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Tunisia navy rescues 70 migrants on boat from Libya
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
Ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri told AFP the boat had broken down in international waters and was taking on water when the navy intervened at around 1:00 am lo...
Land exposed to extreme coastal flooding to double due to climate change
Jul 30, 2020 (UPI)
Models have previously showed that the combination of sea level rise and bigger ocean storms -- trends fueled by climate change -- is likely to yield more frequ...
Scientists attempt to model spread of social unrest, riots
Jul 21, 2020 (UPI)
For their study, the results of which were published Tuesday in the journal Chaos, scientists combined epidemic models with analytical tools adapted from the ph...
Snapchat grudges, COVID-19 pressures drive US shooting epidemic
Jul 18, 2020 (AFP)
The infant was in the arms of one of two young men in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood when attackers drove up and opened fire, wounding both of the men. "He's i...
Myanmar army sacks officers over landslide tragedy
Jul 06, 2020 (AFP)
Heavy monsoon rains on Thursday sent mud cascading down a hillside over workers scouring the land for the green gemstone in Hpakant in northern Kachin state. Th...
Iran says damage at nuclear site 'significant'
Jul 06, 2020 (AFP)
The incident happened on Thursday at a warehouse under construction at the Natanz complex in central Iran, but caused no casualties or radioactive pollution, ac...
More than 160 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)
Scores die each year while working in the country's lucrative but poorly regulated jade trade, which uses low-paid migrant workers to scrape out a gem highly co...
Iran reports 'accident' at nuclear site, warns enemies
Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)
There was "no nuclear material (at the damaged warehouse) and no potential of pollution," the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Behrouz Kamalvandi...
US installing AI-based border monitoring system
Jul 02, 2020 (AFP)
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been responsible for President Donald Trump's controversial steel wall along the 2,000 mile (3,100 kilometer) boundary. ...
UN rights chief slams virus response in China, Russia, US
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet pointed to Russia, China, Kosovo, Nicaragua among others where "threats and intimidation against journal...
Trump 'more and more angry at China' over coronavirus
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
"As I watch the Pandemic spread its ugly face all across the world, including the tremendous damage it has done to the USA, I become more and more angry at Chin...
Hungary enlists army in fight against virus joblessness
Jun 20, 2020 (AFP)
Military service is also one of the Hungarian government's weapons to keep a lid on joblessness. "Since the crisis began the number of applicants has risen by 1...
Build a better, greener world economy after pandemic: Stiglitz
Jun 19, 2020 (AFP)
Interviewed by AFP, Stiglitz said the debilitating effects of COVID-19 worldwide offered governments a chance to forge a green recovery with a new emphasis on f...
'Hey Siri,' shortcut put to use against police abuse
Jun 18, 2020 (AFP)
The tech trick created by software developer Robert Petersen puts iPhones into action by telling Apple's digital assistant Siri that "I'm getting pulled over." ...
Morocco navy 'rescues' 100 seaborne migrants: agency
Jun 18, 2020 (AFP)
The navy "rescued, in the night of Wednesday to Thursday, 93 sub-Saharan African migrants who were on board makeshift boats", MAP said. The migrants, including ...
Brazil's Bolsonaro enlists army in battle with Congress, courts
Jun 17, 2020 (AFP)
The far-right president and top generals have repeatedly evoked the threat of a "coup" in recent days -- not against Bolsonaro, but against Congress and the Sup...
Parking in a pandemic
Jun 10, 2020 (ESA)
Global aviation is facing its battle to survive, with most flights grounded since March owing to travel restrictions in place to contain the coronavirus pandemi...
Facebook blocks white nationalists organizing move on protests
Jun 05, 2020 (AFP)
Small networks of accounts tied to the groups known as Proud Boys and the American Guard were taken down as part of a move by the social network after posts inc...
China says US protests show 'chronic disease' of racism
Jun 01, 2020 (AFP)
"Black people's lives are also lives. Their human rights must also be guaranteed," foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in Beijing, referring t...
Virus misinformation fuels panic in Asia
May 29, 2020 (AFP)
A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the coronavirus crisis is stoking fear and confusion across Asia, where violators of lockdown rules can face...
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