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US, India to launch powerful Earth-monitoring satellite
AFP, Published on 30/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards.
Vingegaard ‘stronger than ever’ as Tour de France start looms
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» LILLE, France - Two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard said he was feeling stronger than ever on Friday and confident of winning another Tour de France as tensions mount on the eve of the start.
Indonesian rescuers race to find 12 missing after eruption
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» AGAM (INDONESIA) - Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers were racing Tuesday to find a dozen hikers who went missing after a volcano eruption killed 11 people.
Hikers evacuated as Indonesia volcano spews ash tower
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PADANG (INDONESIA) - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said.
Peter Nygard, from Canadian fashion mogul to convicted sex abuser
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» TORONTO (CANADA) - Described as egocentric and manipulative, Peter Nygard built Canada's largest womenswear maker -- and on Sunday he was convicted of using that status to sexually assault women and girls.
Mexican volcano crater home to 'unique' football pitch
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» MEXICO CITY - A volcano crater is not an obvious venue for a football match, but that's where a referee blows the whistle for kick-off each weekend on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Hawaii volcano shoots lava fountains 200 feet high: USGS
AFP, Published on 30/11/2022
» LOS ANGELES - Fountains of lava up to 200 feet (60 meters) high have been fired into the air from Hawaii's Mauna Loa, geologists say, generating rivers of molten rock from the world's largest active volcano.
World's largest volcano erupts in Hawaii
AFP, Published on 29/11/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The world's largest active volcano burst into life for the first time in 40 years, spewing lava and hot ash Monday in a spectacular display of nature's fury by Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
'Indescribable': the heat and roar of Iceland's volcano
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» FAGRADALSFJALL (ICELAND) - The ground rumbles underfoot, then roars as red-orange lava fountains shoot up from the ground, the intense heat cloaking the nearby crowd awestruck by Iceland's latest volcanic eruption.
Shelter for traumatised apes in DR Congo's strife-torn east
AFP, Published on 22/02/2022
» BUKAVU (DR CONGO) - Beyond the reach of bloody conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rescued apes swing from one branch to another under the leafy canopy at a wildlife sanctuary.