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Black 'rock' from AD 79 Italy eruption is part of exploded brain
AFP, Published on 23/01/2020
» ROME - It looks like a piece of rock - black, shiny and unexceptional.
SARS-like virus spreads in China, 136 new cases
AFP, Published on 20/01/2020
» BEIJING: A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China -- including to Beijing -- authorities said Monday, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration.
New climate models suggest Paris goals may be out of reach
AFP, Published on 14/01/2020
» PARIS: New climate models show carbon dioxide is a more potent greenhouse gas than previously understood, a finding that could push the Paris treaty goals for capping global warming out of reach, scientists have told AFP.
No luck in search for remaining bodies on New Zealand volcano
AFP, Published on 15/12/2019
» WELLINGTON: Search teams returned to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday but there was no sign of two bodies still unaccounted for after last week's eruption, as police released the names of four more victims.
Climate pledges 'misleading', Greta tells UN meet
AFP, Published on 11/12/2019
» MADRID: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday accused wealthier nations of inventing ways to avoid slashing their greenhouse gas emissions, branding their climate action "misleading" at a summit in Madrid.
Slash emissions now or miss chance to avert climate disaster: UN
AFP, Published on 26/11/2019
» PARIS: The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said Tuesday in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases.
Death toll in Australia bushfires rises to four
AFP, Published on 14/11/2019
» BURRELL CREEK (AUSTRALIA) - The death toll from devastating bushfires in eastern Australia has risen to four after a man's body was discovered in a scorched area of bushland, police said Thursday.
Indian boy dies after three days stuck in well
AFP, Published on 29/10/2019
» NEW DELHI: The body of a two-year old boy trapped 26 metres down a well in southern India for more than three days was recovered on Tuesday, authorities said.
Virgin Galactic unveils commercial space suit
AFP, Published on 17/10/2019
» YONKERS, United States: The date for the world's first commercial space flight is not even confirmed yet, but future passengers' Star Trek-like outfits are ready and waiting.
1-in-3 young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF
AFP, Published on 15/10/2019
» PARIS - A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released Tuesday.