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‘Doomsday vault’ gets record batch of seeds
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» OSLO - A vault built in the frozen Arctic to preserve global agricultural crops from extinction received seeds on Tuesday from the largest number of new contributors yet, according to a custodian of the remote facility.
‘Tiny houses’ tackle giant flood challenge
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» CHAR SHILDAHA, Bangladesh - An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.
EU's next food fight: regulating gene-edited crops
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» BRUSSELS - Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged food production across Europe.
Senegal harvests first homegrown wheat
AFP, Published on 08/04/2023
» SANGALKAM, Senegal: With the whir of a mower, under a clear blue sky, Senegalese researchers have begun harvesting a crop of experimental homegrown wheat, the latest step in a years-long effort to reduce reliance on imports.
One dead in Kenya as fresh opposition protests turn violent
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» NAIROBI - A young man was shot dead in Kenya on Monday, a hospital said, as anti-government protests turned increasingly violent, with police firing tear gas at opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy and his supporters, and looters going on the rampage.
Kenya police chief bans new opposition protests
AFP, Published on 26/03/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenya's police chief announced a ban on fresh opposition demonstrations called for Monday, after protests last week degenerated into riots.
How Vietnam is trying to stop rice warming the planet
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» CAN THO, Vietnam: As a child, Dong Van Canh watched while the rice fields of Vietnam's Mekong Delta were set alight to make way for the next crop, blackening the sky and flooding the air with potent greenhouse gases.
Kenyans vent anger over economic crisis
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» NAIROBI: Hempstone Monari's taxi business was just getting going when the wheels fell off his financial future and a Kenyan bank auctioned off his car over the non-payment of a $9,900 loan.
Tear gas, arrests as Kenya opposition stages protests
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenyan riot police fired tear gas Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country's punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said.
Cyclone Freddy affects 500,000 people in Malawi: UN
AFP, Published on 18/03/2023
» BLANTYRE (MALAWI) - Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated this week after a record-breaking rampage, has caused more than 460 deaths in southern Africa and affected more than half a million people in Malawi, the UN said Friday.