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Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2025
» SAO PAULO — Massive fires fuelled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday.
Top climate scientist declares 2°C climate goal 'dead'
AFP, Published on 05/02/2025
» WASHINGTON — Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists.
One dead after Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel
New York Times, Published on 02/01/2025
» LAS VEGAS — One person was killed and at least seven people were injured after a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning, authorities said, and officials were investigating any possible links to an earlier attack on a crowd in New Orleans.
Denmark shuts down ‘Pusher Street’
Reuters, Published on 06/04/2024
» COPENHAGEN - Residents in Copenhagen’s famous hippie enclave Christiania began digging up its main street known for its cannabis trade on Saturday, hoping to free the area of criminal gangs following multiple deadly shootings.
Apple engineer from China among US tech theft cases
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced charges on Tuesday against several Chinese and Russian nationals accused of stealing trade secrets and violating sanctions by seeking to export sensitive technology.
First woman, Black astronaut to make 2024 flight around Moon
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» HOUSTON - NASA unveiled the crew on Monday for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years –- including the first woman and Black man to voyage into deep space.
New Zealand name Scott Robertson as All Blacks coach from 2024
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand Rugby on Tuesday announced Scott "Razor" Robertson as the All Blacks coach from 2024, tapping him to lead a once all-conquering side now plagued by on and off-field woes.
New Yorkers have mixed feelings about 'snow drought'
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» NEW YORK: The idea of New York in wintertime conjures up images of Manhattan's Times Square and Central Park shrouded in snow. Not this year.
End of the road for New York's horse-drawn carriages?
AFP, Published on 01/09/2022
» NEW YORK - A charming, must-do tourist attraction or a cruel, outdated commercial activity? New York's horse-drawn carriages have operated since the 1800s, but lawmakers now want to replace them with electric vehicles.
Danish minister on trial for separating migrant couples
AFP, Published on 02/09/2021
» COPENHAGEN - A former Danish immigration minister went on trial on Thursday over rare impeachment charges, accused of illegally separating couples who arrived in the country to claim asylum.