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Climate change indicators hit record highs in 2021: UN
AFP, Published on 18/05/2022
» GENEVA: Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that the global energy system was driving humanity towards catastrophe.
In devastated Mariupol, a daily struggle to survive
AFP, Published on 03/05/2022
» MARIUPOL, Ukraine: In another life, not so long ago, Inna was a hairdresser. Now she spends her days chasing down food and water, in a struggle to simply survive in the Russian-held Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Russian flagship 'seriously damaged' as Moscow threatens to strike Kyiv
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» ODESSA, Ukraine: Russia's Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been "seriously damaged" by an explosion, state media reported Thursday, as Moscow threatened to strike Kyiv's command centres.
'Cyber Rodeo' bash fetes new Tesla plant in Texas
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Electric car lovers are flocking to Austin for an enormous party Thursday celebrating a new Tesla "gigafactory" in Texas the size of 100 professional soccer fields.
Boosting Ukraine's anti-air batteries proves easier said than done
AFP, Published on 20/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has promised to help Ukraine get air defense systems with a longer range than the shoulder-borne Stinger missiles already on the ground, but finding the powerful anti-missile batteries Ukraine's military so urgently needs is proving easier said than done.
Nasa's mega Moon rocket on way to launchpad
AFP, Published on 18/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) massive new rocket was beginning its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon in mid-year.
The online activists helping Myanmar troops desert
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» BANGKOK - A team of Myanmar activists working in the shadows is using social media and messaging apps to persuade disillusioned junta soldiers to desert their posts and topple the powerful military.
Australia's largest coal-fired power plant to close
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» SYDNEY - Australia's largest coal-fired power plant will shut in 2025 -- several years sooner than planned -- operators announced Thursday, saying the facility is no longer viable given the low cost of renewables.
VW and Bosch join forces to rev up automated driving
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» FRANKFURT: Car giant Volkswagen and parts supplier Bosch have embarked on an "extensive partnership" to bring automated driving to the mass market by next year, the German companies said on Tuesday.
EU, US seek coordinated response to Russia over Ukraine crisis
AFP, Published on 24/01/2022
» WASHINGTON: The United States has ordered the families of its diplomats to leave Ukraine, as rising fears of a Russian invasion pushed Western officials to meet Monday in a bid to coordinate their response and compile a battery of sanctions against Moscow.