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Unsound climate studies sneak into print: scientists
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» PARIS: Misleading studies sowing doubt about climate change are getting into peer-reviewed journals, scientists warn, citing recent papers linked to a lawsuit in Germany whose authors denied conflicts of interest.
France-Germany tensions loom over EU leaders' summit
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» BRUSSELS - A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatens to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders on Thursday.
US set to announce nuclear fusion breakthrough
AFP, Published on 13/12/2022
» WASHINGTON: The US Department of Energy is expected to announce Tuesday that its researchers have achieved a "major scientific breakthrough" regarding nuclear fusion, a technology seen as a possible revolutionary alternative power source.
Blowing in the wind: Fishermen threaten South Korea carbon plans
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» GOCHANG, South Korea: Resource-poor South Korea wants to spend billions on wind power to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but its plans are being delayed by fishermen who say the fight against climate change threatens their catches.
Why Beijing may want to keep Trump in the White House
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» BEIJING: Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival.
2026 Winter Olympics will be staged in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» LAUSANNE: Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo was named as hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, beating off a bid from Stockholm-Are in Sweden, giving Italy the showpiece event for the third time.
The Italian job: 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo
AFP, Published on 25/06/2019
» LAUSANNE - Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo was named as hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, beating off a bid from Stockholm/Are in Sweden and giving Italy the showpiece event for the third time.
Debate swirls on 'giveaways' after Amazon HQ deal
AFP, Published on 18/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: As the winners of the biggest corporate prize in decades -- the new Amazon headquarters -- relished their victory, debate was still raging over the billions of dollars in incentives offered to attract the fast-growing US technology colossus.
Protectionism a scourge? Maybe not in Africa
AFP, Published on 08/10/2016
» WASHINGTON - World economic leaders gathered in Washington this week to defend globalization, delivering a single message in unison: Protectionism will not save you.
Senegal, Mauritania bet on oil and gas in perilous climate
AFP, Published on 01/05/2016
» DAKAR - While petro-states reel from plunging oil prices and gas producers brace for American exports to hit the market, two west African nations are forging ahead with potentially massive extraction projects others might fear to touch.