any restrictions or even n...
China exported more than 220 billion masks in 2020: government
Jan 29, 2021 (AFP)
Shifting billions of dollars' worth of the coverings has become an important driver of China's exports after Covid-19 virtually halted economic activity in the ...
Study sheds new light on decades-old Russia mountain mystery
Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)
Now research published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment has added weight to a natural explanation for the deaths of the experienced ...
NASA, Rio De Janeiro Extend Disaster Preparedness Partnership
Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)
The renewed agreement continues the partnership for an additional five years, providing crucial continuity in monitoring hazards and environmental issues such a...
Athens urged to act quickly on lead risk at migrant camp
Jan 27, 2021 (AFP)
The Greek ministry of migration and asylum announced Saturday the start of an investigation involving EU experts who will analyse the soil at Mavrovounio camp w...
'I feel like I am reborn': Rescued Chinese miners speak of relief
Jan 26, 2021 (AFP)
Eleven men out of a group of 22 were pulled out alive by rescue workers on Sunday after a January 10 mine blast in east China's Shandong province entombed them ...
Red Cross doubles front-line disaster relief funding
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the world's largest humanitarian network, said the expansion was part of an attempt...
480,000 killed by extreme weather this century: analysis
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
The mortality burden of climate-related catastrophes such as storms, flooding and heatwaves is overwhelmingly borne by developing countries. At the start of the...
Amid 'threat' National Guard to stay in Washington to March
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
The officials did not offer specific information on the threats, saying the information came from the FBI. But Washington remained concerned about more possible...
Nine trapped Chinese miners confirmed dead, one still missing
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
It comes a day after 11 miners were pulled out alive from the mine in eastern Shandong province where the blast struck. One miner remains unaccounted for. A gro...
Twitter unveils 'community-driven' effort to fight misinformation
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
Birdwatch will be operated separately from Twitter while allowing users to identify tweets which may be false or misleading, the platform said of its new effort...
11 Chinese miners saved as rescuers race to find remaining 10
Jan 24, 2021 (AFP)
The miners were brought to the surface starting from around 11 am Sunday, state broadcaster CCTV reported -- a major breakthrough for a rescue operation that ha...
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